We assure that this happens by establishing standards, training our employees, inspecting their work. If the fiber inside the enclosure is spliced and organized properly, and it is installed properly, with sufficient slack and the right strain relief, then the NOC’s should have few concerns when splicing is called for and the enclosure has to be moved from its normal position to the inside of a climate controlled, splice trailer and opened for splicing.Įlectric Conduit Construction has internal quality controls in place to assure that splice enclosures are organized and installed properly. They come in various designs and sizes they have different numbers of weatherproof ports that are designed for specific types of cables. The enclosure may have to be opened several times per year, or, in urban areas several times per month.

They are in service for years and sometimes decades.

They can be found in manholes or hanging off messenger wires in between power poles. Splice enclosures are rugged and waterproof. This is a complicated topic because the organization of a splice enclosure can be affected by multiple factors from the design of the enclosure, to the repair of it in the field. But the organization of the tubes and fibers inside the enclosure, and the proper sealing of the splice enclosure will be discussed. Cleanliness, proper tools, techniques, testing, are all part of the process of splicing a fiber optic cable. Much has been written on quality control as it applies to the process of fiber splicing. This case study will focus on quality control as it applies to the repair of cables and the organization of fibers in splice enclosures. Splicing and splice enclosures are critical components in any optical network’s chain of components. Reliability and speed are key selling points for companies providing data transmission services. If this happens customers are down, data does not flow, and revenue is lost. Similarly, a NOC’s (network operation center), worst nightmare is a cable cut on an active network.

A sailor’s worst nightmare is the failure of a spliced line under strain.

Inside a fiber optic splice trailer