Panduit NKFPX1BN1NKM002 NetKey 12-Fiber OM3 LC Pigtail Set

The Panduit NKFPX1BN1NKM002 delivers factory-terminated OM3 fiber connectivity for datacenter, telecom room, and equipment distribution installations where you need to splice or fusion-terminate custom lengths to pre-connectorized infrastructure. This 2-meter pigtail set includes 12 individual simplex LC connectors on 900µm buffered fiber—aqua-jacketed OM3 50/125µm multimode rated for 10 Gigabit Ethernet at 300 meters and 40/100GbE over shorter runs. Each pigtail is color-coded per TIA-598 standards for fast identification during splicing or breakout terminations, eliminating guesswork when you're cross-connecting cassettes or patching to distribution frames.

Key Features

• 12-fiber simplex LC connector set, factory-polished to sub-0.2dB insertion loss per FOCIS-10 and TIA-604-10-A
• OM3 50/125µm multimode fiber supports 10GBASE-SR at 300m, 40GBASE-SR4 at 100m, 100GBASE-SR10 at 100m
• 900µm tight-buffered cable construction for direct fusion splicing or mechanical splice termination without fanout kits
• 12-color TIA-598 pigtail coding (blue, orange, green, brown, slate, white, red, black, yellow, violet, rose, aqua) for error-free tracing
• Aqua outer jacket per OM3 TIA-598 color convention, instantly recognizable in mixed-fiber environments
• 2-meter factory length eliminates field-polishing risk while providing reach for rack-to-splice-tray or cassette-to-panel applications
• TIA/EIA-568-C.3-1 and ISO/IEC 61755-3-1 compliant; RoHS-compliant materials for green datacenter builds

Datacenter and telecom room designs often require hybrid topologies: pre-terminated trunk cables or cassette modules feeding into permanent splice points or distribution frames where technicians terminate incoming campus or riser fiber. The NKFPX1BN1NKM002 solves the last-meter problem—providing factory-grade LC connectors that survive repeated mating cycles (500+ per IEC-61754-7) while leaving the splice-side unterminated so you can fusion-splice to incoming single-mode or multimode plant fiber. The 900µm buffer is thick enough to strip and cleave without fragile 250µm handling, and the 2-meter length gives you slack to route from a wall-mount splice enclosure or LIU down to a patch panel or switch without excess coil storage. Each LC connector ships with a dust cap and has been interferometrically tested for endface geometry—return loss better than -35dB typical, insertion loss under 0.2dB—so you're not introducing loss budgets that eat into your 10G or 40G link margin.

The 12-color pigtail set maps directly to MTP/MPO breakout applications: if you're using a 12-fiber MTP trunk cassette, you can splice each position to a corresponding pigtail color and label the LC ports accordingly, maintaining polarity through the cross-connect. Installation crews appreciate the aqua OM3 jacket color because it's visually distinct from OS2 single-mode yellow or OM4/OM5 variants, reducing the chance of accidentally patching 10G multimode optics into a single-mode link. The 2-meter length also works well in under-floor or overhead-ladder cable management: long enough to drop from a cable tray to a rack-mount enclosure, short enough that you're not bundling excess slack that creates bend-radius violations or airflow obstructions in high-density server rows. Standards compliance covers TIA-604-2-A (SC), -3-A (ST), and -10-A (LC) connector performance specs, plus TIA/EIA-568-C.3-1 for multimode fiber cabling systems, ensuring compatibility with enterprise structured cabling designs and municipal or campus fiber backbones.

The NetKey pigtail set is purpose-built for integrators who refuse to field-polish connectors in production environments—factory termination delivers repeatable sub-0.2dB insertion loss that field kits rarely match, and the 900µm buffer simplifies fusion splicing at the distribution frame or entrance facility without needing breakout furcation tubing. Ships in cartons of 20 sets for volume deployments; each set includes 12 individually sleeved pigtails with protective boots and dust caps, ready for immediate splice-and-deploy in TIA-568 horizontal or backbone fiber systems.