Explore the Fiber Optic Center Services for custom fiber solutions
Fiber Optic Extrusion and Upjacketing Services
Fiber Optic Center partnership with PrecisionOT/Opticonx
for custom design and manufacture fiber optic cable options
Fiber Optic Center, in partnership with PrecisionOT/Opticonx, offers comprehensive extrusion and
upjacketing services for custom fiber solutions. We can work with virtually any fiber type to deliver the
solution you require. We specialize in taking a product from concept to design and then through
manufacturing. Capabilities include buffering, cabling, and jacketing a variety of fibers.
With extensive manufacturing experience and flexibility, we can custom-design and manufacture fiber optic
cables to specific requirements and specifications unique to your application and intended use. This can be
done with in-house fibers or customer supplied fibers. Short runs are welcome, and design consultation is
available.
Contact Fiber Optic Center for a variety of optical contract manufacturing services to meet customer requirements, including:
Custom configuration
Private labeling
Custom labeling
Custom packaging
Blind shipping
Important Notes for Upjacketing of customer-supplied fiber:
~50–100m of additional fiber is needed for production (start/stop process).
This cabling service is made on a “best effort” basis, meaning that while it is rare, the possibility exists that customer supplied fiber can be damaged or destroyed during the cabling process (due to power outages/fluctuations or extrusion equipment issues).
Opticonx cannot assume liability for the cost of damaged fiber.
Opticonx cannot replace customer-supplied fiber if a manufacturing problem occurs.
If new fiber is supplied by customers, Opticonx will run the job again at no additional cost.
Historical failure rate is ~ 1%
Research Furcation Tubing Materials
Know what furcation tubing material is best for your application
Critical Factors
Tensile load strength for fiber optic cable is a critical factor in avoiding damage to the optical properties of the material and the new furcation tubing center’s best practices were developed around the state-of-the-art fiber optic spoolers with custom tension control and best practice options. These strict practices will ensure healthy individual fibers and end the recent experiences of broken fibers in cables showing no external physical damage.
A Standard Operating Procedure has been developed for the Fiber Optic Center furcation tubing center at their warehouse facility. This SOP includes custom requirements and incoming inspection processes including but not limited to visual inspection, damaged cable identification and spooling best practices. FOC also continues to provide specification details for troubleshooting tight buffer and furcation tubing installation issues.
Opticonx’s LightTube™ portfolio is designed for the protection, termination and identification of all types of buffered optical fibers, including loose tube stranded, tight buffered, micro-distribution, loose tube unitube, central tube and ribbon, for direct termination with industry-standard connectors.
Fiber optic furcation tubing comes in various styles to suit specific optical fibers, connections, splicing, and termination configurations. Use our product matrices to quickly identify and compare the right furcation tubing for your project.
