FiberQA Blog

As the fiber optic industry continues to expand at a rapid rate, FiberQA is constantly seeking out new distributors to represent our products in different regions around the world. Those relationships are the key to building a bridge between new customers and our automated fiber optic test equipment.

FiberQA worked with Bodkin Design to develop a camera sub-assembly for a new probe-style automated inspection system, the AVIT-rh, which is currently in pre-production. The AVIT-rh is a fully-automated inspection and cleaning probe that can access hard to reach installed fiber optic connectors in aircraft and shipboard applications. To read more about this collaboration, check out the press release from Bodkin Design. 

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Our North American distributor, Fiber Optic Center, wrote an excellent blog recently about the comparison of manual fiber scopes vs. automated fiber scopes. In FOC author Chris Rollinson's words, "'automation' is the holy grail of the fiber optic industry." Chris goes on to explain how FiberQA's FastMT fiber scope can improve upon the quality control process during inspection of fiber optic cable connectors in cable assembly houses.

At FiberQA, we make automation our businees. We believe that manual fiber scopes are the past, while fast, reliable, automated fiber scopes are the future.

Our team attended OFC 2017 in Los Angeles last week. It seems like every year the crowds get bigger and better, and our interactions dive deeper into how we can provide solutions for entire supply chains. Everything went smoothly, the systems shined, and the crowds were wowed. What an incredible show! We were especially humbled by the enthusiastic crowds surrounding the debut of our new AVIT-dt. On-lookers were blown away by the speed of the inspection and precision of the cleaner--have you ever seen a first pass clean on a dirty, oily endface?! I didn't think so! 

 As FiberQA continues to grow, founder Doug Wilson has decided to focus solely on his position as Chief Technical Officer. As Doug puts it, “This will allow me to continue innovating and developing FiberQA’s line of revolutionary fiber optic inspection and cleaning systems”. Doug will also be able to focus on understanding new customer requirements in support of Sales and Marketing
efforts.

We are always excited to attend industry events, but we are absolutely chomping at the bit for next week’s OFC show in Los Angeles! Our company’s main goal is to revolutionize and automate the way manufacturers and consumers inspect and clean their cable connectors, and our brand new AVIT-dt and AVIT-bp systems continue that legacy. OFC will be the very first public debut of the AVIT-bp system and this will be the first time we will have an AVIT-dt at the show (though you may have gotten a peak at it during ECOC or AVFOP).

One of the biggest advantages to having a FastMT automated fiberscope, is the ability to customize the settings and parameters of your inspection protocol. Whether you have one system or several, a small team of operators or dozens, you simply have to input the desired parameters and you can rest assured that every connector will be inspected consistently and reliably, regardless of whom is operating which system.

The jet-lag and daylight savings time change has worn off, but we're still riding high after last week's IEEE Photonics Society hosted AVFOP show in Long Beach, CA! We want to thank the coordinators for putting together yet another exciting and beneficial event. We were able to showcase products and systems to a targeted group of important industry-influencers in the military and aerospace markets.

FiberQA attended our very first ECOC last week, in Düsseldorf, Germany. We were thrilled to show off our fiber optic inspection and cleaning equipment on the show floor, and talk face to face with old friends, colleagues, and new customers alike.