Specialty splicers and accessories
FSR116
Optical fibre recoater
Boost your efficiency and accuracy for demanding low-index and long recoat applications.
Precision recoating.
Consistent, reliable results.
They are commonly used in applications requiring flexible packaging requirements, high strength and high reliability splices, softer coatings for gyroscope splices, low-index coatings for power delivery and more.
Our recoaters improve on their respective predecessors in numerous ways. The time to inject recoat material has been reduced by over 50% due to an improved pumping mechanism and new glass mould design. While still utilizing quartz glass, the new mould design improves both pump time and recoat length accuracy, especially for longer recoats, by improving the flow rate of material across the entire mould. The mould also features a unique RFID capability, enabling the FSR to automatically limit selectable recoat modes in the UI, based on mould size installed and recoat mode parameters.
Like its predecessor, the FSR116 comes with a linear proof tester up to 2kgf or proof to failure for most fibres.
Applications
Our optical fibre recoaters deliver benefits to a variety of specialty fibre optic industries including:
- Universities
- R&D optical institutes
- High power laser
- Photonics
- Medical applications
Key Features
Technical specification
FSR115
Optical fibre recoater
APPLICABLE OPTICAL FIBRE
Single-fibre
APPLICABLE FIBRE COATING DIAMETER
0.09mm to 0.97mm
RECOAT DIAMETER
Approx. 0.195mm, Approx. 0.225mm, Approx. 0.28mm, Approx. 0.32mm, Approx. 0.45mm, Approx. 0.6mm, Approx. 0.67mm, Approx. 0.85mm and Approx. 1mm
RECOAT LENGTH
4mm to 50mm [1]
Recoat length accuracy ±20% [2]
APPLICABLE UV-CURING RESIN
Japan Fine Coating Co., Ltd. 950Y200 and Luvantix AMD Ltd. PC-373LD [3]
UV CURING RESIN SUPPLY SYSTEM
A built-in pump supplies UV curing resin to the recoat mould from a replaceable built-in bottle [4]
UV CURING RESIN INJECTION TIME
950Y200: Approx. 4 seconds [2]
PC-373LD: Approx. 10 seconds [2]
PROOF MECHANISM
Equipped
FIBRE CLAMP METHOD
Flat clamp types
SETTABLE PROOF FOR RANGE
0.2 to 2.0kgf
DIMENSIONS
252mm [W] x 175mm [D] x 169mm [H]
WEIGHT
4.8kg
OPERATING TEMPERATURE
10°C to 30°C
OPERATING HUMIDITY
0 to 95% RH non-condensing
OPERATING STORAGE
-40°C to 80°C
OPERATING HUMIDITY
0 to 95% RH non-condensing
AC ADAPTER
Input: AC100 to 240V, 50/60Hz, Max. 1.5A
Output: Approx. DC 19V, Max. 2.1A
DISPLAY
4.95-inch colour TFT touch screen
INTERFACE
PC: USB 2.0 Mini B type
Earth Terminal: Applicable by M3 size truss screw
WIRELESS COMMUNICATION
RFID: Compliant with ISO 15693
RECOAT MODE
100 recoat modes
RECOAT RESULTS
5,000 recoats
PROOF TEST MODE
30 proof modes
MOULD
Recoat length stabilising mechanism, alignable clamp position according to fibre eccentricity between coating centre and clad centre, replaceable by user, illuminates the flowing UV curing resin on the groove to advance resin visibility, RFID tab identifies the type of recoat mould.
SOFTWARE FOR PC
Recoater firmware update via the internet, parameter upload and download
PROOF FORCE CALIBRATION
Enable [5]
NOTES
[1] The recoat length may not achieve to the setting value, depending on the combination of recoat diameter and fibre coating diameter, ambient temperature, etc. [2] Test condition – (1) UV recoat Resin: Japan Fine Coatings Co., Ltd. 950Y200 or Luvantix ADM Ltd. PC-373LD (2) Recoat diameter: 0.28mm (3) Recoat length: 20mm (4) Fibre: Clad diameter 0.125mm/transparent UV 0.25mm coating diameter, coating stripping length 16mm (5) Environment condition: 25°C [3] Purchase the UV curing resin from UV curing resin local distributors. Fujikura doesn’t sell UV-curing resin [4] Ask the distributor to replace the built-in pump. [5] FGA-02 and specified force gauge, FGP-20 manufactured by Nidec-Shimpo Co., Ltd. are necessary.
