Now light will travel from one fiber to another thanks to the index matching gel. Step 3: Place the cleaved ends of the fibers together into the mechanical splice device. You have to do this following the instructions of the cleaver you are using. Step 2: Now it’s time to cleave the fibers.
Then clean the fibers using an optic clean wipe soaked with isopropyl alcohol. Step 1: The first thing you have to do is strip the cables, taking away the coats, buffers and any other protective layers, leaving the optical fibers naked. Mechanical splicing is easy to do if you have all the tools you need, as it only takes three steps to be done.
How to do it? We present you a series of infographic with the steps, aswell as a full-text guide.
However, they are still two separate optical fibers, which is why this method is considered temporary and is mostly use to rapidly restore short-haul single mode or multimode cables in FTTH installations. Mechanical splicing is the process of precisely aligning two fiber optics together using an alignment device and index matching gel that has a similar refractive index and covers the possible air gaps, helping light travel from one fiber to another with minimal loss and little back reflection.
