FIBER OPTICS

Designed for high strength applications, this advanced and flexible recoating system restores the protective acrylate coating on spliced and stripped optical fibers. It is fully automatic, allowing for operator skill independent operation in factory environments with high productivity and cost advantages. Recoating material is automatically injected into silicone moulds identical to those used in NYFORS manual recoaters. They are available in different sizes and shapes to cover a wide range of coating diameters and can easily be exchanged by the operator in a few seconds with no realignment of the system being required. Short curing times are achieved through the highly efficient UV LED light source which enable fast processing of both standard high index recoating materials and more specialized low index compounds used in various high power applications. The customer selected recoating material is automatically injected from an easily attached 1 oz. Nalgene bottle, functioning as the recoater reservoir tank. This bottle as well as the entire injection system (including pump, supply lines and injection needle) may be removed and exchanged as a single unit. This provides a convenient way to switch between different types of optical fibers and also makes the system easy to set up, optimize and rapidly reconfigure for different recoating applications and requirements. The AUTOCOATER 2™ is therefore an ideal choice for fully automatic operator skill independent recoating where flexibility is required to meet many different needs and specifications. Program parameters are conveniently accessible through the built-in LCD touch screen control. The system can also be accessed via the USB port or Ethernet interface.

This automatic optical fiber tensile testing system is designed for operator skill independent use in production and laboratory settings. Two basic model configurations allow the user to choose between a set up for standard linear proof testing and with additional mandrels for rotary high strength testing. The linear version is designed for production proof testing with forces up to 22 N. Motorized clamps with carefully designed rubber inserts ensure that the fiber coating is not damaged in the testing process while at the same time eliminating the need for an external air supply. Levels of pulling force, pulling speed and hold time are programmable and conveniently accessible to the operator through the built-in LCD touch screen control. Data from tests can be saved and accessed via the USB port or Ethernet interface. Mandrels of the same design as in NYFORS’ optical fiber recoaters can easily be mounted on the proof tester in the rotary high strength configuration. The fiber is wrapped around the two mandrels which support it with a special clamping mechanism. This way much higher loads can be applied onto the fiber, enabling breaking strength tests under controlled circumstances. Adjustable clamp positioning facilitates testing with the highest force levels as well as testing of short fiber lengths. The compact and light weight design makes the instrument easy to move around in a laboratory environment and to integrate in a production work bench where space is at a premium.

DARC Glass uses an internal absorption matrix to control the visibility of the light and images that pass through it. Observers within the specified viewing angle see a bright, clear image; outside the viewing angle the image is completely black. DARC Glass provides a highly customizable method to control visibility, privacy, and reflections of LCD displays. With our Normal DARC Glass, the viewing cone is defined by a specified viewing angle and is uniform across the entire surface of the glass. The viewing angle is fully customizable and the viewing cone can be angled in any direction relative to the surface of the glass. With our Directed DARC Glass, it may be necessary in applications utilizing very wide/tall displays and requiring a narrow viewing cone. In this situation, DARC Glass Normal may restrict the ability of the viewer to see the entire display because they may be outside the viewing cone of the far ends of the display. DARC Glass Directed solves this issue with enhanced control. An advanced manufacturing process is used to achieve non-uniform viewing cones across the surface of the glass. In other words, the viewing cone for every point on the glass is angled and directed to a defined viewing point. The location and size of the viewing area is fully customizable.

Capillaries are a high-quality ordered array, similar to image conduits except that the solid optical fibers are replaced with hollow glass tubes. INCOM uses the same highly developed glass drawing technology to produce these hollow arrays in a wide variety of cross sections, pore sizes, and lengths. The hollow tubes are manufactured in clear or crosstalk-reducing black glass. INCOM’s microcapillary array plates consist of dense orderly arrays of flow-through capillaries that are used in a wide variety of analysis, sensing, and processing functions. The plates are manufactured using advanced technology that gives unprecedented flexibility in the choice of capillary internal diameter (ID) and plate thickness at a lower cost than traditional technology. Incom currently has the ability to manufacture Microcapillary boules as large as 230mm x 230mm x 400mm (L x W x D), which can be formed to any specified dimensions. Our process is scalable and fully customizable to meet your individual requirements. Microcapillary plates can be used in Time of Flight (TOF, Mass Spectrometry, Neutron Detection, Micro Channel Plates (MCP's), Micro-CHP, PET-Scan and many other applications.

The small and light weight MINICOATER 2™ provides versatile recoating capability in situations where portability and flexibility is needed. Silicone moulds are available in different sizes to cover a wide range of coating diameters and shapes and can easily be exchanged by the operator in a few seconds with no realignment of the system being required. Short curing times are achieved through the highly efficient UV LED light source which enables fast processing of both standard high index recoating materials and more specialized low index compounds that are used in various high power applications. These features makes the MINICOATER 2™ well suited for research and development operations and small scale production where the fiber type and dimension as well as the recoating material need to be changed frequently. It can also, thanks to the small size and built in re-chargeable battery, be used for recoating in a remote field environment such as an oil drilling platform and in other situations where a high degree of portability is required. The MINICOATER 2™ has a simple two button control with a three digit display and comes in a small bench-top design.

The DISPENSING PEN™ is perfect for automatic and high precision resin dispensing of different kinds of materials. The clean design makes it easy to hold and control for operation. The dispensing speed is easily controlled. The size of the needle and the easily controlled dispensing speed makes it suitable for high precision fiber recoating and dispensing activities. The DISPENSING PEN™ is ideal for recoating application in conjunction with a manual RECOATER such as the NYFORS MICROCOATER, MINICOATER or RECOATER platforms. The DISPENSING PEN™ is also useful for other applications where glue or other kinds of acrylate needs dispensing. Different types of resin are loaded in the DISPENSING PEN™ by changeable resin cartridges. The DISPENSING PEN™ is controlled with a push button on the pen or could also be controlled with a button on the control box/pen-stand on the side. Features High precision dispensing Compact design and battery driven Controllable dispensing speed Changeable and dispensable resin cartridges

Fused fiber optic tapers offer a low-distortion method of magnifying or, more typically, reducing an image for image transfer applications. Tapers manufactured from billets produced using INCOM’s revolutionary MEGAdraw process have zero shear distortion and blemish quality higher than normally available. Our large diameter fiber optic tapers (LDFOTs) are the largest available in the world. INCOM’s tapers have many applications, including X-ray imaging, remote viewing, helmet mounted imaging, CCD coupling, image intensification, and X-ray crystallography. Incom continues to be the leader in Large Diameter Fiber Optic Tapers (LDFOTs). We were the first to produce 135mm LDFOTs and we are the only company that produces 150mm to 200mm LDFOTs. INCOM’s patented state-of-the-art furnace design makes it possible to produce LDFOTs with near perfect image integrity. All of our tapers can be custom designed to fit into any optical system. With our variety of CNC diamond grinding equipment, we can form even the most complex shapes.

he CLEAVEMETER 3D+™ is a non-contact interferometer designed for high accuracy inspecting of end-faces for cleaved or polished optical fibers with cladding diameters of 125 μm to 1200 μm. The CLEAVEMETER 3D+™ gives immediate and precise information on the important end face properties such as flatness, perpendicularity, hackles and dust. Extremely accurate measurements of both cleave angle and surface flatness over arbitrary diameters can be performed on the reconstructed end-face surface. These measurements are carried out automatically, with full operator independence. This makes the system well suited not only for detailed cleave quality analysis in laboratory environments, but also for close production monitoring. In addition to cleave angles, the system can also be used to measure a number of other properties such as plane angles, fiber diameters and the distance between points.

Tabletop CO2 laser splicing and glass shaping system The SMARTSPLICER™ 1.5 includes a new glass processing window in the door to enable direct viewing of the process and the components as well as special fittings to mount on an optical table High precision optics with axicon refractive elements convert a laser beam into a ring of adjustable diameter, matching the fibers or components under processing. This optical configuration provides uniform and highly precise distribution of optical power through a completely contamination free heating process. Different types of fibers and optical components can be processed through glass shaping operations such as end cap splicing, fiber to fiber splicing, tapering, fiber power combiners, lensing, and many other applications.

Fiber optic adapter couplers feature low insertion and return loss designed for multiple connectivity options. Single-mode and multimode mating adapter couplers are available in various connector types with choice of simplex or duplex, all of which are RoHS compliant. Offers an adapter solution for any standard application. The mating adapter’s high-precision alignment sleeve enables reliable ferrule mating to specified ferrule diameters, ensuring low insertion and return loss.