Go!Foton’s Midspan Clamshell Hardened Terminal (M-CHT) updates the original Clamshell Hardened Terminal to address multiple additional use cases. Incorporating a splice tray and capable of housing optical splitters, engineered TAPs, WDMs, and other passive components, the M-CHT facilitates mid-span feeder and branch cable splicing. It accommodates the use of high-count fiber, simplifying deployment of extended fiber paths with multiple endpoints, and enables effortless add/drops -- including post-splicing drops with pre-terminated pigtails. The enclosure design segregates the main cable splice area, permitting access to customer drop ports without opening the splicing chamber.

Judge’s Comment: “Clever incorporation of multiple functions with independent, easy-to-access external access points.”