Compliance of geometry of a tip ferrule to industry standards is a key factor for support of quality of fiber optical connections. While the interferometer allows to measure some of these characteristics (radius of curvature of a surface of a tip, offset of peak of an end face concerning fiber center, burying or an overhang of an end face of a fiber concerning a tip surface), it can't measure an eccentricity of a core of a fiber of rather outside surface of a tip.
The new measurement system Koncentrik of the Data-Pixel company allows to measure this parameter for rejection or selection of high-precision components in case of creation of reference components, and also for setup (tuning procedure) of optical connectors.
Key features of Data-Pixel Koncentriks:
- Measure PC-type connectors (different diameters), ceramic and metal PC-type ferrule;
- Ferrule end-face visual inspection at x400 magnification;
- Automatic measurement + re-positioning of ferrule at tuned position;
- Accurate and repeatable measurements;
- User adjustable quality level for high-speed measurements;
- Easy calibration Koncentrik Software;
- Measurement data exported in standard CSV format;
- Statistics on measurements available;
Koncentrik-V2 is High precision fiber-core\ferrule-bore to ferrule-envelope eccentricity and indexing measurements. The new KONCENTRIK-V2 is a modular measurement system. Several mechanical modules adapt on it so that either fiber or ferrule eccentricity measurements can be performed
Main characteristics:
- Measurement range of Eccentricity, μm - from 0 to 100 μm. Recurrence / reproducibility * measurements - ±0.05 μm
- Measurement range of Indexing of an end face of a tip concerning center of a fiber, degrees - from 0 to 360. Recurrence / reproducibility * measurements - ±5° if eccentricity > 0.2μm
- Measurement speed, seconds - 10 + (user variable).
- Measurement range of an angle of a chip, ° - 0 to 12. Recurrence / reproducibility * measurements - ± 0.03 °
- Magnification - x 400
- Wavelength, nanometer - 450
- Power requirements - 12V external supply
- Link to PC - USB 2.0, no card required