Rimini, Italy, September 8, 2003. Furukawa Electric Co Ltd of Japan is to preview its ultimate optical fiber splicer, the S183, at next month's ECOC (European Conference on Optical Communications) exhibition in Rimini, Italy. Furukawa has already developed the market's fastest splicer and the world's easiest-to-use palmtop splicer and the new S183 will be on view for the first time anywhere in world.
"The S183 is designed to address all production and research splicing needs in the optical components industry and will be formally launched later in the year," said Furukawa's David Jones. "We will be previewing it to visitors to our stand, which will also feature one of the most comprehensive ranges of Furukawa fusion splicers and optical solutions we have ever put together."
The S183 offers a total solution for precision polarization maintaining fibre splicing, high strength splicing, speciality fiber splicing and attenuation splicing - all essential processes in manufacturing the latest optoelectronic devices.
*Fastest splice time for PM fibres {40 seconds for Panda}
*USB, Ethernet connectors for control of production line.
*Advanced system for prevention of twisting or breaking of PM fibres during theta alignment
*Special jig makes transfer of spliced fiber to the protection sleeve heater.
In addition to the new S183, Furukawa will be exhibiting the S121a which is the world's smallest fusion splicer. Since making its European debut at the end of April, the S121a has achieved considerable success in the FTTx market. It is just one third the size of a regular splicer and half the cost.
Furukawa will also be showing the S176 core aligning splicer and a range of preparation tools. The fusion splicers will be networked using the new SmartFuse remote control software package. This powerful software system enables the user to:-
*efficiently monitor the performance of every FITEL machine on the production floor simultaneously through RS232, Ethernet or USB connection.
*Establish databases of all splicing results allowing user to trace results by splicer, date, model, or splicing program.
*Statistical analysis tool allows operator or supervisor to examine splicing trends and improve splicing.
*Provide a flexible conduit between fusion splicer and test equipment. Allows user to perform "live" splicing with real-time feedback from test equipment.
*Conveniently download optimized splicing programs to multiple splicers at the same time, or upload data from splicers to computer.
*SmartFuse allows engineers to edit/compare current programs and optimize splicing parameters for specialty applications.
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