Fibre assembly capacity doubled

Lane Electronics’ capability centres around the Souriau “Elio” high- performance fibre optic system. Here, Lane offers simplex or duplex cables terminated with Elio to Elio, Elio to LC or SC contacts - or any combination -and then assemble them with 8D Series / MIL-DTL-38999 style connectors, back shells and heat shrink boots.

The Elio fibre optic solution can handle data speeds from several Mbit/s up to several Gbit/s thanks to its excellent optical performance.

Lane Electronics can supply these 8D Series / MIL-DTL-38999 connector platforms with 1 to 24 contacts in a wide variety of shell materials and finishes. These can include aluminium, composite, stainless steel & bronze with different plating finishes including RoHS Compliant Zinc Nickel & Zinc Cobalt.

Applications can include aerospace and military systems as well as those where high data rates and the need to save weight is important while at the same time providing high resistance to difficult environments.

According to Lane’s Managing Director Simon Hammerton, the new facility is equipped with the latest fibre assembly equipment including automatic fibre optic cable preparation systems and high speed multi-contact polishing machines.

“We have also added another labelling system, more inspection and test equipment and, finally, some new handling and packaging machines to complete the process”. Says Simon Hammerton “And, not to forget the people doing the work, they have helped us obtain the latest IPC certification for fibre cable assembly”. He adds.