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Dirty fiber optic end-faces are a leading cause of fiber optic network failure. Contamination can damage connections and block signal transmission. Ensure your fiber optic network performs its best by cleaning fiber connections prior to connecting and start up.  FInd out more about fiber contamination and how to best remove it with this detailed presentation.

This presentation is based on a webinar about cleaning fiber. It offers a look at the best practices used to minimize the problems that static can cause on end-faces. Viewed by more than 800 attendees, the presentation explains the puzzling origins of the static on a fiber end-face. It then shows the problems that static…

The Sticklers Cassette CleanClicker is a handy, affordable tool that replaces those expensive, cartridge-style cleaning tools. this tool cleans SC duplex, FC, ST, LC duplex and unmated jumper assemblies, plus female MPO assemblies. It's optimized for carrier networks, ideal for OSP and premises applications, enterprise applications, field installation kits, OEM assembly and even research labs.…

The world is mobile, and that means high-bandwidth connectivity to cell phones and tablets, anywhere, everywhere, every time. This demand is overloading the old-style cellular networks that used copper connectivity to the local radio antennas. As a result, companies around the globe are deploying fiber right up the towers and directly to the antennas. For the…

For the best results in large and complex FTTH installations, it is essential that the end-faces be perfectly clean. This brief powerpoint suggests the products that work best in the FTTH environment and will keep networks running fast and reliably, at the lowest possible cost.Cleaning Kits for FTTH Environments.pdf

This is a detailed, 25-page PowerPoint about the unique cleaning issues associated with military fiber optic connectors. It offers a very cogent explanation of the sources of contamination on fiber end-faces, and in particular the problems with cross-contamination. It explains, with microphotographs, the method by which click-to-clean tools work and highlights differences between inferior cleaning tools…