Adjustable Optical Fiber Inspection Tip With Angle Sensing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing optical fiber inspection devices require multiple inspection tips for different optical fiber types, leading to cumbersome switching, storage issues, and a high likelihood of misplacement, along with inefficient manual parameter adjustments.
Innovation Solution
An adjustable tip for optical fiber inspection devices featuring a support component and an adjustable component that can be positioned in multiple angles to align with various optical fiber end face orientations, accompanied by position sensors to facilitate automatic parameter configuration.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple inspection tips are used for different optical fiber types, then the device can inspect various fiber types, but the device complexity increases and operation becomes cumbersome
Solution Approach 1:
The inspection tip is designed with an adjustable component that can be positioned at multiple angles (e.g., 0 degrees, 8 degrees, 16 degrees) to accommodate different optical fiber end face orientations. This allows a single tip to perform multiple inspection functions that previously required separate dedicated tips, thereby reducing device complexity while maintaining versatility
Solution Approach 2:
The tip incorporates an adjustable component that can dynamically change its orientation angle relative to the optical fiber end face. This dynamic adjustment capability enables the same physical tip to adapt to different fiber types (single-mode, multi-mode, angled physical contact) without requiring multiple static tips, resolving the contradiction between versatility and complexity
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple inspection tips are used for different optical fiber types, then various fiber types can be inspected, but storage space increases and misplacement risk increases
Solution Approach 1:
By designing a universal inspection tip with adjustable orientation capabilities, the system reduces the quantity of separate tips needed from multiple dedicated tips to a single multi-functional tip. This eliminates storage space requirements for multiple tips and reduces misplacement risk while maintaining the ability to inspect various fiber types
3Measurement precision
If manual parameter adjustments are made for different fiber types, then inspection parameters can be optimized, but inspection throughput decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system incorporates sensors that automatically detect the orientation angle of the adjustable component and configure inspection parameters accordingly. This self-service mechanism eliminates the need for manual parameter adjustment by the operator, maintaining measurement precision while significantly improving inspection throughput by reducing the time required for parameter setup between different fiber type inspections
Data Source
AI summary
A tip for an optical fiber inspection device includes an adjustable component that is configured to be selectively positioned in a plurality of positions to allow the adjustable component to be connected to a support component. An orientation axis of the adjustable component, when the adjustable component is in a first position, has a first angle with respect to a longitudinal axis of the support component, and the orientation axis of the adjustable component, when the adjustable component is in a second position, has a second angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the support component that is different than the first angle. The tip can further include one or more position sensors to identify a position, of the plurality of positions, of the adjustable component, and provide a signal indicating the position of the adjustable component to the optical fiber inspection device.