Plastic Optical Fiber
Termination Cutter
for 2.2 mm POF
Datasheet
PC220F-410 Revision A
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DESCRIPTION
The Firecomms POF cutter is a simple low-cost
disposable tool for terminating standard 2.2 mm plastic
optical fiber (POF). The tool is designed to enable a
small number of high quality POF terminations either in
a field installation setting or within a laboratory
environment without the need to perform a
subsequent polishing step. The tool is designed in
particular to prepare POF terminations for use with
Firecomms’ OptoLock® plug-less transceivers.
FEATURES
• Termination for 2.2 mm POF Cables
• Enables high quality POF facets without the need
for a subsequent polishing step
• Cost-effective
• Suitable for simplex and duplex POF
• Manually operated and easy to use by untrained
personnel
• Safe design ensures cutting edge of blade is fully
enclosed at all times
• RoHS compliant
Cutting Blade
Jacket Stripper Hole
Insert and twist cable to cut jacket
POF Termination Holes
Duplex POF Cable Splitter Hole
Open Termination Slot
PC220F-410 Revision A
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USAGE
Cutting Blade and POF Termination
Use the ‘open’ slot to cut off the required length of POF from a reel (figure 1). Insert POF cable into one of the four
provided termination holes and cut to a flush finish (figure 2)
FIGURE 1. Cutting POF cable on the ‘open’ slot FIGURE 2. POF cutter in process of cutting POF cable located in one
pair of ‘Termination’ Holes
Termination Finish
Each pair of termination holes can provide up to approximately x15 high quality flush POF cuts. Beyond this figure
a poorer finish can be expected which can incur additional optical coupling loss.
FIGURE 3. High quality termination finish FIGURE 4. Poor quality termination finish