Optical-fiber fusion-splicing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10126503-B2
Application number	US-201415112481-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 26, 2014
Priority date	Jan 28, 2014
Publication date	Nov 13, 2018
Grant date	Nov 13, 2018

Abstract

This optical-fiber fusion-splicing device includes: a first heating device (12); a second heating device (13); and a CPU (14) which controls the first heating device (12) and the second heating device (13), wherein the CPU (14) stops heating of the second heating device (13) if heating of the first heating device (12) is started during heating in the second heating device (13), and resumes the heating of the second heating device (13) if the heating of the first heating device (12) is ended, and sets a heating condition after resumption of heating in the second heating device (13), based on at least an interruption time of heating or a change in temperature during heating interruption in the second heating device (13).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An optical-fiber fusion-splicing device comprising:
a first heating device in which a fusion-splicing operation of heating and fusing abutting parts of at least a pair of optical fibers with end faces brought into contact with each other is performed;
a second heating device in which a reinforcing operation of heating and shrinking a heat-shrinkable resin which covers a fusion-spliced portion is performed; and
a control unit which controls the first heating device and the second heating device, and is programmed to:
stop heating of the second heating device if heating of the first heating device is started during heating in the second heating device,
resume heating of the second heating device if the heating of the first heating device is ended, and
set a heating condition after resumption of heating in the second heating device, based on at least an interruption time of heating in the second heating device.

2. The optical-fiber fusion-splicing device according to claim 1 , wherein the heating condition is based on residual heat of the second heating device during the heating interruption.

3. An optical-fiber fusion-splicing device comprising:
a first heating device in which a fusion-splicing operation of heating and fusing abutting parts of at least a pair of optical fibers with end faces brought into contact with each other is performed;
a second heating device in which a reinforcing operation of heating and shrinking a heat-shrinkable resin which covers a fusion-spliced portion is performed; and
a control unit which controls the first heating device and the second heating device, and is programmed to:
stop heating of the second heating device if heating of the first heating device is started during heating in the second heating device,
resume heating of the second heating device if the heating of the first heating device is ended, and
set a heating condition after resumption of heating in the second heating device, based on at least a change in temperature during heating interruption in the second heating device.

4. The optical-fiber fusion-splicing device according to claim 3 , wherein the heating condition is based on residual heat of the second heating device during the heating interruption.

Assignees

• Sei Optifrontier Co Ltd

Inventors

• MEO Ryosuke
• Joko Kazufumi
• Miyamori Makoto
• Homma Toshihiko

Classifications

• G02B6/2553 Primary

  Splicing machines, e.g. optical fibre fusion splicer · CPC title

• G02B6/2551

  using thermal methods, e.g. fusion welding by arc discharge, laser beam, plasma torch · CPC title

• G02B6/255 Primary

  Splicing of light guides, e.g. by fusion or bonding · CPC title