Fiber Optic Cleaver

Other models scratch the surface first and then apply a tensile stress. Cleavers, in some application of tension, which is uniform throughout the cross-section through a second bend of the fiber tight radius, which produces a high tensile stress beyond the bend.

A commercial equipment at the same time all the cleaved strand fibers are also commonly available. These ribbon cleavers are the same principles as a single fiber cleavers. The average cut quality ribbon cleaver is a little like the interior of a single fiber cleaver. Scribe-and-break cleaving can be done by hand or with tools, ranging from relatively inexpensive hand tools, develop automated bench tools. All the technology and tools capable of a good break down, the trick is to end on a consistent time and time again.

In general, less expensive approaches require more skill and training of technicians to fall apart.

Types of cleavers

Most modern fiber cleavers are suitable for precision cleaving of all common single silica glass fiber, even the harsh side conditions. Special cleaver designs for applications in research, metrology and optical components are available.

Meaning - cleave quality

The impact split the quality of the quality of the resulting fusion joints should not be underestimated. Deficiencies are interrupted by one of the most common causes of the geometrical shape of the resulting joints that are particularly burdensome for single mode fiber.

Much of the variability observed in the connection loss of the different downstream of the splice was prepared using the same parameters must be cleaved from the varying quality.

There are several ways that can be cleaved to reduce the bad quality of the resulting joint. It may impair the performance of image processing routines that perform fiber alignment. Its end surface cracks can lead to bubbles in the connecting joint, which normally requires a connection can be performed again.

Fiber-Cleaver characteristics:

Most of the high precision cleavers produced by cleave angle deviation typically <0.5 ° with very high reliability and low scatter around the side-conditions.

One-step cleaving operation is a reality now cleavers. Fiber, bending, scratching and the cleavage of a single operation.

Diamond disc presents the highest quality and will last a break of over 10,000 cleaves. They are also adjustable in separation of fibers with increased tensile strength, e.g., titanium fibers.

It can be readily cleaved 80um diameter of the fiber, can be cleaved by the fiber diameter of 125um, and are generally difficult to cleave> 200um fibers. Somewhat difficult separation of the fibers results from the fact that the fibrous material is crystalline. Again, torque is produced perpendicular to the end face. In front of most of the commercially available angle cleavers rely on torque. The end of the surface angle is compared with the amount of torque.