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New Optical Fiber Cleaver S326

1.

INTRODUCTION

When providing on-site connection for customers of Fiber
To The Home (FTTH), of Local Area Network (LAN) and ofothers, a user friendly and high reliability optical fiber
cleaver is required. Therefore, we have developed amore advanced optical fiber cleaver, the S326 (Figure 1)
which is user friendly in handling while keeping the same
operability of the conventional optical fiber cleaver S325
which has earned a good reputation.

and making the precision parts hard to reach, thereforethe impact resistance is improved.
2.3 Portability
Since it is small and light in weight, it can be easily
brought to various connecting work sites. As shown in
Figure 2, a strap can be attached to the body and canprevent it from dropping by wearing the strap around thewrist when it is used. It is also possible to wear it aroundthe neck by a choker chain.

Figure 2 High portability (suspended by strap).
Figure 1 Appearance of the S326.

2.

FEATURES

2.1 Appearance
The shape is designed to fit comfortably in the palm ofthe hand. In the various working environments which areconsidered at splicing, it is possible to do cleaving operation holding the cleaver in the hand as well as to do cleaving operation with short excess length of the optical fiber
since the body of the cleaver can be inserted in the closures.
2.2 Impact ResistanceIn the conventional optical fiber cleaver, the precisionparts which cleave the optical fibers are covered by
Aluminum Die Cast (ADC) alloy parts. Therefore, external
impacts can easily reach to the precision parts throughthe ADC alloy parts and can cause the deformation of theprecision parts. Therefore, we collect the precision parts
which cleaves optical fiber in the center of the cleaver andcover their surroundings by resin parts. External impacts
are absorbed or dispersed by the deformed resin parts

2.4 Small and Light Weight
Figure 3 shows the new product and the conventional
one. The body weight of the new product is reduced toapprox. 250 g and we achieved a light weight of 30%
reduction from the conventional optical fiber cleaver (ratio
to our previous model S325).

Figure 3 Small body (S326 and S325).

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2.5 Operability
It is more advanced in user friendliness in handling with at
the same operability of the conventional optical fiber
cleaver S325 which has earned a good reputation. Inaddition to a series of operations such as “cleaving of theoptical fiber”, “collecting of the optical fiber waste” and“resetting” in one finger operation, a lid of the body pops
up by a newly mounted cylinder and makes it possible toopen with a small force when it is reset. Also, it is possible to set and take off the optical fiber to/from it without alot of care to the tip of the optical fiber because the opening angle of the lid of the body is wide at approx. 110°and a large space is maintained in the optical fiber setting
position (Figure 4).

2.7 Options
It is acceptable not only for cleaving with an adaptor provided for a single fiber but also for cleaving of various
fiber holder systems such as for fusion splicer or formechanical splice.

3.

SPECIFICATIONS OF THE PRODUCT

It can cleave optical fibers in predefined sizes with highprecision. To obtain the stable cleaving quality, rubberclamps arranged one above the other are stuck to eachother by a magnetic force and securely hold the opticalfiber.
The specifications of the S326 are shown in Table 1.
Table 1

Specifications of S326.

Items

Specifications

Adaptive fiber types

SM, MM, DSF, NZD and others

Optical fiber countSingleRibbon fiber (2 to 12-fibers)

Optical coating diameter

Single fiber: 0.25 to 0.90 mm
Ribbon fiber: 0.30 to 0.40 mm x 0.25 pitch

Blade life

48,000 fibers

Optical fiber cleaving
lengthSingle fiber, Variable length: 5 to 20 mm
Single fiber, Fixed length: 10 mm & 16 mm
Ribbon fiber : 10 mm

Dimensions (at top size)

96W x 79D x 56H mm

Weight

250 g (including the fiber waste box)

Figure 4 Wide opening angle of the lid of the body.
Easy operation.

2.6 Maintenance
When the blade is worn, a good fiber cleaving is recovered with the rotation of the blade (Figure 5).

For more information, please contact:
Access Network Department, FITEL Products Division
CS2 Group
Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
Tel: +81-436-42-1657 Fax: +81-436-42-1786

Figure 5 Easy to move cleaving position withrotation of the blade. Rotation of blade.

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