Fusion Splicing Machines

Fiber Optics Splicing Machines

There are quite  few numbers of splicing machine brands available in the market. The most dominated in the market are mainly from Japan i.e. Fujikura, Sumitomo and Fitel.

Others available brands are Ilsintech, Inno, Yamamoto, Ericsson, Corning  and at least 2 generic brands from China.

Basically these available splicing machines are almost similar to one another in terms of physical appearance and the required fiber optics tool like stripper and cleaver,  electrodes etc. 

However, the 3 steps process of splicing preparation remain the same for all brands i.e. 

• stripping
• cleaning
• cleaving
  

Perhaps in 5 -10 years time, the fiber optics stripping, cleaning and cleaving shall be done automatically by the splicing machine

The cost of buying splicing machine is the most important criteria as the price is in a range between USD 3,000.00  - USD 7,000.00 per complete set.

Apart from cost the other factors like after sales service plus easy to maintain fusion splicing machine are the other main issues need to be addressed carefully.

Below is the latest splicing machine  from Fujikura