Fibre splicing

Description

Fibre splicing training course description

A short, concise hands on fibre optic cable splicing course providing comprehensive coverage of fibre splicing. Over 50% of the course is practical based.

What will you learn

• Prepare cable for splicing.
• Splice fibre optic cable.

Fibre splicing training course details

Fibre splicing training course contents

• Fibre optic essential review

Fibre cable types. SMF, MMF. Safe working practices. Cable handling issues.
Hands on: Handling fibre optic cable.

• Preparing fibre for splicing

Cutting and stripping tools, cleaving methods, fibre cleaning materials.
Hands on: Fibre preparation.

• Splicing

Joining fibres, splicers, fusion splicing, mechanical splicing, splicing procedure. cleaving, splicing parameters. Splicing vs. connectors. Which splice?
Hands on: Splicing fibre.

• Splice loss mechanisms

End gap, concentricity, end angle, NA mismatch, finish and dirt, coaxiality, Axial run out, core mismatch, back reflection.

• Testing

Testing successful fibre splicing.
Hands on: Testing spliced fibre.