The standard definition of splicing in optical fiber is the joining two fiber optic cables together. The other method of joining fibers is called termination or connectorization. Splicing is most commonly used in the field but has application in cable assembly houses. The types of standard fibers are singlemode and multimode fibers with 125um cladding, 250um primary acrylate buffer coating and/or 900um, tight buffered or loose tube jacket.
3SAE has developed a standard fusion splicing workstation process for creating very high yield, high throughput splicing of all standard optical fibers. From the fiber preparation process of strip, clean and cleave, to fast, low loss, automatic alignment of all commercially available singlemode and multimode fibers.
