NYFORS releases a new automatic recoater for fiber length up to 100 mm at Photonics West (booth 5355)
NYFORS TEKNOLOGI AB (publ) introduces a new advanced product solution for automatic optical fiber recoating for bare fiber length up to 100 mm – the AUTOCOATER 2 XL™. This versatile recoating system is designed to give the user the flexibility of NYFORS’s proven silicone mould technology for longer recoat length, while maintaining the high productivity and cost advantages of an operator skill independent, fully automatic process.
“The combination of easily exchangeable silicone recoating moulds and a completely removable injection system makes the system easy to set up, optimize and rapidly reconfigure for different recoating application and requirements”,commented Erik Böttcher, CEO of NYFORS TEKNOLOGI AB.
Having a longer recoat length allows for maximum flexibility which is important especially in research and development enviroments. Longer recoat length are also required for some specialised fiber sensing components
With different mould types and diameters available, the operator can choose whether to create a uniform diameter recoating that matches the original fiber diameter, recoating with a cross section slightly smaller than the original fiber coating (undersize) or recoatings with a larger diameter that overlaps the original coating at each end of the recoat area (overcoating).
Moulds are easily interchangeable by the operator in a few seconds with no re-alignment of the system required. The customer-selected recoating compound is automatically injected into the mould over the entire length. The compound is held in an easily attached 1 oz Nalgene bottle. This bottle, as well as the injection pump, supply lines and the injection needle may be removed and exchanged as a single unit. This procedure takes less than a minute and completely eliminates the need to purge or cleanse the injection pump and supply lines when changing from one type of recoating resin to another.
The capability to change moulds in a few seconds, and recoating compound in a few minutes, enables fully automatic operator skill independent recoating also in situations where a high degree of flexibility is require to meet many different recoating needs and specifications.
Short curing times around three seconds or less are achieved through a highly efficient curing system, which is capable of processing both standard high-index and low-index recoating materials. This, in combination with the high degree of system automation, results in very short cycle times of 15 seconds or less – faster than any competing recoating system available.
The AUTOCOATER XL™ will be further presented at Photonics West 2016, February 16 – 18 at the Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA.
For more information about the system feature and availability, please contact us: info@nyfors.com. Or visit our booth at Photonics West (booth 5355).
For more information, please contact:
Erik Böttcher, CEO
Ph: +46 8 400 220 30
About NYFORS
Nyfors Teknologi AB (publ) is an innovative supplier of advanced glass processing and optical fiber preparation equipment for high strength and specialty splicing operations. All our products are developed with the user in mind for comfortable and easy operation in production and laboratory environment. We have over 30 years’ technical expertise in the industry. Nyfors is a family business based in Stockholm, Sweden. For more information, please visit our website www.nyfors.com.