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Type Silicon Carbide Aluminum Oxide Diamond Final Polish Flock Pile
  Silicon Carbide Lapping Film Aluminum Oxide Lapping Film Diamond Lapping Film Final Polish Lapping Film Flock Pile Lapping Film
Features
  • More aggressive material effective for rough grinding
  • Often recommended over aluminum oxide for effective epoxy and glass removal
  • Not commonly used in later steps of polishing
  • Used for single-fiber ceramic ferrules and MT ferrules
  • Used for epoxy resin removal and end face polishing for single-mode and multimode fibers.
  • Recommended in multimode fiber applications, glass fiber polishing, and SMA connector polishing
  • Certain aluminum oxide films can also be used for final polishing
  • 0.5 µm and 0.3 µm films can achieve return losses of -50 dB or better
  • Cuts and polishes hard ceramic ferrules and softer optical fibers at nearly the same rate
  • Used to form or recover the Radius of Curvature (ROC) and Apex Offset
  • Helps achieve ferrule geometry compliant with Telecordia GR 326
  • Recommended for both machine and hand polishing of single-mode and multimode ceramic connectors
  • Helps prepare the ferrule for final polishing
  • Achieves return loss of up to -55dB
  • Removes the fine scratches left from the preceding polishing steps
  • Helps achieve precise fiber height and endface geometry
  • Uses silicon dioxide particles for clean final polish
  • Polishes irregular glass fibers to a mirror finish
  • Etches away thermoset or thermoplastic material from MT ferrules
  • Features 0.3-0.5 mm flexible nylon fibers coated with aluminum oxide, cerium oxide, silicon carbide or silicon dioxide
  • Helps control fiber protrusion and achieve precise coplanarity across all fibers
Specifications
  • Material: Polyester
  • Disc size range: 2” - 12” diameter
  • Sheet size range: 3” x 6” – 9” x 11”
  • Grit size range: 0.5 – 40 µm
  • PSA & Non-PSA available
  • Center Hole films available
  • Material: Polyester
  • Disc size range: 2" - 12" diameter
  • Sheet size range: 3" x 6" - 9" x 11"
  • Grit size range: 0.05 - 60 µm
  • PSA & Non-PSA available
  • Center hole films available
  • Material: Polyester
  • Disc size range: 2" - 8" diameter
  • Sheet size range: 3" x 4" - 9" x 11"
  • Grit size range: 0.1 - 30 µm
  • PSA & Non-PSA available
  • Center hole films available
  • Material: Polyester
  • Disc size range: 2" - 8" diameter
  • Sheet size: 6” x 6”
  • Grit size range: 0.02 – 2 µm
  • PSA & Non-PSA available
  • Material: Polyester
  • Disc size range: 4”- 8” diameter
  • Sheet size: 6” x 6”
  • Grit size range: 0.5 – 3 µm
  • PSA & Non-PSA available
Films Available
  • ÅngströmLap®
  • 3M™
  • ÅngströmLap®
  • 3M™
  • ÅngströmLap® Sequoia
  • 3M™
  • ÅngströmLap® Ultimas™-P
  • ÅngströmLap® Ultimas™-F
  • ÅngströmLap® Ultimas™-U
  • 3M™
  • Seikoh Giken
  • ÅngströmLap®
  • ÅngströmBrush® Ultimas™-F
  • 3M™
Particle Types
  • Silicon Carbide
  • Aluminum Oxide
  • Calcined Alumina
  • Diamond
  • Silicon dioxide
  • Aluminum Oxide
  • Cerium Oxide
  • Silicon Carbide
  • Silicon Dioxide
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