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

See Optical Fiber Tools and Accessories to shop or browse all standard models, or select a product series below for more information.

	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
	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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Optical Fiber Tools & Accessories Selection Guide

Selecting an Optical Fiber Tool or Fiber Optic Accessory