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30 Wire & Cable ASIA – November/December 2013
At the production of the preform for
optical fibres, there is a risk that air
bubbles might be enclosed. Later, at
the fibre drawing process, fibre airlines
could arise. Airlines at the interfaces
may lead to complications in further
processing.
Sikora accepted the great challenge to
reliably detect airlines in optical fibres.
A fibre diameter measuring device
would just recognise the outer contour
of the fibre, but not the airline inside
the fibre. The airline detector Fiber
Laser 6003 Airline, however, was
designed to reliably localise airlines in
optical fibres. The airline detection
features a high measuring rate and is
able to detect airlines down to a
diameter of 0.5µm.
The ideas of the Sikora research and
development team led to a modular
concept – the Fiber Laser 6003 Airline
and the gauge head Fiber Laser 6003
come as a unit. This concept makes it
possible to offer the benefit of airline
detection at an attractive price.
The combination of Sikora’s Fiber
Laser 6003 gauge heads with the Fiber
Laser 6003 Airline detector offers the
measurement of diameter, position,
spinning and tension as well as reliable
airline detection. All devices are
equipped with the universal interface
module.
In order to attain optimum conditions
in optical fibre production, four devices
are needed in the drawing tower. A
Fiber Laser 6003 after the extension
tube, the Fiber Laser 6003 Airline
before the coating cup, the Fiber Laser
6003 and the Fiber Lump 6003 after
the coating.
For drawing with primary and
secondary coating, a further Fiber
Laser 6003 might be installed after the
first coating. This way, the optical fibre
production is always secure.
Sikora AG – Germany
Website:
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❍ The Fiber Laser 6003 Airline from Sikora
Showing the red card to airlines
Cleaning up at the data centres
Fujikura Europe Ltd has launched its new One-Click™ Cleaner MPO, designed
specifically for cleaning MPO/MTP connectors and adapter mounted MPO/MTP
connectors which are widely used in data centres and also in some
telco-operated infrastructure.
The new product cleans MPO/MTP connector end-faces which have been
exposed to loose contaminants, such as dirt and oil from an installer’s fingers.
With just one simple action it is able to clean a variety of fibre counts up to 48
fibre MPO/MTP end-faces and is capable of providing over 500 cleans per unit.
The One-Click™ Cleaner MPO is now included within a range of tools which are
designed and built to clean an array of network connections. It has also been
produced to be more ergonomic than the previous design of MPO cleaning tools
by Fujikura, and is able to effectively remove contaminants to the same high
standard and low cost per clean at a significantly faster pace.
“This new tool will not only make the task of cleaning these abundant connectors
easier and quicker with improved functionality, it will keep the cost per clean
down and allow for in situ cleans too, which some other cleaners are not able to
do,” said Brian Leonard, European product manager (connectivity).
The cleaner is compliant with the EU/95/2002/EC directive (RoHS) since it is
made of environmentally friendly materials. An adapter/dust cap is also supplied
with the product for cleaning MPO/MTP connector plugs as well as the
connectors themselves.
Fujikura Europe Ltd – UK Website: