How is ribbon fiber fused onto a pigtail reel

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The exposed fiber end of the pigtail is stripped back and then fusion spliced to a single fiber of a multi-fiber trunk. A fiber pigtail is a short length of optical fiber that comes with a high-quality, factory-polished connector already installed on one end, leaving a length of exposed glass on the other. Fusion splicing is the most widely used method of splicing as it provides for the lowest loss and least reflectance, as well as providing the strongest and most reliable joint between two fibers. Pre-routed and preloaded, pigtailed splice cassettes reduce installation time by up to 40%.

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