Excess Fiber Length Measurement System
For Loose Tube Fiber and Ribbon Cable Manufacturing

The ability to precisely monitor excess fiber length is important in loose tube and fiber ribbon cable, and is essential to the cable’s optical and mechanical performance. Beta LaserMike’s Excess Fiber Length (EFL) Measurement System offers you an easy-to-use solution for applications requiring the on-line measurement of Excess Fiber Length in loose tube and fiber ribbon cable manufacturing. The heart of the system is Beta LaserMike’s LaserSpeed® non-contact length and speed gauges and the proprietary EFLTrack™ software. By adding the EFL Measurement System to your application, you can quickly ensure that the fiber-to-jacket ratio of your product is within desired specifications. As a result, you’ll increase productivity, improve product quality, and realize bottom-line cost savings.

Monitor Excess Fiber Length ratio in real time and realize significant cost savings

Quickly and easily measure fiber length and calculate EFL ratio without the time-consuming and costly tasks of cutting cable and exposing, cleaning cable fibers to measure product. Compare fiber bundle-to-jacket ratio with 0.01% (0.1 per mil) resolution. 

Improve product quality through better tracking

Document product quality by logging the EFL ratio along the buffer tube or cable length. Accurately measure and log the on-line EFL ratio for the entire production run. Print an EFL Log for the entire buffer tube/cable length. 

Quickly perform make-ready functions for higher productivity.

Create and store an unlimited number of important product recipes for easy production run setup.

The Excess Fiber Length (EFL) measurement system from Beta LaserMike enables you to accurately perform on-line measurements of excess fiber length on:

• Loose tube fiber cable
• Fiber ribbon cable

• LaserSpeed Gauges
• • LaserSpeed 8000-303
  • LaserSpeed 9000-303
• Computer System and Hardware Requirements
• • Hardware: Intel Core i3 or equivalent dual/quad core processor, 2.3 GHz (minimum)
  • Memory: RAM 4 GB (2 GB minimum)
  • Disk Space: 128 GB or more
  • Screen Resolution: Display capable of supporting resolution 1280 x 800 or higher
  • Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP SP3, Windows 7 32/64 bit, or Windows 8 32/64 bit (.NET Framework 3.5 or higher)
  • Communications: 4 USB Ports
• Accessories
• • Relay Module
  • Airwipe and Quick Change Window
  • Guide Rollers
  • Adjustable Stand