Rise of the splice machines

Rise of the splice machines

With the move to higher and higher bandwidth, there is an industry emphasis on performance of optical fiber terminations. This performance is measured in both insertion loss as well as reflectance.Sourced through Scoop.it from: www.cablinginstall.com
What Ever Happened to the Mechanical Splice?

What Ever Happened to the Mechanical Splice?

While mechanical splice connectors have come a long way and are in ideal field termination method for connectorizing fiber, we rarely hear much anymore about mechanical splicing as a means for joining fibers along a link-even though it eliminates the need for...