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High-End Fusion Splicer S183PMⅡ/S184PM

1. OUTLINE
In addition to the increasing demands of high-functional
fusion splicers used for optical parts manufacturing andresearch, the need for splicing equipment for LDF (LargeDiameter Fiber) which has a larger diameter than opticalfiber for communications, is on the rise in the industrial
field. Therefore, the S183PMⅡ and the S184PM, all-roundtype fusion splicers, which enable not only specialty fiber
splicing and polarization-maintaining (PM) fiber splicing,but also LDF splicing, have been developed.

2.

FEATURES

The prime features of the S183PMⅡ and the S184PM are
the basic performance which realized both various functions and usability in a higher level, and the applicability
for a broad range of optical fiber clad diameters.
The S183PMⅡ is applicable from 80 μm to 500 μm indiameter and the S184PM is applicable from 80 μm to1200 μm in diameter.

Figure 1

Figure 2

Appearance of S183PMⅡ.

2.2 Screen Display
Figure 3 shows various screen displays. A 6.5 inch largescreen LCD monitor is adopted, and an intuitive, easily
comprehensive GUI is used. Also, a fiber image can bemagnified up to 430 times on the screen by the zoom
function. In addition, it is possible to output the screen
image to an external monitor or a projector, etc, through a
VGA connector (an analog RGB) on the side panel.

Appearance of large diameter fibers.

2.1 Appearance
The appearance of the fusion splicers is shown in Figure 2.
As the appearance succeeds the designing of the former
equipment, it factors in the usability on an assembly line
in an optical parts manufacturing factory by lowering thework plane. In addition, as the display screen of the LCD
monitor, which displays the status of an operation, can beturned upside-down and the equipment can be used with
its front and back reversed, it provides the optimal usage
environment depending on the size of an optical part or
the layout of a factory, etc.

Figure 3

Screen display.

2.3 Operability
The S183PMⅡ and the S184PM adopt a fiber-holder
method which makes a series of operations easy, from apreparation of fiber to its set up in the fusion splicer. As
shown in the right side of Figure 4, the holder shaft
rotates around in PM fiber splicing which requires rotational alignment of polarization plane. It does not damage

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fiber coating, and the extra length of fiber is fixed without
being entangled or caught up in the shaft. Also, LDFs
which are not flexible are easily settable, as they are held
in a straight line.

Figure 4

Mechanism of fiber rotation.

In addition, as an automatic fiber holder release structure for the fiber holder cap is used and a series of operation is automatically finished with the windshield closed,
the takeout operation of a spliced fiber is extremely easyand safe.

Figure 5

2.4 Fiber Positioning StructurePart replacement of the optical fiber chuck is unnecessary
and setting of the equipment is automatically readjusted
when the coating diameter and the clad diameter of aspliced fiber change. Up to 2 mm in coating diameter isapplicable. Dissimilar diameter splicing is also possible.

Figure 7

Dissimilar diameter splicing for 400 μm – 125 μm.

2.5 3-Electrode Arc Discharge
The S184PM has adopted the 3-electrode arc discharge
method. It enables broad-area and high-output discharge
heating, and splicing of LDFs more than 1000 μm in diameter is possible.

Automatic fiber holder release structure.

Up to three kinds of frequently-used fusion programs
are registrable in the program key and can be called up
instantly. And as various functions, such as measurementof optical fiber shape, are implemented, frequently-usedfunctions are registrable in the shortcut key and can becalled up directly without going through the menu.

Figure 6

Function key panel.

Figure 8

Appearance of 3-electrode arc discharge.

2.6 Specialty Discharge Function
The S183PMⅡ and the S184PM are provided with an arc
discharge function called arc scanning. The arc scanning
is a function that discharges with a fiber shifting in a longitudinal direction after splicing and heats up fiber far andwide (±2 mm).
Migration speed of fiber, round-trip distance, discharge
intensity, discharge time, etc, are freely settable. Variouspatterns of heating treatment are possible depending on
the characteristics of fibers.

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Figure 9

Conceptual image of arc discharge during arc scanning.

2.7 Specification
The main specifications are shown in Table 1. Variousfusion programs, such as dissimilar fiber splicing, PMfiber splicing, axis offset splicing, and dissimilar diametersplicing, etc, are preset, and new programs can be codedand stored (up to 150 programs in total).
Table 1

FUTURE PROCUCT DEVELOPMENTS

As the S183PMⅡ and the S184PM are applicable to LDF
splicing, those are optimal products for splicing in various
optical application fields, such as fiber laser.
In the future, the range of application will be extended tosplicing of new kinds of specialty fibers, such as holey
fiber and multi-core fiber, etc.
For more information, please contact:
Interconnectivity Equipment Dept.
FITEL Products Dept.
Telecommunications Co.
TEL：+81-436-42-1657 FAX：+81-436-42-1655

Specifications of S183PMⅡ and S184PM
ItemS184PM

S183PMⅡ

Applicable fiber type

SMF, DSF, MMF, NZ-DSF, EDF, PMF, etc.

Applicable clad
diameter

80～500 μm

Applicable coating
diameterFiber cleave length80～1200 μm

160～2000 μm
4 mm(coating clamping)

5 mm(coating clamping)

10 mm (cladding clamping)
Insertion loss

SMF：average 0.02 dBExtinction ratio

PANDA：average 40 dB

Splicing time

SMF：average 15 sec
PANDA：average 35 sec

SMF：average 20 sec
PANDA：average 50 sec

Data output terminal

USB1.1, LAN (10BASE-T)

Size

350W×197D×154H mm(excluding projections)

Mass
Number of fusion
programs

8.5 kg

8.8 kgMaximum 150

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