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Industry Standard and Custom Polishing Fixtures

Workholders are available for all industry standard optical connectors. These include SC, FC, ST, LC and many others. Both UPC and APC endface geometries are supported. Adapters can also be used for bare fiber polishing in these fixtures. KrellTech’s engineering team develops customized polishing equipment for all applications and optical requirements. We have designed fixtures for products ranging from cannula and illumination bundles, to waveguides and fiber arrays. When requesting a quotation please provide detailed application specifications and attach all relevant drawings and information.

Image captions, left to right:

  1. Polishing workholder for medical cannula.
  2. Polish all 2.5mm connectors and ferrules with this fixture.
  3. Polishing fixture supports all ferrules 1mm to 3.2mm UPC geometry.
  4. AVAGO HFBR-4531 and 4532Z.
  5. Biconic connector jig with length control.
  6. High power connector polishing fixture.
  7. Adjustable, large diameter bare fiber LD workholder.
  8. Standard FC/APC 8 degee workholder fixture.
  9. FlexGrip workholder for large and odd-shaped components.
  10. Glenair GHD APC fiber optic termini.
  11. Bulkhead fiber optic connectors.
  12. M29504 termini with short breakout.
  13. Glass ferrule with angle polished endface.
  14. Universal APC workholder with angled v-groove.
  15. Universal angled polishing fixture.
  16. Glass slide polishing.
  17. Glass die
  18. Micro glass blocks

April 6, 2020, 8:56 p.m.
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Where should I send my custom application details for review?
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Please forward all relevant information to sales@krelltech.com.
March 26, 2020, 7:18 p.m.
Q
I have a custom application, do you make custom fixtures?
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Yes!
Feb. 4, 2020, 10:22 p.m.
Q
Which one of these fixtures can polish the cannula in the attached photo?
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Please refer to photo # 7.
Jan. 3, 2020, 6:21 p.m.
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Can a custom fixture be manufactured for the attached specialized connector? If so, which Krell polishing machine can be used?
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Yes. Either NOVA, Scepter or SpecPro base polishers can be used. Please contact forward technical drawings to sales@krelltech.com for review by our engineering group.