Optical fiber termination way

In the structured cabling projects, are simple to use twisted-pair cable tool pressure patch panels and modules on the receiving end, regardless of type or vendor differences. In contrast, fiber termination in a manner that complex, will be affected by different types of optical connectors, suppliers can offer product lines affected. Experts point out that fiber optic termination and not just in the way of the construction site will be problems, but in the design phase of the project layout and product selection must take into account issues, and different ways of fiber termination There are advantages and disadvantages.

      "Fiber to the fiber" refers to the laying of optical fiber terminated at the factory with a light one end of the pigtail connector (Pigtail) connected. Divided in two ways: Welding and Mechanical Splicing. "Fiber to the fiber," the common benefits of these two methods is the optical fiber connector termination method is not the type of selection effects, and pigtails polish connector is installed into the factory, and proven performance guaranteed.

      Welding is a relatively fast way of fiber termination. With aids to the laying of fiber and pigtail stripped of skin, cutting, cleaning, such as the protection of the splice tray to use light welding machine "melt" into one top. Stable and reliable welding method, the failure rate below 1%, the disadvantage is the need to have power in the field, equipment, bulky, expensive and require professional operation and routine maintenance.

      Mechanical splice, is laying fiber and pigtail are stripped of skin, cutting, cleaning, insert the disk align successive match, tangent and locked. Continue the process of reversible mechanical, a little faster, the failure rate slightly higher than welding, tools, simple investment is small, but usually not cheap successive match plate.


      "Fiber to the connector" refers to the laying of optical fiber and optical connector directly connected. Are broadly divided in two ways: adhesive / non-site grinding and polishing. Adhesive / polish is stripped optical fiber, optical connector cleaning after penetration, and then along the optical connector end of the cut surface polished by hand according to certain procedures. Produced in a factory environment, pigtails or jumper or batch grinding machines, optical fiber and connector between the adhesive bonding. This approach requires some consumables, tools, economical and easy to carry, easy to operate, once most people learn, but the quality is dependent on the stability of the operator's proficiency.


      "Fiber to the fiber," "fiber to the connector," the way these two types of optical fiber termination is different, but all require the installation of business must have a trained technical personnel, and the acquisition may not be too high utilization of field testing equipment. The pre-terminated fiber solutions are no professionals and specialized equipment, installer as long as there is competent field engineers, carefully survey the scene, accurate calculation of the length of optical fiber, cable routing, the length of ordering a custom manufacturer, has been factory-terminated to complete the selected optical connector, specify the number or the specified outer sheath core fiber, and can be laid directly to the site. Using pre-terminated fiber solutions, the price may be slightly higher than the average similar fiber. However, taking into account to avoid a one-time investment and eliminate a variety of on-site termination methods lead to the failure rate, the price remain quite reasonable.