by Mario Goduco | Mar 14, 2017 | PolishingExperts
I’ve been watching the development of Chemical Mechanical Planarization (CMP) since the 1980s, when this polishing process was first used in the semiconductor industry. Of course, my interest in CMP became more personal when this process was introduced to the...
by Mario Goduco | Dec 9, 2016 | PolishingExperts
How many times have you asked yourself: Why did this connector fail? I’ve been in the fiber optic industry since the 1980’s and – despite amazing technological advances – this issue continues to plague our industry. Did you know there...
by Mario Goduco | Oct 5, 2016 | PolishingExperts
Turn the calendar way back to 1981 – the early days of fiber optics. I was working for a connector manufacturer, and one of my customers asked, “What is the Return Loss of your connector?” I didn’t know the answer!...
by Mario Goduco | Aug 21, 2015 | PolishingExperts
Cross Sectioning of Fiber Optic Connectors questions answered here… how many methods and what are the options? There are currently three methods of looking inside a fiber optic connector: Non- Destructive X Ray Non- Destructive Sonar Destructive Cross...
by Mario Goduco | Jul 21, 2015 | PolishingExperts
Primarily, the indicator of over polished connectors is poor repeat ability in measurements of the return loss and insertion loss. For the majority of “spring loaded ferrule connectors” e.g.; LC, SC, MU, FC. Determining over polishing of the connector is...
by Mario Goduco | May 28, 2015 | PolishingExperts
This issue has been asked of me many times by numerous experienced and new start up assembly operations of Fiber Optic connector assemblies. The questions of: “How much is enough”? and “How do I know that I have the right...
