Title :
Aerospace cable repair via field-portable fiber optic tip shaping and permanent mechanical splice technology
Author :
Tran, V.D. ; Beranek, Mark ; Hackert, Michael ; McDermott, Brian ; Peterson, Nicholas ; Burnham, Geoffrey ; Wu, Victor ; Zhao, Jing ; Christopher, Anthony ; Ciolfi, George ; Mazurowski, John
Author_Institution :
Naval Air Syst. Command, Patuxent River, MD, USA
Abstract :
In this paper we have described the development of a novel fiber optic cable restoration technology based on field-portable fiber tip shaper and mechanical splicer devices. The cable restoration procedure accommodates aerospace simplex fiber optic cable, fiber with both strippable and un-strippable coatings, produces no hazardous waste (glass shards), requires little training and virtually no preventative maintenance to produce mechanical splices that meet or exceed MIL-PRF-24623/7 beginning of life insertion loss and twist specification requirements.
Keywords :
aerospace components; antireflection coatings; optical cables; optical fibre losses; splicing; aerospace cable repair; aerospace simplex fiber optic cable; fiber optic cable restoration technology; field-portable fiber optic tip shaping; life insertion loss; permanent mechanical splice technology; preventative maintenance; twist specification; unstrippable coatings; Aircraft; Insertion loss; Maintenance engineering; Mechanical cables; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber devices; Optical fibers;
Conference_Titel :
Avionics, Fiber- Optics and Photonics Technology Conference (AVFOP), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7344-1
DOI :
10.1109/AVFOP.2011.6082149
