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to remove than the original debris. More significantly, new-generation cleaners worked in smaller amounts than before. Precision cleaners include proprietary hydrocarbons, HFE, HFC, aqueous formulations derived from high-value precision cleaning applications, with new designs on the horizon. Wiping materials have evolved – 100 per cent


cellulose (paper) is never acceptable to clean these precision surfaces. Cleanroom or medical grade foam swab tools and hydroentangled poly/cellulose are ideal to clean zone-5 and alignment sleeves. Your cleaning tool likely has these materials and should be moistened every time.


Te swab or probe tip is placed in the solvent


patch for a count of one to five, enabling a minute amount of cleaner to solvent-transfer into the wiping material. Tools may be ‘clicked- twice’ to remove and dry. Te end face is drawn from wet to dry, moving the end face away from contaminated initial point of contact. Precision cleaning is a process change, requiring less time to reduce costs.


Ed Forrest is a researcher and the founder of training company, Fibre Optic Precision Cleaning


COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS


Vendors that offer fibre optic cleaning products include Jonard Tools, with its recently launched TK-182 Fiber Cleaning Kit. Te kit offers cleaning products for use on 1.25mm and 2.5mm connector end-faces and bulkhead adapters and contains products for either wet or dry cleaning of connectors. It includes the new H-20 rugged nylon


carrying case; FCC-125 fiber connector cleaner www.fibre-systems.com @fibresystemsmag


STICKLERS: FEATURED PRODUCT


Te Sticklers Fibre Optic Cleaning kits include everything you need to quickly and thoroughly clean fibre optic end-faces and splices to save you time and money. Contamination is a threat to optical networks


and cleaning fibre during installation is important to ensure networks perform reliably. Te international standard for inspection and cleaning fibre optic connectors, IEC 61300-3- 35, was developed to guide the industry on the types of contaminants found on ferrule end- faces and how to clean them effectively. Te experts at Sticklers Fibre Optic Cleaners


have developed the best cleaning tools, engineered specifically for cleaning fibre optics to meet the IEC standard. Choose from a variety of kits to meet your cleaning requirements. Kits include Sticklers Fiber Optic Splice & Connector Cleaner, a TravelSAFE, non-flammable optical- grade cleaning fluid; Sticklers Clean Wipes optical-grade lint-free wipes; Sticklers CleanStixx Connector Cleaning Sticks; and Sticklers CleanClicker Fiber Optic Connector Cleaners,


1.25mm for LC connectors; FCC-250 fibre connector cleaner 2.5mm for FC, SC, and ST connectors; FCF-3 precision cleaning fluid and DW-90 dry cleaning wipes. Fibretool’s new One-Click cleaner is designed


to remove dust and oil adhering to the ferrule end-face of the fibre optic connector with one push mechanical action. It is made from super- fine fibre imported from Japan, with an easy pushing motion to engage the connector and initiate the cleaner. Te dry cloth cleaners are specifically


designed to clean single fibre connectors residing in an adaptor, faceplate or bulkhead.


Deluxe High-Volume Cleaning Kit


a refillable cleaner that provides hundreds of cleans before they must be replaced. All tools are packed in a convenient, rugged carrying case, so you always have everything you need to get the job done right, the first time.


Te dust cap acts as an adapter for cleaning unmated connectors and the extendable tip reaches recessed connectors. AFL also offers a selection of fibre optic


cleaning kits for field cleaning of connector end-faces and splicer v-grooves. Te FCP1 Connector Cleaning Kit, for example, includes various configurations of FCC2 connector cleaning fluid, CCT connector cleaning tips, FiberWipes, Cletop cartridge cleaner, Cletop (ACT) cleaning sticks, and Noyes VS 300 Inspection Scope. Te CCT connector cleaning tips are packages in small tubes, and they are colour coded for easy replacement ordering. n


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