Optical fiber wiring apparatus and optical fiber wiring method

摘要

A wiring substrate (900); a wiring head (830, 835) which guides the optical fibers to a lead end thereof and forms an optical fiber path (712, 713); an optical fiber feed mechanism (400, 401) which feeds the optical fiber (700) into the optical fiber path (712, 713); an optical fiber contact mechanism (800, 801), which brings an optical fiber (700), which has been guided to the lead end of the wiring head (830, 835), and the wiring substrate (900) into contact; an XY movement mechanism (210), which moves the wiring substrate (900) and the wiring head (830, 835) relative to one anther in the X and Y directions; and an optical fiber affixing mechanism (901), which successively affixes, to the wiring substrate (900), the optical fiber (700) which has been brought into contact with the wiring substrate (900) during movement by the XY movement mechanism (210), are provided. A wiring method which conducts the wiring of an optical fiber (700) onto a wiring substrate (900), wherein the feeding of this optical fiber (700) is adjusted by an optical fiber feed mechanism (400, 401) so that the tension thereof is within a fixed range, this optical fiber (700) is wired onto the wiring substrate (900) by a wiring mechanism (800, 801), and the optical fiber (700) is cut to the length required for the wiring by the optical fiber cutting mechanism (500). <IMAGE>