Fujikura’s lineup of high-quality, large diameter optical fiber cleavers is built to achieve low cleave angles with pristine end-faces for a vast array of fiber types. These cleavers are heavily utilized in f iber preparation for fusion splicing of standard data communication fibers, octagonal or round large diameter fibers (LDF), polarization maintaining fibers, photonic crystal fibers and even component manufacturing with capillary tubes, ball lenses, end caps and more.

Automation was a key theme during design of these products. The aim was to enable smarter, faster and more reliable decisions than previously capable via operator trial and error. Leveraging the success of their predecessors, the CT-115 and CT-116 fiber clamps will automatically adjust the clamping force to provide the most optimal cleave angle for any fiber in the machine. The f iber backstop position is newly automated to find the optimum location for best cleave angle performance. Microns adjustments can make the difference in achieving required cleave angles for many fibers. As a manual process, this is very difficult to optimize, but this new automation removes this painstaking process. With the unheard-of long blade life of all three cleavers, blade position changes are infrequent, but when needed, the blade will index to the next position automatically, driven by a motorized blade assembly.

As an industry first, this generation LDF cleaver has an RFID sensor which matches the RFID tag on every FH-110 series fiber holder. These cleavers have a new fiber holder management menu where users can pair a fiber holder to a cleave mode. In this menu, each fiber holder has a unique RFID and a user defined name for simple setup of fiber holder and cleave mode combinations. The cleaver utilizes the pairings in this menu to automatically change the cleave mode based on the f iber holder recognized by the cleaver’s RFID sensor. This can be used as either a process control measure, or to aid in cleave optimization.

This line of LDF cleavers brings exciting benefits to the specialty fiber optic industry, which promise to yield tangible benefits to its users. Fujikura continues to lead with innovation and value in the quality solutions they develop. Put our LDF cleavers to the test by contacting us at 1-800-235-3423.