摘要 |
<p>In apparatus comprising optical fibre aligning equipment and optical fibre fusion splicing equipment (1), the means for effecting operation of the optical fibre aligning equipment and the means for effecting operation of the optical fibre fusion splicing equipment are mounted in a hand-held control unit (3) connected to the equipment by a flexible electric ribbon cable (2). Since the operating means of the apparatus is remote from the vicinity of the fusion splice, any risk that handling or touching of the apparatus by an operator and/or movement of an operator in the vicinity of the fusion splice may result in sufficient vibration to cause dis-alignment of the optical fibres is substantially eliminated.</p> |