Fiber Connector Termination Quality is Very Important
In fiber communications, connector termination quality is
very important as they can affect the quality of the light transmission. Back
reflection and major insertion loss are made by bad polished connectors and
this can lead to fiber network malfunction.
With a set of industry standards and specifications, all
current fiber connectors need to comply. Since the early 1990s, this has been
big progress. Connector termination used to be a labor-intensive process and a
manual one but that has been changed since more automatic connector polishing
equipment like fiber polisher and polishing machines
introduced by various manufacturers.
Progress of the Polishing Equipment
At first, more operators are added by the cable assembly
houses but that still could not catch up with the demand. Even today there is
an important role of manual polishing.
Large volumes of connectors are produced by the automatic
fiber connector polishing machine consistently. A set of strict specifications
are met by all connectors in a repeatable way. Since labor is significantly
reduced this process is also cost-effective.
A specific polishing motion is used by a fiber polishing machine, and to meet industry standards it is tested
by the manufacturer.
When Choosing Your Fiber Connector Polishing Equipment the 7
Questions to Ask are-
Based on the following 7 questions, you should at least do
your homework If you are about to purchase an automatic connector polishing
machine.
- To make all connector sides are equally polished, does the polisher move the incorrect motion?
- For different types of connectors is it easy to change the holders?
- Can the manufacturer supplies you with a custom connector holder and fiber stripper at the time of your need?
- Whether the polisher is easy to set up and operate or not?
- Whether you can change the polishing pressure or not?
- Is it easy to access the polishing platens?
To choose the best one that meets your particular
requirement it is very much important to compare at least 3 different models
from 3 vendors.
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