How To Cleave and Splice Optical Fibers details the correct methods of preparing, cleaving, splicing and protecting optical fibers. Precision is required in optical splicing to minimize attenuation with proper alignment and to protect the fiber at the splice point.

 Overview of Mechanical Splicing and Fusion Splicing   

 Safety Concerns

 Preparing the Fiber

        Removing Jackets

        Kevlar Cutting

        Coating Stripping

 Cleaning Issues for Fibers and Tools  

 Cleaving the Fiber

        Causes of Losses and Failures

        Overview of Cleaving Tools

 Mechanical Splice Examples

 Fusion Splicing

       How the Fusion Splicer Works        

      Setting up the Splicer

      Preparing & Cleaving the Fiber

      Installing Heat Shrink & Butterfly Splice Protectors

      Tips to Getting a High Quality Splice

      Causes of Bad Splices and How to Resolve Affects of Altitude, Humidity and Temp

      Length: 26 minutes