Field expedient repair of fiber optic cables
Abstract
During this semi-annual period the first and second generation of the Field Expedient Splice Kit (FESK) were operated, evaluated, and extensively developed. 10 Interim Splices were assembled with the FESK I, and 5 were delivered to CECOM. The remaining 5 were held for environmental testing. During the splice work a novel method of scribing and breaking fibers was introduced and tested. As a result of these developments the third and final version of the splicing machine was designed and modelled. Evaluation of the model confirmed the validity of its operation principles, and the first deliverable FESK III was ordered.
- Publication:
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Interim Report
- Pub Date:
- May 1983
- Bibcode:
- 1983trw..rept.....W
- Keywords:
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- Cables (Ropes);
- Fiber Optics;
- Maintenance;
- Splicing;
- Breadboard Models;
- Environmental Tests;
- Human Factors Engineering;
- Insertion Loss;
- Tools;
- Transmission Lines;
- Engineering (General)