(Taken from Furukawa Electric Website www.furukawa.com.jp December 30th 2009)
Furukawa Electric (FEC) has started the sales of its latest FITEL brand splicer, “S184PM-SLDF Fusion Splicer”.
By using three-phase wide area plasma technology, it made it possible to splice large cladding fibers of more than 1mm in diameter, which could not be achieved by using the conventional fusion splicers.
S184PM-SLDF will be a perfect high-end Fusion Splicer, not just for the Large Diameter Fiber (LDF) fusion splicing for fiber laser and fiber sensor, but also for all kinds of advanced fiber splicing requirements, such as the splicing of regular telecommunication 125µm clad fiber and PM fiber, or high strength splicing.
Background of the Development
Due to the increase in the demands for high power lasers, the needs for the LDF splicing has also been on the rise. However, the conventional fusion splicers for telecommunication application had been unable to accommodate those LDF fiber splicing.
This is where FEC, who also developed S183PMII Fusion Splicer that can splice up to 500µm-clad fiber in November 2008, has come up with this three-phase wide area plasma technology by using 3 electrodes instead of conventional 2 electrodes. This groundbreaking technology enabled the fusion splicing of LDF up to 1,200µm in cladding diameter. S184PM-SLDF is also capable of the splicing of bundled fibers and glass rods, which had been very difficult to accomplish in the past.
S184PM-SLDF is expected to play a major role in the growing non-telecommunication fields such as high power laser, fiber sensor and medical industry.
Features/ Data Specification
- Perfect tool for all kinds of advanced OEM, R&D and other specialized applications -
Since S184PM-SLDF carries over the most of the basic functions of FITEL S183PMII Fusion Splicer, it can meet not only LDF requirement, but also can handle regular 125µm telecommunication splicing, PM fiber splicing and high strength splicing application. - Advanced “Smart Fuse” functionality -
By using this sophisticated PC-based software platform, the users can manage all of their splicing “recipes”, perform “live” splicing and write scripts that automate optimization procedures and specialty splice applications. - Applicable fibers – SM, MM,DSF, High, PMF, LDF
- Applicable Fiber cladding diameter – 80 to 1,200µm
- Dimensions/Weight – 350W x 197D x 154H(mm), 8.8(kg)
U.S. Fiber Systems is an Authorized Reseller of Fitel Fusion Splicers. Call us at 480-237-9902 for more information on Fitel Fusion Splicers.
