THE COMPLETE SOLUTION FOR HIGH-POWER FIBER COMPONENTS
3SAE Combiner Manufacturing System (CMS)
The Combiner Manufacturing System (CMS) is our latest and most advanced splicing/processing system. The CMS is specifically designed to maintain production-level repeatability for multi-kilowatt-class high-power fiber combiners and other components.
The CMS operates in partial vacuum and utilizes the unique Thermally Stabilized Plasma™ technology, which generates an extremely stabilized heat source with a wide dynamic range of operation from <300 °C to >3000 °C, ideal for high-volume optical component manufacturing.
The main CMS functionalities:
SPLICING
- Splicing of 125 µm to 2000 µm fibers supported
- Automatic alignment with an exclusive <50nm X and Y fiber positional resolution
- Automatic pitch and yaw alignment
- End cap splicing for cylindrical, chamfered and tapered end caps
TAPERING
- Taper lengths of up to 175mm supported in bidirectional mode.
- Automatic taper creation via intuitive software interface or manual table editing
- Exclusive “Table Based Tapering™” software included for easy user level single direction or bidirectional taper program creation and nearly infinite engineer level process control
CLEAVING
- Semi-automatic in-situ cleaving of fibers up to 500 µm
- Adjustable precision cleaving location via image feedback
Unique Features
- Extremely repeatable glass processing heat source ideal for high volume optical component manufacturing with a range of operation from <300°C to >3000°C.
- Unsurpassed heat source circumferential thermal uniformity for symmetrical ultra-low loss tapering and reduced thermally induced component stress.
- Contamination free heat source capable of producing ultra-high strength multi kilowatt class optical components.
- Fastest cycle times based on standard splice, taper, and cleave cycle times averaged together.
- In situ cleaver included for fiber diameters ≤ 500 µm.
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