SOLUTION
Optical/precision equipment
Remarkable removal of foreign matter from optical fiber bobbins
Case study at a wire and optical fiber manufacturer
| VACUUM TRINC (TAS-1739 VCB) is being used at a major telecommunications optical fiber manufacturing plant to prevent foreign matter from adhering to the bobbins used to wind optical fibers. Although foreign matter on optical fiber bobbins does not directly affect the performance of optical fibers, if foreign matter is transferred to the fiber end when splicing optical fibers, it can cause burning when high-power light propagates, and foreign matter can leak out from the bobbin when optical fibers are brought into a cleanroom. This is a problem, and customers are demanding measures to prevent foreign matter from leaking out of bobbins. |
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Although optical fiber bobbins have been used in the past, dust removal using VACUUM TRINC has become a hot topic of conversation within the company because of the surprising amount of foreign matter that can be removed compared to conventional methods. The finer the foreign matter, the more difficult it is to remove, but VACUUM TRINC can achieve a high dust removal capacity because it uses dense ions to remove static electricity from the workpiece and the foreign matter while suctioning it. Unlike methods that use ion air blowers to blow away foreign matter, the VACUUM TRINC does not scatter the dust it has blown away, so it does not contaminate the surrounding environment. More than 20 VACUUM TRINCs are already in use for cleaning optical fiber bobbins.
