Visit Fiber Optic Center at Stand C2513 During ECOC 2025

Meet with Fiber Optic Center Technical Team

Visit to learn best practices for connector assembly fixturing and tooling and the different selections and requirements between connector types, including but not limited to: MMC (TMT), MT, MTP, MPO, LC, SC, FC, MU, MTRJ, ST, SN-MT, SMA, E2000 Connector Assembly.

Meet with Neal Weiss, Founder of Fiber Optic Center

An overview of coatings for a wide range of standard communication and specialty optical fibers. The main job of coatings is to protect the glass fiber, but there are many intricacies to this objective. Coating materials are carefully formulated and tested to optimize this protective role as well as the glass fiber performance.

Discussion topics include:

• Coating dimensions
• Tensile strength
• Coating characteristics and specialty fibers

Meet with Fiber Optic Center Technical Team

The technical team combines their field experience to demonstrate and discuss how to enhance processes, results, and fiber optic cable assemblies.

Discussion topics include:

• Determining cause of high loss
• The misunderstanding about Negative IL values
• Protecting the detector
• Test Lead Quality Steps
• Why we cannot stress enough the cleaning before the test

Meet with Fiber Optic Center Technical Team

One of the most important decisions a cable assembly production, or process manager will make, is which lapping film to use. Join us at ECOC for consultation on how to achieve consistent results that meet your demanding technical specifications.

Meet with Neal Weiss, Founder of Fiber Optic Center

The most common processes used to make rare earth-doped fibers are the Rod and Tube method, the Solution Doping Process and the Vapor Phase Process. The latter two are used most commonly in conjunction with the MCVD process which will be discussed.

Focus on:

• Solution Doping
• Vapor Phase Doping
• Rare Earth Chelates
• Rare Earth Halides

Meet with Kelly Barker, Epoxy Technical Expert

Kelly has extensive experience with strategic business development and adhesive/epoxy technical knowledge for applications in multiple industries, including but not limited to Fiber Optics, Cabling, Connector, LED, Military and Aerospace.

Meet with Kelly to learn about epoxy properties, availability, how to order, safety tips, common applications, storage and handling and more!

Meet with Fiber Optic Center Technical Team

Full view of both mechanical and fusion methods of splicing and impacts on lowering insertion loss compared to fiber connectors.

Discussion topics include:

• Splicing types
• Benefits and applications for cable assembly houses
• Field installations and severed buried cable solutions

Meet with Fiber Optic Center Technical Team

Opticonx’s LightTube furcation and breakout tubing products provide quality and inventory needs for the optical networking industry. Speak with our team at ECOC to learn about the various furcation tubing styles that suit specific optical fibers, connections, splicing, and termination configurations.

Meet with Fiber Optic Center Technical Team

The most common questions we receive include what is causing our poor IL/RL, how can we ensure clean fiber connections and do you have specific cleaning techniques during fiber optic cable assembly manufacturing and installation? This discussion is based on the answers and guidance we provide daily!

Discussion topics include:

• How to verify connector end-faces that meet or exceed industry standards on end-face cleanliness (IEC 61300-3-35)
• How to identify the number of ways in which the end-face can (and do) become contaminated

Meet with Fiber Optic Center Technical Team

Technical Process & Product Demonstrations:

• DORC 3D & 2D Polishing Plate Inspection System
• Cable Prep
• Material Selection (Fiber & Cable and Furcation Tubing)
• Cable and Fiber Stripping Best Practices
• Epoxy and Adhesive Selection
• Hand Tools Selection (Strippers, Shears, Scribes)
• Crimping
• Splicing, Cleaving (Fusion Splicers)
• Polishing, Terminations, Supplies and Lapping Film
• Cleaning
• Test and Inspection

Meet with David Sylvia, Director of Sales

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Meet with Ethan Weiss, Account Manager

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Meet with Fiber Optic Center EMEA Team

Sign up today and schedule your meeting with Erwin Gelderblom, Marcel Buijs or Giorgio Bonvini while at ECOC. To sign up, click YES and select to meet between September 29 - October 1 and choose the time that works with your schedule.