by Dan Rocheleau, Mario Goduco | Jan 6, 2021 | FILM: Blog Articles
MT ferrules require different polishing procedures In Part 1 of this series, we covered the use of films with pressure-sensitive adhesives. In Part 2, we covered films for polishing zirconia ferrules. In this article, we focus on the special products needed to polish...
by Dan Rocheleau, Mario Goduco | Oct 29, 2020 | SPLICING: Blog Articles
In September 2019, FOC posted an article explaining the difference between mechanical and fusion splices. Fiber Optic Cable Splicing Explained. Fusion splicing is joining two fibers together by melting the two fibers together. Result is a near-seamless / lossless...
by Dan Rocheleau, Mario Goduco | Oct 27, 2020 | CLEANING: Blog Articles
FOC has posted several articles on cleaning and inspection in recent years. Two recent ones were Ensuring Clean Fiber Connections, and The Art of Cleaning. The first article cites IEC standard 61300-3-35, which covers visual inspection techniques and requirements for...
by Mario Goduco | Aug 6, 2018 | FIBER & CABLE: Blog Articles
The fiber optic assemblies - patch cords, pigtails, and terminated truck cables - have a series of standards to comply with today’s installations into high speed networks and telco applications. From an industry standpoint, there are a series of requirements and...
by Mario Goduco | Jul 31, 2018 | INTERCONNECT: Blog Articles
Recognizing that there are quite a few connectors on market that are actively being used in fiber optic installations, there are also some older types and discontinued connectors, not being used in the main stream of data and telco markets, but used in more...
by Mario Goduco | Nov 28, 2017 | INTERCONNECT: Blog Articles
Key components of Fiber Optic Connectors and Key Specifications of Connectors This article series introduces engineers and technicians to various aspects of the production process to manufacture world-class fiber optic cable assemblies (also known as fiber optic patch...
by Mario Goduco | Oct 31, 2017 | FIBER & CABLE: Blog Articles
Introduction Is your company entering the fiber optic cable assembly market? Here at Fiber Optic Center, we believe it’s important to introduce engineers and technicians to various aspects of the production process to manufacture high-performance, world-class fiber...
by Mario Goduco | Oct 25, 2017 | POLISH: Blog Articles
As you probably know, the polishing process is an extremely important step in the manufacture of fiber optic cable assemblies. Your polishing process ensures your fiber optic connectors meet certain geometric parameters, industry specifications, and/or customer...
by Mario Goduco | Mar 14, 2017 | POLISH: Blog Articles
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 fiber...
by Mario Goduco | Dec 9, 2016 | INTERCONNECT: Blog Articles
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 are 4 diagnostic methods...
by Mario Goduco | Oct 5, 2016 | POLISH: Blog Articles
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! I was stumped and, frankly, I was embarrassed. Since...
by Mario Goduco | Aug 21, 2015 | INTERCONNECT: Blog Articles
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 | POLISH: Blog Articles
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 difficult to...
by Mario Goduco | May 28, 2015 | EPOXY: Blog Articles
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 amount of epoxy in the connector”? The answer...
