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NYFORS TEKNOLOGI AB PRODUCT CATALOGUE

WELCOME INDEX TO OUR INNOVATIONS & TECHNOLOGIES

30 years in business 03 NYFORS® is an innovative supplier of advanced glass processing and optical fiber preparation equipment for high strength and specialty splicing operations. Automatic & portable fiber cleaving 05

All NYFORS® products are developed with the user in mind for comfortable and easy operation in production and laboratory Optical fiber recoating 08 environments. A feature found in many products, is the automated fiber processing, intended to give consistent results and high production yield in volume production of optical fiber Automatic fiber preparation 11 components.

The product portfolio is continuously expanded to cover wider Optical fiber proof testing 13 and more challenging customer applications. It currently

includes: CO2 laser splicing and glass shaping equipment, automatic systems for fiber preparation and window stripping, Cleave quality inspection 15 high precision cleavers and optical fiber recoaters as well as proof testers and cleave check interferometers. NYFORS® also provides custom solutions for production applications such as End cap splicing 17 volume manufacturing of fiber optical gyroscopes.

Glass processing and tapering 17

Fiber to fiber splicing 17

Custom engineering 19

Consulting 20

Get in touch 21

4 01 02 30 YEARS IN BUSINESS

30 YEARS IN BUSINESS NYFORS NEWS - 1991 We are happy to celebrate 30 years in business. Here are two pages from the NYFORS newsletter We are still in contact with “the veterans” from the back in the nineties. The newsletter was sent out to early days, but many new interesting clients have joined clients to inform and educate about what was in us more recently. We are proud to work together with all progress at NYFORS® in Stockholm, Sweden. of you, and we are very much looking forward to another In this issue we got to know the RECOATER 1™ and 30 years of new exciting collaborations. To see more it's special functions. The following year in 1992 please visit us online: www.nyfors.com/about/timeline/ NYFORS® also had the premiere launch of the CLEAVEMETER™, a portable Interferometer for the inspection of cleaved fiber ends.

2003 - AUTOCLEAVER™ NYFORS launches the world’s first fully automatic cleaver – the AUTOCLEAVER™. This product is still unique and has 1991 - INTERFEROMETER become the industry benchmark for high 2016 - SMARTSPLICER™ NYFORS launched an interferometric micro- quality fiber cleaving in production envi- The SMARTSPLICER™ launches, scope to evaluate the cleaving process and ronments. Cleave results and speed are developed in collaboration with end-surfaces of fiber – the CLEAVEMETER™ unmatched. The AUTOCLEAVER™ offers Fraunhofer IOF in Jena, Germany. is now born. true operator independence. This pro- The SMARTSPLICER™ is an advanced duct is delivered to production and robot glass processing and glass shaping environments as well as laboratories workstation designed for the production globally. Still the only fully automated of high power and sensitive photonic fiber cleaver available. components of various kinds.

1990 - RECOATER 1 1999 - AUTOCOATER™ 2010 - CLAEVEMETER™ NYFORS launched the world’s first A fully automatic recoater – the NYFORS launches several CLEAVEMETER™ product for recoating of optical fiber AUTOCOATER™ – is launched to meet products adapted for different interferometric – the RECOATER 1™. It became the the increased demand for rational and purposes, for example the CLEAVEMETER industry standard for high precision fast production. This system is also 3D™ that can illustrate and analyze the end recoating with the highest demand on branded and sold under the Ericsson face of optical fibers in 3D. Automated test quality and accuracy. The RECOATER 1™ brand for example on the North American functions are later implemented as well as is still used for production around the market. The system is sold under support for ferrule inspection and angled world. NYFORS recoaters are unique the name EFR 3000 by Ericsson. cleaving. through their mould technology that A unique and novel feature was the makes them unbeatable in flexibility square recoating moulds for volume and recoating quality. industrial manufacturing.

6 03 04 AUTOMATIC & PORTABLE FIBER CLEAVING

AUTOCLEAVER LDF-M™ AUTOCLEAVER™ Advanced cleaver for standard and large diameter Fully automatic, ultra high-precision fiber cleaver fibers with cladding diameters between 80 and with a typical cleave angle of less than 0.3 degrees. 600 micrometer. Consistent cleaving results with Designed for industrial applications where reliabi- typical end face angles below 0.3 degrees. Dual lity and a high production yield are required. fiber holder positions for FSM-100 series splicers. Open interface for integration into automated production systems.

AUTOMATIC & PORTABLE FIBER CLEAVING AUTOCLEAVER LDF™ AUTOCLEAVER LDA™ The AUTOCLEAVER series is a comprehensive product platform Precision cleaver for large diameter and specialty Automatic system for precision angled cleaving of with various models for cleaving standard and LD optical fibers, optical fibers. Suitable for laboratory and manu- circular large diameter fibers. Designed to provide facturing environments. Produces typical cleave perpendicular and angled cleaving capability on all based on our proven and patented tension and scribe angles of less than 0.5 degrees on fiber from 230 fibers with cladding diameters between 230 and cleaving process. up to 1000 micrometer in cladding diameter. 800 micrometer.

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AUTOCLEAVER S2™ AUTOCLEAVER S1™ Specialty fiber cleaver with adjustable clamping Automated fiber cleaving system for bare fiber force. Designed for processing brittle fiber types length control. Enables repeatable precision such as micro-structured and air-clad fibers as cleaving to a specific bare fiber length. well as homogeneous large diameter fibers.

AUTOMATIC & PORTABLE OPTICALFIBER CLEAVING FIBER RECOATING ANGLE CLEAVING UNIT™ MINICLEAVER™ ® Angle cleaving tool for large diameter fiber. This small and light weight cleaver is designed NYFORS produces fast and advanced recoaters for different Available as an add-on for the AUTOCLEAVER LDF, to provide versatile fiber cleaving capability in high and low index recoating applications. A common feature of this unit produces accurately angled cleaves of up settings where portability and consistent cleaving to 15 degrees on large diameter fibers with clad- results are required. It is well suited for use both all models is the flexibility with easy change of recoating materi- ding diameters from 250 μm to 1000 μm. in field splicing and in laboratory or production al and fiber coating dimension. environments where available space is limited.

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OPTICAL FIBER RECOATING OPTICAL FIBER RECOATING

MINICOATER 2™ AUTOCOATER 2™ RECOATER 2 XL™ AUTOCOATER 2 SC™ Small and flexible recoater that runs on built-in Automatic optical fiber recoater with completely AUTOCOATER 2 XL™ Automatic recoater for production applications battery. Ideal for laboratory use or small scale removable injection system. Ideal for production Special manual or automatic recoater for processing where only short lengths of fiber are available. production recoating. Suitable for recoating in field applications where flexibility is required to meet very long stripped fiber sections up to 100 mm. Enables clamping and recoating of fibers as short environments such as oil drilling platforms and many different recoating needs and specifications. as 124 mm without reducing the recoat length itself. other applications where a high degree of portability is required.

RECOATER 2™ RECOATER 2 SC™ AUTOCOATER™ RECOATER 1™ Highly adaptable recoater for processing different Manual recoater for applications where only short The AUTOCOATER is used to restore the primary The RECOATER 1 is designed for high-strength, fiber types and dimensions. Available with linear lengths of fiber are available. Enables clamping coating on spliced optical fibers with acrylate high-quality recoating of spliced optical fibers proof tester and mandrels for breaking strength and recoating of fibers as short as 124 mm without coatings. Designed for high strength applications, with acrylate coatings. Moulds are available for testing of spliced optical fibers. reducing the recoat length itself. this automated recoater gives low cost recoatings various sizes of coating diameters and they can and operator independence in factory environments. also be made to customer specified shapes.

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AUTOPREP 3™ Designed for industrial applications, the automated high-speed fiber preparation unit AUTOPREP 3 strips, cleans and cleaves a fiber in less than 15 seconds.

AUTOMATIC FIBER AUTOSTRIPPER 3™ The AUTOSTRIPPER 3 is designed for fast, clean and PREPARATION chemical free window stripping of fiber coatings.

Stripping and fiber preparation systems that remove acrylate coatings and eliminates fiber residue while preserving fiber strength and integrity through a completely automatic process.

14 11 FOR MORE INFO: WWW.NYFORS.COM 12 OPTICAL FIBER PROOF TESTING

PROOFTESTER 2™ Proof tester for production and laboratory environments. Two basic model configurations allow the user to choose between a set up for standard linear proof testing and with optional mandrels for breaking strength testing.

AUTOMATIC & PORTABLE PROOFTESTER™ Compact and light-weight instrument for tensile OPTICALFIBER CLEAVING FIBER PROOF testing of spliced optical fibers with forces up to TESTING 30 N.

Automatic equipment for production verification and breaking strength testing of optical fibers. Linear and mandrel strength testing functionality.

16 13 FOR MORE INFO: WWW.NYFORS.COM 14 CLEAVE QUALITY INSPECTION

CLEAVEMETER 2™ Optical fiber interferometer designed for inspecting the end-faces of cleaved or polished optical fibers with cladding diameters between 125 and 1200 micrometer. Operator skill independent for fast operation in production environments.

AUTOMATIC & PORTABLE CLEAVEMETER 3D™ Phase shifting optical fiber interferometer with 3D CLEAVEFIBER CLEAVING QUALITY INSPECTION surface reconstruction for research and production operations. Ideal for analyzing cleaved fibers with High precision interferometers for checking the end face quality complicated structures such as polarisation main- taining fibers and micro-structured fibers. of cleaved optical fibers and for cleave process optimization. Crisp and clear fringe patterns and software with advanced measurement functionality.

18 15 FOR MORE INFO: WWW.NYFORS.COM 16 GLASS PROCESSING AND TAPERING/END CAP SPLICING/FIBER TO FIBER SPLICING

SMARTSPLICER™ The SMARTSPLICER is an advanced laser fusion splicing and glass processing system designed for the production of high power and sensitive photonics components of various kinds. These include splicing of single and multimode fibers as well as gradient index and photonic crystal fiber, fiber to end-cap splicing, tapering and the manufacturing of high power fiber laser components such as mode field adapters and pump combiners. It features a powerful and clean laser heat source which enables completely contamination free glass shaping with low maintenance require- ments and no need for consumables such as process gas, filaments or electrodes.

Precision beam shaping optics – based on patent pending Axicon SplicingTM technology – converts the laser beam into an annular shape that spans the geometry of the fiber or optical component GLASS PROCESSING AND under processing. This way optical power is dis- tributed symmetrically and evenly to the defined TAPERING/END CAP SPLICING/ processing area. The system can be operated in either horizontal or vertical orientation. In vertical FIBER TO FIBER SPLICING orientation the force of gravity facilitates processes such as tapering and lensing. Intelligent tool hold- NYFORS® offers fusion splicing and glass processing solutions ers allows the machine to be customised for user specific applications.

utilizing clean and contamination free CO2 laser heating. E!7422 Smart Splice. The SMARTSPLICER is a versatile product platform designed for the manufacturing of high power and sensitive photonics components.

20 17 FOR MORE INFO: WWW.NYFORS.COM 18 AUTOMATIC & PORTABLE AUTOMATIC & PORTABLE CUSTOMFIBER CLEAVING ENGINEERING CONSULTINGFIBER CLEAVING

Besides producing standard products, we can also assist with During our thirty years in business, we have accumulated technical developing customised fiber processing systems. Custom solu- knowledge covering most aspects of fiber handling and preparation. tions for applications such as volume fiber optic gyroscope Specific areas of expertise include system automation, manufacturing, manufacturing. process development, specialty fiber processing and software development. We also design add-ons and make modifications to standard manufacturing equipment.

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AUTOMATIC & PORTABLE GETFIBER IN CLEAVING TOUCH

If you would like more information about our products, applications and services, please contact our headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden. All NYFORS products are made in Sweden and designed with the highest quality materials available.

+ 46 (0) 8 712 10 21 [email protected] Solkraftsvägen 12, SE 135 70 24 21 Stockholm, Sweden.