The Role of Optical Cable Polishing
The polishing process is critical for achieving low insertion loss and high return loss in fiber patch cords. Answer: When fiber optic cable assembly houses set up a new polishing machine and establish their polishing process, they often find that film slipping or coming off the pad is an issue. The paper also discusses troubleshooting methods when re-polishing is required due to the various post polishing failures. Cutting Fiber After removing the ferrule from the oven, use a fan to blow the ferrule to cool it down. To dig a little deeper, fiber optic polishing comes in three main types — physical contact (PC), ultra-physical contact (UPC), and angled physical contact (APC).
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