Title :
Development of an Automated Cleaning System for Multi-ferrule Fiber Optic Connectors
Author :
Duffy, Jack ; Hashimoto, Dieter ; Sloan, Jeff ; Bellegarde, Gene
Author_Institution :
Cisco Syst. Inc., Boxborough, MA, USA
Abstract :
A novel four stage automated process (a steam blast, CO2 snow blast, vacuum, and heated ionized drying air) has been developed to efficiently clean fiber optic endfaces in high density multi-ferrule connectors.
Keywords :
electric connectors; optical interconnections; automated cleaning system; heated ionized drying air; multiferrule fiber optic connectors; snow blast; steam blast; Cleaning; Connectors; Optical arrays; Optical fiber devices; Optical fibers; Snow; Solids; Streaming media; Testing; Vacuum systems;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528037