| Recoater 1 - The classic fiber recoater with outstanding performance |
Recoater 1™ |
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About the Recoater 1™
The Recoater 1 is used to restore the primary coating on spliced optical fibres with acrylate coatings. Due to the mould design the restored part of the coating has almost the same diameter as the original coating.
The mould can be exchanged in seconds; no alignment is required after exchanging the mould. The fibre will be automatically centred when it is inserted into the mould. Moulds for various sizes of the coating diameters are available and can also be made to customer specified shapes. The mould can typically be used for more than 30 to 80 recoatings depending on the type of acrylate and handling.
The mould holder keeps the mould in line with primary capstans or if mounted the linear clamps to the left and right of the mould. To facilitate the insertion of the fibre and the coating resin, the mould can be opened with the aid of a lever.
The resin is cured through the walls of the transparent mould. The typical curing time is 15 to 60 seconds depending on the type of resin and the length of the recoated part. The automatic tensile strength tester can be used for forces up to 50 N. The level of strength, pulling rate and time at the maximum force can be pre-set.
The linear clamps are used if only short fibres are available. Tensile strength tests up to 10 N can be made with the clamps. The clamps can easily be removed from the Recoater.
Technical Data for the Recoater 1™
Power 12 DC, 7A
Mould length 34 mm
Curing time 1 – 120 s
Tensile test 1 – 50 N
Resolution 0,1 N
Pulling speed 20 – 100 mm/min
Power supply 110 – 240 V
Weight 3,5 Kg
Dimensions 280x200x120 (mm)