by FOC Technical Experts | Dec 16, 2019 | EPOXY: Tips
There are a total of eight tips and considerations regarding freezing epoxy in FOC’s blog article, Ideas to adjust your epoxy process: Recommendations toreduce waste (and save money) in your fiber optic cable assembly process. Here is an important one to highlight:...
by FOC Technical Experts | Nov 13, 2019 | EPOXY: Tips
There are a total of eight tips and considerations regarding freezing epoxy in FOC’s blog article, Ideas to adjust your epoxy process: Recommendations to reduce waste (and save money) in your fiber optic cable assembly process. Here is an important one to highlight:...
by FOC Technical Experts | Oct 23, 2019 | EPOXY: Tips
There are a total of eight tips and considerations regarding freezing epoxy in FOC’s blog article, Ideas to adjust your epoxy process: Recommendations to reduce waste (and save money) in your fiber optic cable assembly process. Here is an important one to...
by FOC Technical Experts | Sep 18, 2019 | EPOXY: Tips
There are a total of eight tips and considerations regarding freezing epoxy in FOC’s blog article, Ideas to adjust your epoxy process: Recommendations to reduce waste (and save money) in your fiber optic cable assembly process. Here is an important one to highlight::...
by FOC Technical Experts | Aug 23, 2019 | EPOXY: Tips
There are a total of eight tips and considerations regarding freezing epoxy in FOC’s blog article, Ideas to adjust your epoxy process: Recommendations to reduce waste (and save money) in your fiber optic cable assembly process. Here is an important one to highlight:...
by FOC Technical Experts | Aug 9, 2019 | EPOXY: Tips
The glass transition is analogous to the melting point of a solid (a phase change). The difference is that epoxies are not small, simple molecules, like water (think of ice), or atoms, like pure metals. Ice and metals are materials that have well defined melting...
by FOC Technical Experts | Jul 31, 2019 | EPOXY: Tips
There are a total of eight tips and considerations regarding freezing epoxy in FOC’s blog article, Ideas to adjust your epoxy process: Recommendations to reduce waste (and save money) in your fiber optic cable assembly process. Here is an important one to highlight:...
by FOC Technical Experts | Jun 28, 2019 | EPOXY: Tips
A favorite tip: Make a polyethylene work surface. PE can be cut using woodworking tools, and you can place it in any dedicated space to create an easy-to-clean work surface. PE is gleaming white in color, chemically resistant, and available in 1/8” or ¼” sheets. You...
by FOC Technical Experts | Jun 20, 2019 | EPOXY: Tips
VISIT: The ÅngströmBond Solutions Center for epoxy expertise through: technical papers content best practices weekly tips FAQs dedicated adhesives expert, Kelly Barker Choosing the correct adhesive for an application is critical and ÅngströmBond ® premium...
by FOC Technical Experts | Jun 18, 2019 | EPOXY: Tips
There are a total of eight tips and considerations regarding freezing epoxy in FOC’s blog article, Ideas to adjust your epoxy process: Recommendations to reduce waste (and save money) in your fiber optic cable assembly process. Here is an important one to highlight:...
by FOC Technical Experts | Jun 13, 2019 | EPOXY: Tips
We characterize epoxy-related core cracking as a phenomenon, because this problem can occur infrequently and irregularly. If you experience this, you can investigate the possible causes and solutions in this article. READ THE FULL BLOG ARTICLE HERE: Does epoxy cause...
by FOC Technical Experts | May 23, 2019 | EPOXY: Tips
There are a total of eight tips and considerations regarding freezing epoxy in FOC’s blog article, Ideas to adjust your epoxy process: Recommendations to reduce waste (and save money) in your fiber optic cable assembly process. Here is an important one to highlight:...
by FOC Technical Experts | Apr 30, 2019 | EPOXY: Tips
The glass transition, Tg, is the temperature at which cured epoxies go from being rigid and glassy to being rubbery and more flexible. Most of us think of cured epoxies as being pretty hard (Shore D) materials; and they are, due to the crosslinked nature of their...
by FOC Technical Experts | Apr 15, 2019 | EPOXY: Tips
Often overlooked is the importance of controlling the amount of epoxy which remains BEHIND the ferrule (inside the ferrule-holder). This is the area which holds the weakest part of the entire fiber length: the transition area where the protective coating has been...
by FOC Technical Experts | Apr 4, 2019 | EPOXY: Tips
Crystallization in epoxies is common, and it’s likely that you’ll discover a crystallized container. When you do, please don’t be alarmed. Simply follow the heat treatment procedures FOC has published. This is a fast and easy remedy. In fact, one of my customers...
