SPLICING

• Splice enclosures

For long cable runs outside, the point where cables are spliced, sealed up and buried in the ground, put in a vault of some kind or hung off a pole.

• Splice panels

Connect individual fibres from cables to pigtails

• Splice:

A permanent joint between two fibres

• Mechanical Splice:

A splice where the fibres are aligned by mechanical means

• Fusion Splice:

A splice created by fusing two fibres together

• Fusion Splicer:


An instrument that splices fibres by fusing them, typically by electrical arc.