What Are Corning (Siecor) Unicam Connectors? Fiber Optic Tutorial Series One
The termination process for industry standard epoxy and polish fiber optic connectors.
For standard epoxy and polish fiber optic connectors, the termination process typically includes 7 steps (up to 30 minutes) which are:
1. Strip the optical fiber to expose the 125um (140um or other sizes depending on your fiber) fiber cladding
2. Clean the exposed bare fiber with isopropyl alcohol and lint-free wipes
3. Insert the bare fiber into the connector center hole until the fiber stops
4. Inject fiber optic epoxy with a syringe dispenser into the connector body
5. Cure the fiber optic epoxy with high temperature which could be 85C, 100C or even 120C depending on the type of fiber optic epoxy(you need a special connector epoxy curing oven for this purpose)
6. Scribe the fiber protruding from the tip of the fiber connector
7. Polish the connector tip with lapping films either by hand or specialized fiber optic connector polishing machine(especially for single mode fiber connectors)
So you see that the process for terminating optical fiber is...
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