High performance epoxy curing system for fiber optic terminations

Author

Christopher, Anthony J. ; Mueller, James ; Enlow, David ; Sroga, Jeffery T.

Author_Institution

KSARIA Corp., Wilmington, MA, USA

fYear

2005

fDate

20-22 Sept. 2005

Firstpage

46

Lastpage

47

Abstract

A recent Navy ManTech funded development program entitled fiber optic interconnect technology (FOIT) is aimed at advancing manufacturing technology associated with high reliability/ performance fiber optic assemblies. This technology consists of the development of an automated work cell made up of 5 discrete stations which perform the major processes with fiber cable manufacture. Benefits realized with automated manufacturing are reduced touch labor with improved performance and consistency of the end product. As part of this development process, the epoxy cure station has been developed to precisely control the thermal curing process of epoxy used in the termination of fiber optics. This paper describes the potential performance benefits for this newly developed curing system.

Keywords

curing; optical cables; automated manufacturing; epoxy cure station; fiber optic cables; fiber optic terminations; high performance epoxy curing system; thermal curing process; Assembly; Curing; Heating; Manufacturing; Optical fiber cables; Optical fibers; Ovens; Residual stresses; Space technology; Temperature;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Avionics Fiber-Optics and Photonics, 2005. IEEE Conference

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9111-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AVFOP.2005.1514150

Filename

1514150