MiniCoater
Short facts
- High and uniform recoating quality
- Compact design
- Handles most diameters
- Easy and quick mould replacement
- Easy handling
- Manual tensile strength tester
Description
The MiniCoater™ is used to restore the primary coating on spliced optical fibers with acrylate coatings. Due to the mould design the restored part of the coating has a diameter and other properties, such as excentricity and roundness, that are almost identical to the original fiber.
The mould can be exchanged in seconds with no subsequent alignment needed after exchanging the mould. The fiber will be automatically centered when it is inserted into the mould. Moulds are available for various sizes of coating diameters and they can also be made to customer specified sizes. The mould can typically be used for 30 to 80 recoatings depending on the type of acrylate used and the way of handling.
The mould is opened with the aid of a lever in order to facilitate the insertion of the fiber and the resin. The resin is cured through the walls of the transparent mould. The typical curing time is 15 to 60 s, depending on the type of resin and the length and diameter of the recoated part.
The manual tensile strength tester can be used with testing forces of up to 10 N. The fiber is placed around the capstans and pulled by the operator until the LED is switched off when a preset force has been reached.
Technical data
| Mould length | 34 mm |
| Curing time | 5–120 s |
| Curing wavelengths | > 360 nm |
| Tensile test | 0-10 N |
| Power supply* | External 12 V DC, 100 W |
| Dimensions | 200 mm (W) x 90 mm (D) x 130 mm (H) |
| Weight | 1.2 Kg |
NYFORS part number: 10000000
Included in delivery: 1 pack (10 pieces) 250 μm moulds, Linear clamps (250-400 μm)**, Manual and Tools.
* Not included in the delivery.
** 900 μm linear clamps available.