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In addition to the standard products found here, we can CUSTOMIZE a product to meet your specific need. To do this, please fill out a
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Specialty Optical Fibers for Industry
On the plant floor, many factors matter: cost, data rate, attenuation over distance, tensile strength, crush resistance, tolerance for repetitive stress and flexing, RFI/EMI and voltage fluctuation immunity. Versatility among the different communications protocols is also critical in creating seamless intra-factory communication. OFS fibers are specified by leading component manufacturers for DeviceNet, FieldBus, Interbus-S, ProfiBus, and ControlNet.
In harsh industrial environments, such as those found in smokestacks, chemical or food processing plants, or in outdoor installations, a different set of factors influences fiber or cable choice: water resistance, capacity to withstand pulling loads, hermeticity, extreme temperature functionality. Specialty fibers also meet threats of a different kind, providing tamper-proof communications for high security applications such as stock exchange floors and casino gaming installations.
OFS offers a comprehensive line of products to meet the individual demands of the environments found in industry. To learn more about what we offer for specific industries such as Electric Power Utilities, Industrial Controls, Automotive, Semiconductor Equipment and more, see our Industrial Brochure.
What should I order?
Unlike old-fashioned copper cable, all OFS fibers are immune to RFI/EMI,
so you can concentrate on controlling for other important factors, such as
rough handling, high stress, and repetitive flex. OFS' proprietary HCS fiber cladding is the standard—it provides high tensile strength, fatigue
and moisture resistance, is tolerant of wide fluctuations in temperature,
and can be easily terminated in the field using crimp and cleave
technology.
OFS offers many products that meet these criteria. Try one of our top three products, or contact us to learn what others we have available to meet your exact specifications.
- MM HCS Low OH High NA Fibers
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Indoor Industrial Cables 2.2 mm Cables (Plenum or Riser)
(also 2.2 General Purpose, 2.2 Plenum, 2.5
and
3.0
mm sizes)
- Preterminated HCS Assemblies
In addition to the standard products found here, we can CUSTOMIZE a product to meet your specific need. To do this, please fill out a
Worksheet
or Contact us.
Sample Applications:
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INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION »
- Lithography
- Factory automation
- Repetitive motion environments
- High-temperature process control
- Engine controls
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INDUSTRIAL SENSORS »
- Materials processing
- Current sensors
- Radiation analysis
- Near-IR spectroscopy
- UV spectroscopy
- Visible spectroscopy
- FTIR spectroscopy
- Raman spectroscopy
- Optical pyrometry
- Interferometers with sub-micron geometry
- LED sources
- Optical pneumatic converters
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HARSH ENVIRONMENTS »
- High-temperature environments
- Corrosive chemical environments
- High-fiber stress environments
- High-power course-wavelength laser welding and cutting
- High humidity environments
- Wet environments
- Rugged environments
- Rodent-infested environments
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SPECIFIC INSTALLATION ENVIRONMENTS »
- Tight coil applications
- Printing applications
- Indoor cable installations
- Outdoor cable installations
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UTILITIES »
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DATA TRANSMISSION AND COMMUNICATIONS »
- PLC-robotic communication links
- Industrial data communications
- Short-, medium-, or long-distance communications
- Short-haul data transmission
- Local Area Networks (LANs)
- Optical Time Domain Reflectometer (OTDR) technology
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Avioptics
Avioptics harsh environment cable optimizes high-performance aircraft and military vehicle applications. The cable design is based on 200 µm fibers and adds coating and strength members especially for the corrosive environments encountered on aircraft, including jet fuel, oil. Solvents, and hydrolytic liquids.
AquaLink
AquaLink coating is our newest defense against water in outdoor cabling applications.
FlightGuide
The FlightGuide family of aerospace fibers and cables offers high temperature and strength in graded-index fiber-based constructions. Multiple coating and cabling layers specialize the cables for military and aerospace use. Some FlightGuide fibers are available sold separately.
HCS
Hard Clad Silica (HCS) was invented by OFS scientists and now serves as the industry standard cladding material for optical glass fibers. HCS cladding imparts unusual strength to fiber and makes it easy to crimp and cleave connectors directly to the fiber using a hand tool in the field instead of more complex epoxy/polish methods.
OASiX
Optical Amplifier Simulation Software from OFS, OASiX is packaged with erbium-doped fibers sold for use in EDFAs. This software and graphical interface allows the designer to plug in modeling parameters shipped with the fiber and begin on-screen simulations. This reduces design time by predicting the performance of EDFA systems including optical components such as filters, isolators, and reflectors.
ST
This connector type features a bayonet-style nut and is commonly used in telecommunications applications.
TruePhase
TruePhase is the name to remember for all of OFS’s non-doped polarization maintaining fibers. These are single mode fibers optimized for different wavelengths and cladding size requirements.
V-System
This easy-to-use connectorization system simply plugs in with a reassuring click. It is available for simplex cables, or with a duplex latch housing for connectorizing zipcord. Connectorizing HCS coated fibers with V-System connectors takes less than 2 minutes per end when using the compatible OFS crimp and cleave kit.
ClearLite
One of the most complete, diverse lines of single-mode optical fiber you can find, ClearLite encompasses several families of photonic fibers, each optimized for different applications: 980, 1310 & 1550, Micro, Specialty Coated, Short Wavelength, and Polarization-Maintaining.
GyroSil
Designed specifically for gyroscopes and similar navigational instrumentation, GyroSil singlemode fiber has a small NA of 0.17 and reduced 80 µm cladding diameter to accommodate the tight bend radii and coiling designs inherent in gyroscopic and sensor applications.
PYROCOAT
PYROCOAT polyimide is our premier fiber coating for high-temperature applications. In recent years, we have further refined the polyimide properties to create new versions of PYROCOAT optimized for steam or chemical resistance. When applied over a hermetic carbon layer, it provides the best protection in the industry against the harshest environments.
UltraSil
Known in the medical industry for years for its ultra low water peak useful for high-power delivery, our UltraSil fibers are made from unique preforms that deliver both low OH and one of the highest NAs achievable with a silica cladding. These fibers are also finding new application in sensing when further coated with high-temperature polyimide.
Specification Sheet not yet available. Please contact our facility in Somerset, NJ, for more detail.
