Optical Fiber Tools and Accessories Selection Guide

Newport is a leading supplier of Optical Fiber Tools and Accessories as a companion to our fiber optics and components products. Products include fiber optic termination tools such as coating strippers, jacket strippers, and Kevlar cutters. As a convenient solution to heavy duty fiber preparation and termination, we also offer a Fiber Termination Kit. Also available are fiber scribes, manual fiber optic cleavers, and electronic cleavers, various fiber cable adapters, and bare fiber adapters.

Selecting an Optical Fiber Tool or Fiber Optic Accessory

Click Optical Fiber Tools and Accessories to shop or browse all of our standard models, or select a product series below for more information on our products and capabilities.

Optical Fiber Tools		Features
	Fiber Optic Strippers	• Removes fiber buffer mechanically • Accurate to within 12.7 µm • No adjustments necessary • Color-coded handles for easy identification of minimum cutting diameter
	Kevlar® Shears	• Efficient solution for trimming Kevlar strength members • Hot-forged, high carbon steel • Non-slip serrated blades
	Fiber Optic Scribes	• Low cost fiber cleaving tool • Cleave is obtained by the scribe-and-pull method • Model with pen-like protective housing
	Fiber Preparation Kit	• Leather storage case • Variety of tools required to prepare or handle a fiber
	Manual Fiber Cleavers	• Repeatable high quality cleaves • Both 0 and 8 degree angle optical fiber cleaver types
	Electronic Fiber Cleavers	• Electronically tuned ultrasonic blade • Unique low torsion fiber clamping • Laboratory precise, field rugged • 20,000 cleave lifetime • Axial tension adjusts for fiber diameter
Optical Fiber Adaptors		Features
	Bare Fiber Adapters	• Quick and easy temporary connections of optical fibers • Kink and diffusion free operation • Repeatable measurements
	Bare Fiber Test Adapters	• Accepts cleaved and non-cleaved fiber • Requires only 3/4” of bare fiber exposed • No messy gel applicators or reservoirs to fill
	Fiber Optic Mating Adapter Sleeves	• Connect two connectorized fibers together with low loss • Female fiber connector on each end • Like terminator styles as well as hybrid
Optical Fiber Splice Tools		Features
	Fiber Optic Splice	• High-performance, reusable mechanical splices • Low-loss splicing of single-mode or multimode fibers • Included splice key allows the user to lock the fibers
	Index-Matching Fluid	• Virtually eliminate reflection losses • Can be removed simply with acetone • Available in 6 cc syringes
	UV Curable Epoxy	• Curable with 100 mW UV mercury spot lamp • Fast curing • Great for bonding optical components and fiber optics
Optical Fiber Accessories		Features
	Universal Cable Clamp	• Convenient, general-purpose device • Securely holds fiber cables and provides strain relief
	Mode Scrambler	• Repeatedly provides an equilibrium mode distribution • Simulates kilometer lengths of fiber • Negligible insertion loss • Optimized for 50 and 100 µm core, graded-index fibers
Fiber Bundle Adaptors		Features
	Coupler for Oriel Fiber Bundles	• Couple two Oriel Fiber Bundles together • Simple and inexpensive
	Ferrules for Oriel Fiber Bundles	• Convert SMA and ST terminations to standard Oriel 11 mm bundles • Replace lost ferrules for Oriel Fiber Bundles

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