Splicer, optical fibre
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- OBJECT TYPE
- FUSION/SINGLE MODE
- DATE
- 1980–1989
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1996.0638.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Northern Telecom
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Canada
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General Information
- Serial #
- PROTOTYPE
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- FIBREGLASS CASE WITH METAL HARDWARE AND EDGING; METAL AND SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 34.5 cm
- Width
- 30.0 cm
- Height
- 19.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telephony
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Northern Telecom
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
DESIGNED AND BUILT IN CANADA - Function
-
TO JOIN TWO FIBRES (OPTICAL) WITH MINIMAL DEGRADATION OF SIGNAL BY HEATING THE FIBRE ENDS UNTIL THEY FUSE [REF.1] - Technical
-
THE FIRST NORTH AMERICAN MODEL OF A FUSION SPLICER FOR SINGLE MODE OPTICAL FIBRE. ALLOWED SPLICES TO BE QUICKLY AND ACCURATELY EXECUTED IN THE FIELD [REF.1] - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PRINTING ON PANEL INCLUDES: 'FUSION/ POWER/ FUSION/ TIME/ AC/ IN/ ON/ OFF/ LOW BATT./ ARC/ OFF/ SET/FUSE/ nt/ northern/ telecom'/ PRINTED ON MICROSCOPE: 'NSK/ JAPAN/ SWF. 20X/ MADE IN JAPAN/ TITAN'/ PRINTING ON MICROMETERS INCLUDE: 'THE L.S. STARRETT CO. LTD./ GREAT BRITAIN/ NO. 463M/ [DIAL 0 TO 45]'
- Missing
- ONE FOOT AFFIXED TO LID
- Finish
- GREY CASE/ BLACK TOP PANEL AND WORKINGPARTS WITH GREY AND SHINY METAL TRIM/ WHITE PRINTING
- Decoration
- N/A
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Northern Telecom, Splicer, optical fibre, between 1980–1989, Artifact no. 1996.0638, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1996.0638.001/
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