Splicer, optical fibre
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- OBJECT TYPE
- FUSION/MULTIMODE
- DATE
- 1978
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1996.0637.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Northern Telecom
- MODEL
- S-25
- LOCATION
- Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 271
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 4
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 METAL AND SYNTHETIC;.2 METAL, SYNTHETIC AND GLASS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 39.0 cm
- Width
- 32.0 cm
- Height
- 31.0 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
-
THIS IS A CANADIAN DEVELOPED AND BUILT TECHNOLOGY [REF 1] - Function
-
TO SPLICE OPTICAL FIBRES "IN THE FIELD" BY HEATING THE FIBRE ENDS SO THAT THEY FUSE. [REF.1] - Technical
-
FIRST FUSION SPLICER DEVELOPED BY BELL NORTHERN RESEARCH FOR FIELDUSE. ALLOWED SPLICES TO BE QUICKLY AND ACCURATELY DONE IN THE FIELD. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 PLATES ON SIDE: 'nt/ northern/ telecom/ OPTICAL FIBER/ FUSION SPLICER/ MODEL NO: S-25 MADE IN/ CANADA/ SERIAL NO. 271''VOLTAGE 115 VOLTS/ FREQUENCY 60 HERTZ/ POWER 250 WATTS/ FUSE 6 AMPS/ APPROVAL L-23957'/ STICKER: 'This equipment has been/ approved for use on the/ premises of/ BELL NORTHERN RESEARCH - OTTAWA/ On behalf of/ ONTARIO HYDRO: RE Swinwood/ 2419'/ PRINTING ON TOP INCLUDES: 'TIME/ PREFUSION FUSION/ ARC POWER/ AC ON/ AC ON SWITCH/ENABLE SWITCH/PREFUSION SWITCH FUSION SWITCH/ nt/ northern/ telecom/ L23957'/.2 AROUND TUBE:'BAUSCH & LOMB MADE IN USA/ 31-29-51-40 MACROSCOPE/ 40x [2 times]'/ EYEPIECE BASE:'BAUSCH & LOMB 15X W.F.'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- .1 BASE AND LID: GREY FIBREGLASS; PANEL - BLACK WITH WHITE PRINTING; RED BUTTONS/.2 BLACK EYEPIECE AND SUPPORT; SATIN AND SHINY METAL TUBES
- Decoration
- N/A
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Northern Telecom, Splicer, optical fibre, circa 1978, Artifact no. 1996.0637, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/item/1996.0637.001/
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