Holiday Update:
Fiber Optic Center will be closed December 24 and 25.
Due to potential early carrier pickups, PLEASE HAVE ALL ORDERS IN BY NOON ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 23.


We will resume our regular business hours on Thursday, December 26.

Fiber Optic Center will be at Photonics West - Schedule your meeting with a member of the FOC team now

SPLICING: Blog Articles

Fusion-Splice Basics

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 ...
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Fiber Optic Cable Splicing Explained

We tend to receive the same basic questions on the topic of splicing on types, benefits and applications. To begin, the standard definition of splicing in optical fiber is joining two fiber optic cables together. The other, more common, method of joining fibers is...
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