How to Select a Fusion Splice Machine

With the advent of fiber-to-the-home 5G, more fiber optic cables to be used and spliced, so what kind of fusion splice machine to be purchased? Which parameters should mainly pay attention to when select a good fusion splice machine for your fiber projects?
First, the parameters of optical fiber fusion splice machine
To select an optical fiber fusion splicer, you must first understand the parameters of the optical fiber fusion splicer.
1. optical fiber cores spliced: generally single core, the other is a ribbon fiber fusion splicer which can simultaneously Splice multiple optical fibers, the ribbon fiber fusion splicer can fuse up to 12 cores at a time.
2. Splicing time the shorter the better: Splicing time refers to the time after the optical fiber is put into the fiber fusion splicer, and the fiber fusion splicer carries out advancement alignment and discharge fusion splicing; the shorter the fusion splicing time, the better. Currently, the welding time on the market is within 10 minutes.
The splicing time is important to work progress and money to be earned since it is charged according to the number of fusion cores, a day’s work determines the day’s income. And It is difficult to complete without a good splicer for a big project.
3. Heating time the shorter the better: After the optical fiber fusion is completed, it needs to be protected with a heat shrinkable tube. After the heat shrinkable tube covers the fusion joint, the heat shrinkable tube needs to be heated. The shorter the time, the better; the current fusion splicer is about 20 seconds. When the weather is cold and the heating time is long, the number of welding cores of the welding machine is less which is not surprising in winter.
4. Splicing loss , the lower the better: Optical fiber is used for optical signal transmission. There will be attenuation after fusion splicing. It is one of the most important parameters to confirm a good or bad fusion splicer. the smaller the better, the fusion splicer splice loss is around 0.02db in market currently.
5. Battery power supply: The larger the battery capacity, the longer it takes to charge a battery, just like the battery capacity of a mobile phone.
E.g The battery of the fusion splice machine of CLP 41 is 11.1V, the capacity is 6800mAh, and the splicing and heating can be completed about 200 times when fully charged.
The majority of Fujikura fusion splicer batteries are 13.2v, and the capacity is generally 4500mAh, and the core for full-electric fusion is about 200 cores. Fujikura also has some machine with a capacity of 9000mAh battery, which has a stronger fusion splicing capability.
6. Operating environment: such as altitude, temperature, etc .; how is it in a special area such as a cold place, so we must consider the temperature, altitude; the larger the supported range, the better the machine since it has be discharged
7. Machine lifetime: Under normal splice conditions, the fusion splice machine made in China can be used for 3 years and the imported one can be used for five years. The average splice is about 150 a day, 200 working days a year. It is estimated that it can splice 80,000 to 120,000 cores. Usually need do some maintenance in half year.
8. Fiber magnification: This parameter can be used as a reference for the function of a fiber fusion splicer. The larger the magnification, the more accurate the fiber fusion splicer will be and the lower the loss

Except the above, some may have preference to specific brand
First decide which brand product you would like to have then select the appropriate splicer model according to the parameters. The main brands popular fusion splice machine voted before on market is as follow: SUMITOMO> FUJIKURA> JILONG>INNO> CLP 41>Furukawa and Zhuoshi>DVP> Others