One-Step Fiber Optic Cleaver with Auto-Rotating Blade (FC-600)

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A fusion splice is only as good as the cleave that goes into it, and the cleave is the step where most splice loss is made. The Jonard Tools FC-600 is a precision fiber cleaver that does the whole step in one motion: close the lid and it cleaves the fiber, rotates the blade to a fresh position, and drops the scrap into a built-in collector, so every cleave gets a new edge and no glass is left on the bench. The cleave angle is under 0.5°, which is what a fusion splicer needs to make a low-loss joint, and the blade is good for 52,000 cleaves before it's replaced. The scaled fiber holder takes 250 µm coated fiber at cleave lengths from 5 to 20 mm and 900 µm buffered fiber from 12 to 20 mm, so it matches whatever the splicer or the splice-on connector asks for. It's light and rugged for a van or a closure, and at under a pound it travels in the splice kit.

Features

• One step: cleave, rotate, collect. One motion cleaves the fiber, indexes the blade to the next position, and collects the scrap in the built-in fiber trash can.
• Cleave angle under 0.5°. The flat, square end face that fusion splicing needs for low-loss joints.
• 52,000-cleave blade. The blade rotates automatically after each cleave, so the whole edge is used before it needs replacing.
• 250 µm and 900 µm fiber. The holder takes both bare coated fiber and tight-buffered fiber.
• Scaled holder, 5 to 20 mm. Sets the cleave length by the scale, 5 to 20 mm (0.20 to 0.79 in) on 250 µm fiber and 12 to 20 mm on 900 µm.
• Light and rugged. Built for long-term durability in the field, at 0.98 lb.

Where It Fits

It suits fusion splicing technicians who need a repeatable sub-0.5° cleave on every fiber at a closure, a tray, or a bench, FTTH installers fitting splice-on connectors, where the cleave length and angle are what the connector's splice depends on, data center and enterprise crews splicing pigtails at panels, anyone who has been fighting a hand cleaver with a blade that's been on the same spot for a thousand cleaves, and a splice kit that already has the strippers and cleaners and needs the cleaver that finishes the prep. For mechanical splices and field connectors, the FC-220 is the lighter option; the FC-600 is the one for fusion.

Good to Know

The cleave is the last thing that touches the glass before the splice, so the sequence matters: strip the coating with a fiber stripper such as the JIC-375 or JIC-125, wipe the bare fiber with an alcohol wipe, then cleave, and don't touch the glass between the wipe and the splicer. Set the holder to the cleave length the splicer or the splice-on connector calls for, and use the same length every time on a job; a fusion splicer's holders and a connector's splice point are both built around a fixed length. Seat the fiber straight in the holder and close the lid in one smooth motion; a hesitation or a fiber that isn't seated is what makes a bad cleave, and a splicer that keeps rejecting cleaves is usually telling you about the seating, not the blade. The blade indexes itself, so there's nothing to turn by hand; when the splicer starts reporting cleave angles creeping up across all positions, the blade is at the end of its 52,000 and it's time for a new one. Empty the scrap collector into a sharps container, never the bin, and keep the cleaver's anvil and clamps clean of coating dust with a swab, since debris under the fiber shows up as angle. On 900 µm fiber the minimum cleave length is 12 mm, not 5; check the connector's spec before assuming the short lengths apply. Keep the cleaver in its case between jobs; the blade and the clamps are precision parts, and a drop is a service call.

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