Archive for September, 2008

Are 3M Hot Melt Fiber Connector As Reliable As Standard Epoxy and Polish Fiber Connectors?

September 21, 2008

If you have been in the fiber optic communication industry for a while, you must be familiar with the tried and true, traditional style epoxy, cure and polish fiber optic connectors – may it be FC, SC, ST, LC or MTRJ.   Those epoxy and polish connectors are reliable, cheap and has been industry...
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How Do Fiber Optic Cleavers Precisely Cut Optical Fibers In A Flash?

September 3, 2008

What is optical fiber cleaving? Simply put, optical fiber cleaving is the art of cutting glass optical fibers at a perfect 90° angle with a mirror like surface. This isn’t as easy as it sounds. Why do we need to cut the fiber at a perfect 90° angle at all? Well, this is required...
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