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Fiber Spool Winding Application with Custom 5-Axis Motion System

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Fiber Spool Winding Application with Custom 5-Axis Motion System

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Fiber optics cables are very delicate. The winding or packaging process requires great care unlike winding wire, cable or rope. In order to prevent twisting or breakage of the fiber, a high position sensitivity and velocity control is required in the winding operation. In demanding applications such as fiber optic gyroscopes (a coil of optical fiber that is used to detect rotation about its axis), it is necessary to minimize the mechanical stress imposed on the fiber to avoid the micro-bending loss which requires a sub-micron level of positioning resolution and accuracy. Newport motorized stages provide the ideal platform to meet the challenging requirement in this fiber winding application.

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