Remove the cable jacket and buffer coatings to expose the bare glass core. This requires precision, as over-stripping or dull tools can damage the fibre. A poorly prepared fibre can lead to weak splices, high attenuation, or complete failure. The guide provides the complete workflow, covering safety precautions, tool selection, fiber preparation, fusion operation, quality control, and. Fusion splicing is the preferred method for splicing long distance singlemode cable plants, as it's low loss and reflectance maximizes cable plant performance. Multimode fiber is more often spliced by mechanical splices, as the higher loss is acceptable, reflectance is not a problem, and fusion. The operation and skills of fiber optic fusion splicing technology can be mainly divided into five steps: fiber stripping, fiber cutting, fiber melting, fiber sleeve, and fiber winding. And tools used for fiber fusion: fusion splicer; fiber cleaver; cable stripper; fiber optic stripper; alcohol;. Without question, good stripping techniques in your fiber optic cable assembly process are imperative. What happens if you damage the fiber during this production step? A tiny scratch or nick in the optical fiber is like a time bomb.