May 11 2010
Vytran released the new automated optical fiber cleaver, LDC-400. This optical cleaver helps to make angled as well as flat cleaves on fibers with diameters ranging between 80 µm and 1.25 mm.
The LDC-400 is a precision tool that has been designed to comply with the cleave standard. The versatile optical fiber cleaver is designed for specialty fibers that are used in applications such as fiber laser, sensing, telecommunications, aerospace and defense, research and telecommunications.
A solutions provider for optical fiber processing, Vytran will introduce the new optical cleaver at the Lasers and Electro-Optics Conference. The conference will be held in San Jose, California, between May 18 and 20.
The LDC-400 optical fiber cleaver utilizes the technology of tension and scribe to make cleaves precisely and consistently with end-face, mirror-quality finishes. The cleaver can be set to make cleaves at a maximum angle of 15 degrees. Various features of the product include programmable cleave tension, scribe conditions and rotation angle. The optical cleaver also incorporates special processes for polarization maintaining fibers, photonic crystal fiber cleaving, or capillary tubing. In addition, the product can be used for cleaving non-circular fibers that are usually applied in fiber laser systems.
Vytran’s president and CEO, Jean-Michel Pelaprat said that the new product is based on the proven LDC-200 series of optical fiber cleavers. However, the LDC-400 has been designed with many key enhancements. The capability of the product to enable cleaving fibers of up to 1.25 mm diameter is vital for various early stage applications in fields such as medical device and fiber laser, he noted. When compared to the earlier LDC models, the new cleaver offers easier usage and more reliability, Pelaprat said.