Zirconia Ceramic Sleeves
Ceramic sleeves (zirconia sleeves) are mostly used in Fiber Optic Adpaters for the main purpose of connecting and aligning two inserted Ceramic Ferrules together.
They are used for ferrule outer diameters of φ2.5mm and φ1.25mm to connect and align ferrules of ST, FC, SC, MU and LC Fiber Optic Connectors.
Zirconia sleeves are categorized into two types: split sleeves and solid sleeves.
Ceramic Split Sleeves are manufactured based on international standards for each connector type. The sleeves are made of high precision quality to enable stable connections.
Split Sleeves are to hold ferrules in place firmly and to enable a stable connection with Fiber Optic Connectors.
Ceramic Solid Sleeves (precision sleeves) are often used for connecting optical modules. Moreover, the solid ceramic sleeve requires a more accurate inner diameter process than the ceramic split sleeve.
Solid sleeves are mainly used for connecting optical modules and have replaced fiber stubs as connection components for PD Module in order to provide a stable connection at a low cost.
Sinocomms can manufacture sleeves with special configurations such as tapered or chamfered lead in ends. These configurations were all uniquely developed by Sinocomms to reduce sleeves breakage and ferrule end face chipping and cracking when inserting the connector into the adapter.
We can also supply custom specified sleeves for optical modules and device as well. These custom configurations are fully optimized by considering the pull force, length, and outer diameter specification requirements in accordance to your application needs.
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Specifications
Ceramic Split sleeves are used in Fiber Optic Adapters and other fiber optic components for fiber alignment to get minimal insertion loss of the transmitted light signal. Phosphor Bronze Split Sleeves are an economical solution for applications where tremendous durability and repeated connect / disconnect operations are not required.
Sinocomms provides several kinds of ceramic split sleeves as well as phosphor bronze split sleeves with various Ferrules pull force requirements for φ2.5mm OD Ferrules used for SC, FC and ST Fiber Adapters and for φ1.25mm OD Ferrules used for LC and MU Fiber Optic Adapters.
Sinocomms also provide sleeves with special configurations, such as taped or chamfered in ends. Those configurations were uniquely designed to reduce the sleeve's broken rate and ferrule surface's abrasion when inserting the adapters into the sleeves. The configuration of products is greatly improved on the basis of considering requirements of pull-out force, insertion loss and length.
Besides Standard singlemode and multimode ceramic sleeves for standard FC, ST, SC, LC, MU Fiber Optic Adapter, Sinocomms also offer custom manufacturing non-standard ceramic sleeves, both split and solid types of various length and O.D.
Features
- High precision and reliability
- Ultra low insertion loss and back reflection
Applications
- Data Network
- CATV & FTTX
- Telecommunications
- SC, FC, ST, MU, LC Connectors
Compliances
- IEC 60874
- Telcordia-GR-326-CORE
- RoHS