Interferometers

Used primarily to measure single fibre PC and APC connectors, DORC’s fifth generation “ZX-1 micro PMS+” is the result of 24 years of hardware and software product development. DORC’s patented design is based on a variant of the Michelson configuration, and provides both 2D and 3D high resolution images of the sample under test in as little as 3 seconds, including auto-focus.

The ZX-1 micro PMS+ is a modular system allowing many different configurations and price points. Unlike our competitors, this allows customers on a budget to purchase a system that can grow with their needs/budget - and eventually upgraded to become the most advanced system we offer. The key to achieving this is that the “base design” is the same for all configurations. Competitors typically use a different base design on their low end/lower cost systems which means they can never become more advanced systems in the future.

The innovative design leaves nothing for the operator to do other than insert and remove connectors. Focus, centring and reference mirror calibration adjustments are all available fully automated – no user mechanical adjustments required! The system is very compact and controlled by a laptop computer (desktop or tablet PC's optional) using a single USB 2.0 or 3.0 interface cable. The fan-less, hermetically sealed design is vibration insensitive and impervious to ingress of dust and contamination - making the ZX-1 micro PMS+ feel equally at home in both production and field based applications.

Key Benefits:

• Measures single fibre connectors and fibre cleaves.
• Patented RFID interface allows instant apex offset calibration in a single measurement.
• Very small footprint – supplied by default with a laptop computer. Desktop and Tablet PC's available upon request.
• Modular design allows the system to grow with your needs and budget.
• Automatic reference mirror calibration – NO manual adjustments!!
• Automatic connector centring – NO manual adjustments!!
• Fast automatic focus, manual focus or BOTH!!
• Hermetically sealed optical module – a dusty production environment is no longer a problem.
• High resolution camera and optics – results in improved repeatability and reproducibility.
• Simple interface – just a single power cord and USB 3.0 port on the rear.
• No anti-vibration table required. Fan-less design removes any system induced vibration.
• Patented inspection mode and scratch analysis.
• Fast measurement <1 second (depending on model, excluding focus).
• “Auto Sense” technology, initiates a measurement automatically as soon as the connector is inserted.
• Simple operation centring, focus and initiating the scan itself can all be completely automatic.
• Calibration is held on the instrument itself, eliminating the need to keep the interferometer and PC as a matched pair.
• Software backup, calibration and an image of the PC itself (if supplied), are all stored on the instrument itself, in non-volatile memory – making lost disks, viruses, deleted files, corrupted Windows and PC failures easy to fix.
• System design lends itself to integration in automated production lines.
• Manufactured by a vendor that has sold more automated connector measuring interferometers than any other.
• Complete system ships in a single 16”x16”x20” box when configured with a laptop or tablet PC.
• 1 Year Warranty included.

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DORC’s ZX-1 micro DUET+ is the worlds first “dual headed” system, designed primarily for measuring both ends of hybrid patch cords “simultaneously” using a single PC and operator. For example, both ends of a 1.25mm to 2.50mm patch cord can be measured at the same time - without the need to change chucks. Data for both ends appears consecutively in the history report, greatly reducing the time and data handling typically associated with measuring all the 1.25mm ends first, changing chucks and then measuring all the 2.50mm ends. The use of a single PC as a controller reduces the system cost while improving operator productivity and throughput.

The ZX-1 micro DUET+ can be configured with any two modules from the ZX-1 micro PMS+ series of measurement instruments. Typical configurations might include:

1. 2 x ZX-1 micro PMS+ modules installed with different chucks for measuring hybrid patch cords.
2. 1 x ZX-1 micro PMS+ module and 1 x ZX-1 micro Array+ module for measuring MT/MPO fan out assemblies.
3. 1 x ZX-1 micro PMS+ module and 1 x ZX-1 micro 20-20 Vision module for measuring single fibre patch cord geometry and very high resolution scratch analysis.
4. 1 x ZX-1 micro PMS+ module and 1 x ZX-1 micro Tune UP module for measuring single fibre patch cord geometry and very high resolution core eccentricity analysis.

It is important to understand that because the individual systems are aware of each other’s actions, the ZX-1 micro DUET+ system becomes much more than the sum of its parts.

Key Benefits

• World's First DUAL headed interferometer.
• Can be configured with ANY 2 modules from the ZX-1 micro series of products.
• Controlled by a single PC.
• Simultaneous measurements from BOTH modules.
• Allows measurement of hybrid patch cords without changing fixtures.
• Very small footprint – supplied by default with a laptop computer. Desktop and Tablet PC's available upon request.
• Modular design allows the system to grow with your needs and budget.
• Automatic focus, manual focus or both
• Hermetically sealed optical modules – a dusty production environment is no longer a problem.
• High resolution camera and optics – results in improved repeatability and reproducibility.
• Simple interface – just a single power cord and USB 2.0 or 3.0 ports on the rear.
• No anti-vibration table required. Fan-less design removes any system induced vibration.
• “Auto Sense” technology, initiates measurements automatically as soon as the connectors are inserted.
• Simple operation – centring, focus and initiating the measurements themselves can all be completely automatic.
• Calibration is held on the instrument itself, eliminating the need to keep the system and PC as a matched pair.
• Software backup, calibration and an image of the PC itself (if supplied), are all stored on the instrument itself, in non-volatile memory – making lost disks, viruses, deleted files, corrupted Windows and PC failures easy to fix.
• System design lends itself to integration in automated production lines.
• Manufactured by a vendor that has sold more automated connector measuring interferometers than any other.
• Complete system ships in a single 16”x16”x20” box when configured with a laptop or tablet PC.
• 1 Year Warranty included.
  

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The first low cost, automated, non-contact interferometer for fibre optics. The Norland Connect-Chek® CC6000 automatically and precisely measures radius of curvature, apex offset of polish, and fibre undercut or protrusion on any PC or APC single-fibre connector. The breakthrough technology used in the CC6000 is unlike any other system on the market today and now allows interferometric connector analysis to be affordable to all users.

Features:

• Affordable quality control and quality assurance of high performance fiber optic connectors.
• Automatically and precisely measures: 
• radius of curvature, 
• apex offset of polish, 
• fiber undercut or protrusion on any PC or APC single fiber connector
• Standard USB connector with exclusive CC6000 software to control the interferometer and measure the connectors.
• Designed for both the factory or the field
• Without the need for costly phase-shifting devices

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