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Monday, January 27, 2025

Fiber Optic Strippers: Know About the Finesse



The core technology of Fiber Cable Stripping Machine is fairly simple. The transmitter uses a blinking LED or laser, and the light travels down the fiber optic link to the receiver, which counts the blinks and translates them into digital or analog electrical impulses. It's straightforward, with one caveat: the wavelengths used in fiber optic communications are higher than those visible to the human eye, thus a technician staring at the tip of a fiber optic connector will not see the blinking signal. 

A fiber that has not been properly prepared cannot be fully inserted into a connector, as there are openings in the back of connectors and splices. At that point, the only choice is to re-strip the fiber to remove the coating, however, the fiber frequently breaks at this stage, so the entire procedure must be repeated. This is one of the primary reasons why, when installing new fiber optic cables/links, there should be a lot of extra fiber cable at each end of the planned connection, as breaking the fibers during the connectorization process is quite common, and technicians should expect to break the fiber strands a couple of times during the manipulation and necessary stripping of the fiber strand.

While technicians must have certain hand skills, using a high-quality Fiber Cable Cutting Machine makes the operation easier and more exact. The common strippers provided with fiber optic tool kits are of the cheap sort, and they frequently need to be modified since the stripping slot may have left the manufacturer with a diameter aperture that cuts into the fiber strand more than necessary, resulting in a broken fiber. In addition, pirated versions of the typically affordable strippers have made their way to our shores.

If a technician notices that they are constantly breaking the fiber when stripping, the Fiber Cable Stripping Machine has to be adjusted. In most situations, fiber strippers' stripping slots may be changed with a tiny Allen wrench. Techs must be careful not to turn the adjustment nut more than a half turn; remember, we're working with microns. A clockwise adjustment widens the slot, while an anticlockwise adjustment tightens it.

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