What is BS EN 61300-3-51 - Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components about?
BS EN 61300 is a series on fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components.
Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components is a fibre optic telecommunications technology for delivering broadband network access to end- users.
BS EN 61300-3-51 is intended to describe the procedure required to measure the pin gauge withdrawal force for rectangular ferrule multi-fibre connectors.
This measurement can be used as an alternative to the measurement of the pin gauge insertion force, both of which evaluate the fit of the pin gauge(s) into the guide pinhole(s) of the female-type connector. The experimental verification of interchangeability between them is shown in BS EN 61300-3-51. For the male-type connector, IEC 61300-3-49 is applied to evaluate how securely the guide pins are retained in the guide holes.
Who is BS EN 61300-3-51 - Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components for?
BS EN 61300-3-51 on fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components is useful for:
- Telecommunication component manufacturers
- Telecommunication equipment manufacturers
- Design engineers
- Quality control personnel
Why should you use BS EN 61300-3-51 - Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components?
Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components architecture implement a point-to-multipoint topology in which a single optical fibre serves multiple endpoints by using unpowered (passive) fibre optic splitters to divide the fibre bandwidth among the endpoints.
BS EN 61300-3-51 describes two methods using weights or a tensile testing machine. The optical connector is held using a fixture. For the measurement for a single guide pinhole, the pin gauge is placed in a pin gauge chuck and the weight, or the tensile testing machine is connected to the pin gauge chuck. For the measurement for two guide pinholes, the plug gauge is placed in a plug gauge chuck and the weight, or the tensile testing machine is connected to the plug gauge chuck. By using the plug gauge, it is possible to check not only the size of each guide pin hole but also the relative position and the relative angle between two guide pinholes.
Using BS EN 61300-3-51 you can describe the procedure required to measure the pin gauge withdrawal force for rectangular ferrule multi-fibre connectors.