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New Cleavers From Fujikura
Fujikura Europe has launched the CT11x series of fibre optic cleavers with key upgrades for improved cleaving quality and usability for engineers and researchers. The new line-up of specialist cleavers comprises the CT114, CT115, and CT116. All three models enable accurate cleaving of large diameter optical fibres, which are typically used for applications including laser systems, medical devices, and sensors. The company says the leading feature of the new CT11x series is its blade management. The automatic cleaving blade position provides consistent cleaving quality and means users don’t need to worry about the blade condition. Concern over continued high quality cleaves as the blade wears has been eliminated from all three models, all of which benefit from this automatic blade position change mechanism.
The CT115 and CT116 now include an auto backstop – an upgrade from the outgoing
models, which required engineers to manually
position the backstop under a microscope. The new auto backstop functionality not only provides better cleave quality— especially for large-diameter and complex structure fibres—but also helps protect the blade. Instead of manual positioning, the backstop on the CT115 and CT116 now moves up to the fibre and positions automatically for optimal results. Commenting on the new CT11x series, Sameen Saleem, European business development engineer at Fujikura Europe, said, “The new series is an upgrade on our CT- 104+, CT-105+ and CT-106+ fibre optic cleavers with new automated features to make cleaving as easy as possible for users. The auto backstop provides better cleave quality and with our blade management technology, engineers and researchers can rely on good blade condition.”
transmits the fibre diameter. With the programmes stored in advance, it helps to eliminate failed cleaves due to the incorrect programme being selected.
The CT11x series is equipped with an RFID receiver so it can select the appropriate cleave mode based on the RFID information it receives from the fibre holder, which
S&T Iskratel’s New OLT’s Are Fast!
PON technologies. While Iskratel Lumia T6 can serve over 20,000 users with its 80/64 ports, the larger T14 (pictured) can provide PON connectivity to more than 50,000 users with its 208/192 Combo PON ports. S&T Iskratel says along with the OLTs’ high speeds, service providers can now expand their networks seamlessly and increase their overall number of subscribers in both urban and rural locations. The temperature range from –40 °C to +65 °C means that the OLTs can be deployed both at the central office and in less thermally controlled remote locations such as street cabinets. “Services such as video conferencing, 4K video streaming, gaming and cloud storage are all gaining popularity rapidly, creating a
S&T Iskratel has released two new multi-terabit Optical Line Terminals. The company says the Iskratel Lumia T6 offers 1.4 Tbps uplink capacity making it the world’s fastest shelf-based PON OLT. It also allows for a seamless technology upgrade in the same chassis when new PON generations are available. With 800 Gbps per subscriber blade and 3.4 Tbps switching capacity, it will support 50GPON and 100GPON, in addition to current 10-gigabit PON technologies such as Combo PON and XGS-PON. The company has also announced the launch of its Iskratel Lumia T14, a super-scalable, high-density OLT, able to host present and future
rising demand for data rates for a reliable performance,” said Simon Čimžar, CTO, Business Unit Broadband at S&T Iskratel. “The outstanding uplink capacities of our new OLTs are the fastest way to unlocking a greener future, due to full compliance with the EU Code of Conduct on Energy
Consumption of Broadband
generation PON technologies. Moreover, it is designed for virtualized operation on the same hardware which guarantees operators the return and safety of their investment,” added Čimžar.
Equipment, fundamental in enabling operators to reduce energy costs and their impact on the environment.” “The new OLTs can support both, the current and next-
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