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A collection of Fiber Optic Application Notes accumulated over the past twenty years. Scroll through My World or use the application MENU. This blog aims to promote Fiber Optic Endface
Whether you are operating an enterprise, hyperscale cloud, or multi-tenant data center, your infrastructure must address reliability, manageability, scalability, and flexibility. Without a flexible fiber optic cabling plan capable of easily accommodating common moves,
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Sticklers™ Pro360™ Touchless Cleaner Introduction Video
Contactless 360° Clean for Damage-free Cleaning. (VIDEO) The Sticklers™ Pro360™ “Touchless” Connector Cleaner Kit provides up to 2700 Cleans. Cleaning Portability is Indoor/Outdoor. Multiple Size Adapters for Cleaning Flexibility i.e.
Fiber optic polarity is a light signal traveling directionally through a fiber optic cable from one end to the other. In any installation, it is important to ensure that the
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Consider Promoting with us in 2023! Look throughout MyWorld. I have a Strong marketing belief in Feature/Benefit visualizations.
The following is an EXEMPLAR of my latest application note for Fiber | Undercut | Protrusion | Tips Our support TEAM has been working with polishing, film, cleaning, and interferometry
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Fiber Networks: Where Does All the Dust Come From?
Dust is a real problem with fiber optics. It’s granular in nature and resists compression. It often is opaque and completely blocks the optical signal. Getting rid of the dust
Endface Care, Endface Solutions
Preparation / Fiber Optic Fusion Splicing / Why Clean Before Cleaving (VIDEO)
Do’s and Don’ts … optical end face care (video) This is a Good Video by MicroCare Sticklers for Fusion Splicing Preparation. Enjoy the Video! Visit Wet/Dry Cleaning Solutions for adapter
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Need Polishing fixtures for SN, CS, MDC,
ACP-24/96 Mass Connector Polisher with Auto Stub Removal Patented Fig 8 Polishing. Request a Quote for a Custom polishing fixture Supporting Senko SN: Senko CS: USConec MDC; MT; LC’s &
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Sticklers Cleanclickers to the Rescue 1.25mm; 2.5mm; MTP/MPO; Cassettes;
Cleans Bulkhead, Adapters, and End-face Surface Sticklers® Cleanclicker for bulkhead adapters fiber optic connector cleaning delivers great cleaning results at a lower cost per connector today. The Sticklers® Cleanclicker CCu250
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Polishing Films “Escalating Prices” Help4u
We offer a polishing film that is cost-effective and works. *We provide FREE evaluation sample Film when available for Polishing Process evaluation and confirmation. Lapping is the removal of material
Tip for viewing Ball Lens: Focus Inspection to maximum closeup field view. Regular optical connector cleaning tools, based on physically contacting the end face surface, are not capable of cleaning
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Promote “brand” with us! Look around MyWorld. I have a Strong marketing belief in Feature/Benefit visualizations.
The following is an EXEMPLAR of my latest application note for Fiber Undercut, Protrusion, and Tips. Our support TEAM has been working with polishing, film, inspection, cleaning, and interferometry since
Endface Care, Endface Solutions, Fiber Optic Polishing, Polishing Film
Statistical Process Control: Focus on preventive action NOT, corrective action
These steps require process control during daily production to improve first-pass yield, efficiency, and costs. Knowing and trusting your process with each step provides ROI. Process Control and JIT-type delivery
“Even if the contact zone initially is clean, static can cause dust to move from the outer zone into the contact zone,” the video below explains. Using isopropyl alcohol (IPA)
Customers; Principals; and Distributors, I wish to convey my greetings to you this Christmas Holiday. I am very grateful for your loyalty throughout the years, so I renew my commitment
This is a Good Video for Stereze Safe Workplace Cleaners … Enjoy! This includes conference rooms, classrooms, offices, restrooms, and lobbies. Effective cleaning is important to prevent the spread of
Cleans MIL T 29504;5 for MIL DTL 38999, MIL T 29504;15 for MIL PRF 28876, SMPTE 304M socket termini The 1.6mm Clean Stixxs Cleaning Sticks are good for cleaning MIL
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Lapping Film with consistency at unbeatable pricing?
A precision polyester base coated with minerals such as diamonds, aluminum oxide, silicon oxide, silicon carbide, and/or cerium oxide originally used to process and polish optical fiber connectors to ensure
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MPO/MTP in the DATA Center
Parallel optics technology has become the transmission option of choice in many data centers as it is able to support 10G, 40G, and 100G transmission. For parallel optics to work
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Specialty Fiber | SMA | Medical/Laser
The telecommunication industry regulates optical connectivity performance with geometrical measurements, the specialty fiber industry traditionally performs only a visual inspection of their fiber assemblies. With a global population that’s both growing and living
There are many products that can be used to clean fiber end faces, and they’re made by many different companies to many different standards. So, let us be blunt, just
Military-approved with National Stock Number 6070-01-553-2267 The Sticklers® XMT Cleanstixx Optical Grade Cleaning Swab works best for OptiTap and Pin Termini applications. The Cleanstixx XMT works well with the Sticklers®
Interferometer Test Services are sometimes available for outsourcing your “Batch Jobs”. Let me know if you need to “batch” process measurement requirements that support Ø1.25 mm to Ø2.50 mm Ferrule
The Importance of Controlling Undercut & Protrusion is paramount to a successful control process for polishing fiber. All of our support TEAM has been working with polishing, film, cleaning, and/or
The operational expense for cleaning and inspection of optical connectors in data centers is increasing as the use of fiber optic connectors grows. With less sensitivity to contamination and scratches,
We offer a polishing film that is cost-effective and works. *We provide FREE evaluation sample Film when available for Polishing Process evaluation and confirmation. Lapping is the removal of material
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How To Instructions: Wet/Dry Cleaning with a Sticklers Cassette Cleaner
This is a Good Video on Best Practices for Cassette End Face Cleaning. Enjoy! Easy on YOUR hand with solid cleaning results. The CleanClicker™ Male MT Fiber Cleaner Cassette This
This is a Good Video by MicroCare Sticklers to Watch for Wet/Dry Fiber Connector Cleaners. Enjoy the Video! Inspect + Clean + Inspect Trending and a HOT choice with Data
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Fiber Optic Polishing: Focus on preventive action NOT, corrective action
These steps require process control during daily production to improve first-pass yield, efficiency, and costs. Knowing and trusting your process with each step provides ROI. Process Control and JIT-type delivery
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Is your apex offset too high? Are price points high too?
Apex Offset = Measuring the apex offset (offset of the polish from the fiber) requires defining the “high point” or vertex of the polish. Did you polish long enough on
Endface Cleaners Wet/Dry
Wet/Dry Cleaning SC, ST, FC, E2000, OptiTap-style ports; MIL DTL 83526 TFOCA style socket termini;
Military-approved with National Stock Number 6070-01-553-2258 The Sticklers® 2.5mm Cleanstixx Optical Grade Cleaning Swab works best for OptiTap and Pin Termini applications. The Cleanstixx 2.5mm works well with the Sticklers®
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Specialty fiber / HOT Market(‘s)?
Generally, Specialty fibers are fibers that do NOT comply with single-mode and multimode communication fiber standards. The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) standards are widely adopted for single-mode. The US-based Telecommunications
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Lapping film needs “stiction” PSA to the rescue!
We have over 60 years of combined technical support experience with interferometry, film, fiber cleaners, scopes, and the polishing process. We work closely with our customers to develop and resolve
This is a Good Video by MicroCare Sticklers to Watch for Cleaning Fiber Optics. Enjoy the Video! Do’s and Don’ts of Cleaning Optical Fiber End-Faces Inspect, Clean and Re-Inspect Inspect,
Expanded Beam Connectors are famous for their high tolerance for dirt and debris, but tolerance does not mean immunity (such as particulate, moisture, haze, etc.) The Geometry of EB lenses
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Save $25K+/- Outsource your Interferometry Needs
Interferometer Test Services are sometimes available for outsourcing your “Batch Jobs.” If you need to “batch” process measurement requirements that support Ø1.25 mm to Ø2.50 mm Ferrule PC/APC Single-Fiber Connectors, let
Data Center, Endface Care, Endface Cleaners Wet/Dry, Optical Solutions
**When does Wet Dry cleaning of a fiber optic end face work?
Stubborn debris, dirt contamination, and oils, all respond to Wet/Dry applications. Scratches, pits, and cracks do NOT. **when you use … Sticklers® CeanStixx Swabs which works best with the Sticklers®
Fiber Optic Polishing, Optical Solutions, Polishing Film, Surface Finishing Films
Are YOU having difficulty achieving a polishing finish? Film Cost Rising too?
We offer a polishing film that is cost-effective and works. *We provide FREE evaluation sample Film when available for Polishing Process evaluation and confirmation. Lapping is the removal of material
Data Center, Endface Care, Endface Cleaners Wet/Dry
Simply, a better mousetrap for MPO connectivity!
Easy on YOUR hand with solid cleaning results. The CleanClicker™ Male MT Fiber Cleaner Cassette This is simply a better mousetrap for companies relying on MPO connectivity. Also, this cleans
Fiber Optic Polishing, Optical Solutions, Polishing Film
Polishing Process: Focus on preventive action NOT, corrective action
These steps require process control during daily production to improve first-pass yield, efficiency, and costs. Knowing and trusting your process with each step provides ROI. Process Control and JIT-type delivery
Visit my Boards on Pinterest … All About Fiber Optics; Fiber Optic Products; and Data Center Solutions on Pinterest. A good place to share YOUR Products. My Boards are for
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MT Smart Oven / 150C (stability)
Auto Epoxy Selection Menu for Process Control. Does your curing oven application require “above” 150 C temperature? Is temperature stability an issue? Accuracy and stability are a plus for curing
VOSB Status ensures Priority Access to Opportunities (at least 3% of prime contract dollars annually) One of the biggest advantages of being identified as a Veteran Owned Small Business is
Military-approved with National Stock Number 6070-01-553-2258 The Sticklers® P25 Cleanstixx Optical Grade Cleaning Swab works best for OptiTap and Pin Termini applications. The Cleanstixx P25 works well with the Sticklers®
The Fiber (strand) is glued to the connector assembly with heat-cured epoxy, providing a reliable connection with desired losses of less than 0.5 dB per mated pair. This process can
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Special Lapping Film Promo (50% +/-) PSA and non-PSA “volume helps!”
What’s the reason for considering PSA-backed film? The main factor is how the assembly manufacturer secures the lapping film to the polishing pad or plate. The goal is to avoid
To qualify for a VOSB certification, you first have to prove your veteran status with the Department of Defense Form 214 (DD214), which is received when you are honorably retired,
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Film: The fundamentals for a basic polishing process!
These steps require process control during daily production to improve first-pass yield, efficiency, and costs. Knowing and trusting your process with each step provides ROI. Process Control and JIT-type delivery
Surface Cleaning Products
The new Stereze Workspace Cleaners and Hand Sanitizers are ideal for use in shared spaces.
This includes conference rooms, classrooms, offices, restrooms, and lobbies. Effective cleaning is important to prevent the spread of viruses and other germs. Stereze™ Workspace Cleaners and Hand Sanitizers use a
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Does your curing oven application require “above” 150 C temp? Is temp an issue?
Benefits of heat curing include greater bond strength, hardness, rigidity, toughness, and impact resistance. Chemical resistance, thermal resistance, and electrical insulation performance can also improve with heat. On the other
Endface Cleaners Wet/Dry, Endface Solutions, Optical Solutions
Wet/Dry Cleaning / “endface” Specifics / How/Why
The CleanStixx Cleaning Sticks Swab is the only cleaning stick on the market that cleans the entire end face not just the contact zone. Sticklers® Clean Stixx Swab is a
The XMT fiber cleaning swabs from Sticklers™ are the industry’s best and least expensive MPO connector cleaner. These large, flat, clean swabs are ideal for connectors with large, flat connector
The biggest markets for Expanded Beam connectivity are Broadcast, Aircraft, and Military Battlefield. EB (Expanded Beam) connectors do not employ the normal ‘butt to butt” contact design. Instead, they feature
Polishing Film, Surface Finishing Films
Are Small scratches appearing with your Final Film? Try our Aluminum Oxide Final Lapping Film at unbeatable price points.
86 Series 86-series Final Polishing Films are produced by a precision coating of aluminum oxide on a polyester film. These products are used for the final step of polishing fiber
All Nanometer Tech line of polishers utilizes a figure 8 polishing pattern. The figure 8 polishing pattern creates an angle of attack on the connector end face that changes 720
Sticklers® Fiber Optic Cleaning Fluid POC03M as a faster way to clean difficult contamination. … more info see “how-to” videos or Visit Cleanstixx and POC03m more product info or order
End Face Geometry | Fiber Core Dip | Geometry Limit Parameters | MT Coplanarity Minus Coplanarity (or Minus-Side Coplanarity) is one way to describe how “flat” or “co-planar” an array
The CC6000 Interferometer automatically and precisely measures the radius of curvature, apex offset of polish, and fiber undercut or protrusion on any PC or APC single fiber connector. Furthermore, the
MicroCare LLC, launched a new product line Stereze Workspace Cleaners and Hand Sanitizers to support the fight against Coronavirus. November 30, 2020 MicroCare LLC, launched a new product line Stereze Workspace Cleaners and
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Prevent fiber height issues. Why remove material and fiber at the same rate?
We have over 60 years of combined experience with film and the polishing process. We work closely with our customers to develop and resolve process control issues. Diamond for coarse
Cleans LC, MU, ARINC 801 socket termini, ODC-style socket termini, most SPF+ transceiver The Sticklers® Clean Stixxs Cleaning Stick LC 1.25mm Optical Grade Swab is good for cleaning LC, MU,
Silicon Carbide is used for denibbing, epoxy removal, and coarse grinding fiber optic end faces. Tightly-graded silicon carbide particles are uniformly coated onto a polyester film backing. Wide use in
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Data Center Buzz! January 15, 2022 (UPDATE)
An important part of the new fiber infrastructure involves optical fiber connectors. Mechanically coupling and aligning fiber cores so light can pass through. Optical fiber connectors can impact insertion loss
G5 SMART CURING OVEN (MT/SC/LC) with programmed Epoxy Menu Process Controls. Works well as a ramp/soak oven or a simple, stable temps range curing oven. The G5 has a programmable
VOSB Status entitles Priority Access to Opportunities i.e. (at least 3% of prime contract dollars annually) Veteran-Owned Small Business a.k.a. VOSB Sole-source set-aside contracts Most contracts are competitive, but sometimes
Cleans MIL T 29504;5 for MIL DTL 38999, MIL T 29504;15 for MIL PRF 28876, SMPTE 304M socket termini The 1.6mm Clean Stixxs Cleaning Sticks are good for cleaning MIL
Automated Connector Polisher with Touchscreen Technology & ASR Automated Stub Removal The ACP24/96 utilizes our figure 8 polishing pattern that’s found in all our MCP lines of polishers and is
Fiber Optic Polishing, Polishing Film
Does your Lapping Film have Consistency with Lot-to-Lot repeatability and unbeatable price points?
We have over 60 years of combined experience with film and the polishing process. I understand statistical process control and just-in-time deliveries (JIT). I understand the Production line too. We
This is really worth watching. The knowledge shared is good guidance for cleaning challenges. Endface maintenance is simply defined as inspecting and clean and inspect until end face analysis is
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FYI … The cleaning techniques of decades ago are not keeping up with requirements for improved network speed and performance.
International Electronics Group Selects Sticklers®® Cleaners for “Best Practices” Starting early in 2016, the Electronics Technicians Association International (“ETA”) will be featuring the Sticklers®® fiber optic cleaners in the very
The Seven Deadly Sins of Fiber Optics By Sean Sheedy on February 1, 2016 I&M, Network ReliabilityDoes anybody in this totally digital, selfie-taking, Facebook-posting world remember the Seven Deadly Sins?
Endface Cleaners Wet/Dry
What should be in your IDEAL Cleaning and Inspection Kit? Help us understand what to offer?
Help us understand what to offer? Help others by sharing your knowledge of what to expect with fiber dirt. Share your Wet Dry Cleaning experiences or questions. Supply Chain Problems?
Bet you don’t know what this image is or please share. Before testing fiber-optic links and most times you mate fiber-optic connectors. All connector end-faces should be inspected and evaluated
Automated Connector Polisher with Touchscreen Technology & ASR Automated Stub Removal The ACP24/96 utilizes our figure 8 polishing pattern found in all our MCP lines of polishers and is compatible
