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Launch of Sales of New Single Fiber Fusion Splicer

Fujikura Ltd. (President and CEO: Masahiko Ito) is pleased to announce the launch of sales of its new Single Fiber Fusion Splicer 41S from September 2018.The new product is a cladding alignment type fiber fusion splicer with a moveable V-groove into which optical fiber is set and fused after alignment of the outer fiber diameters.By using Bluetooth technology, the 41S wirelessly connects to the CT50 fibre cleaver and enables a range of pioneering features that will improve the overall installation time, cost and efficiency for operators.Frequently when cleaved fibres are set into a fusion splicer it becomes clear that the bare fibre end is damaged due to friction caused by a worn cleaver blade. However, this issue is efficiently minimized with the 41S fusion splicer. It uses wireless communication to monitor and rotate the fibre cleaver blade into a position where it will produce a good cleave angles.The 41S also has the unique capability to estimate splice loss with greater accuracy,using a New Core Loss Estimation Function,than previous Fujikura cladding alignment type fusion splicers.The new fusion splicer will be exhibited at CIOE2018 (China International Optoelectronic Exposition) in China on September 5 and ECOC (European Conference on Optical Communication) to beheld in Italy on September 23.Examples of Product Specifications

Model Name	36S
Typical slice loss	0.03dB (For single-mode fiber fusion)
Fusion splice time	6 seconds (For single-mode fiber fusion)
Shrinkable-sleeve heatingtime	25 seconds (For Fujikura sleeve FP-03 shrinkage)
Wireless communication standard	Bluetooth®4.1 L