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New Cleave Tool Service Center Opens in China

Cleave ToolOFS’s joint venture in China, OFS Technology (Hangzhou) Ltd., is now prepared to accept Crimp & Cleave Tools for repair and calibration. This will make it faster and easier for our customers in China to keep their termination kits in top shape, saving the export step, and allowing them to deal with trained technicians in their own language.

Lilly Lu and Cheng Qi, engineering representatives from the joint venture, underwent the complete training course in our Avon, Connecticut, USA, office to properly repair and replace the expensive diamond component of the cleave tool, whose precision is critical to the low-loss cleaves performed on 200 and 400 µm HCS® fibers from OFS. The tools are part of the process which allows connectorization with ST, SMA, V-Pin, or F07 connectors. Ms. Lu and Mr. Qi agreed that the secret to handling these tools correctly was to be slow and precise, avoiding cutting themselves with the extremely sharp blade or dropping the tiny parts. In other words, ‘don’t try this at home (or on your shop floor).’ Their training allowed OFS to award OFS Technology (Hangzhou) Ltd. with official Certification as an Authorized Repair Center serving the Chinese market. In addition to the home office in Avon, there are also certified repair centers in France—through Sedi Fibre Optiques—and in Germany through Laser Components GmbH. See the SpecialtyPhotonics.com website for complete contact information for all of these authorized facilities.

Crimp & Cleave tool users should keep in mind that only authorized service centers should perform repairs or calibration on these precision tools—attempts by unauthorized repairers can void the warranty. OFS recommends recalibration before connectorized performance starts to diminish, depending on the frequency of usage.

Meet a Scientist

Dr. Lars Gruner-Nielsen

Dr. Lars Grüner-Nielsen
If you trace the development of a new specialty optical fiber, or fiber application, you will find it is touched by many people along its journey from research at OFS Laboratories to development and ultimately to a new commercial application. As a project manager in the Incubation Center at OFS Denmark, Lars Grüner-Nielsen plays a vital role in introducing new products to the market.
Femtosecond Fiber Lasers
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Major Markets Get Their Own Brochures
OFS has supplied fibers, cables, and connectorized assemblies to the medical and industrial markets for over 20 years now. Our loyal customers knew what to order, and our knowledgeable Technical Sales Engineers walked newer customers through the various options, quizzing them until we knew exactly what they needed and made it for them.
New Major Market Brochures >>

Welcome Back Lastek!
We are pleased to announce that we’ve renewed our relationship with Lastek Pty. Ltd. for distribution of OFS products in Australia and New Zealand. Lastek >>


Fiber News

Specialty Optical Fibers Redefine the "X" in FTTX
The term FTTX, shorthand for fiber to a particular destination like to the desk or to the home, is taking on new meaning as optical fiber is found in many new and challenging places. In other words, the "X" in FTTX means even more.
Specialty Optical Fiber
in FTTX
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Distributor Conference
The OFS Distributor conference was held March 3-4, locally at the Simsbury 1820 House for our representatives from China, Germany, France, Italy, Korea, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and Japan. Timing was ideal because everyone was already away from their businesses and traveling for the OFC Conference in San Diego.
Distributor Conference >>

New Book Tells What's "Special" About Specialty Optical Fibers
We may have become accustomed to thinking of optical fibers exclusively as a transmission medium in telecommunications.

But, although fiber optics have made their mark in all sorts of telecommunications components and devices—as a new book entitled, Specialty Optical Fibers Handbook, edited by Alexis Mendez, and T. Morse, makes very clear—there are now many other varieties of non-telecom optical fibers, and they are used in a myriad of applications.
Specialty Optical Fibers
Handbook
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Global Trade

Working Together
The latest issue of SPIN, our newsletter on Global Trade, stresses the importance of understanding the link between the end uses of our products and U.S. export regulations.
Committment to Compliance >>

Tradeshow Update

New Trade Show Booth
New Booth Unveiled at Photonics West 2008

OFS, Specialty Photonics Division, unveiled its brand new traveling trade show booth at Photonics West 2008 in San Jose, California.
New Trade Show Booth >>

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