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Fusion Splicer Solutions

When it comes to optical fiber fusion splicers, no other company in the world can match Sumitomo Electric Lightwave for innovation, speed, and performance.

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FutureFLEX® Air-Blown Fiber® Solutions

Sumitomo Electric Lightwave’s FutureFLEX® Air-Blown Fiber offers unprecedented ease of installation, flexibility, and cost savings for current and future network requirements. As the first to introduce the air blown fiber technology in North America, the FutureFLEX® solution offers competitive features and benefits to make it compatible with any network infrastructure design.
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Connectivity Solutions

Sumitomo Electric Lightwave Connectivity Solutions feature Lynx-CustomFit™ Splice-On Connectors enabling quick, easy, and reliable customized FTTx, outside-plant, and inside-plant permanent field terminations without the shorts, excess slack, and logistic delays of preterminated cables.
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Optical Fiber Solutions

Sumitomo Electric Lightwave’s vast portfolio of optical fiber ribbon cables ensure that any network can run on the reliability and flexibility that Sumitomo’s products offer. Ranging from inside riser rated ribbon cables to interlocking armored jacketed cables, the optical fiber cables offered by SEL are sure to fit any application.
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4th Level® Data Center Solutions

4th Level® Data Center Solutions simplify the complex by offering the latest innovations in the fiber optic industry. By providing a complete end-to-end solution, Sumitomo Electric Lightwave ensures that your network is capable of providing for future bandwidth capacity.
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3K Vertical HyperScale eXchange (3K-V-HSX)
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How-To Videos

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Tube Pressure Test for FutureFLEX® Air-Blown Fiber® Solutions
Performing Fiber Breakout in Sumitomo’s FutureFLEX® Air-Blown Fiber® Solutions
Tube Obstruction Test for FutureFLEX® Air-Blown Fiber® Solutions
Blowing Equipment Head Procedure for FutureFLEX® Air-Blown Fiber® Solutions
Performing a Pressure Test with Sumitomo Electric’s FutureFLEX® Air-Blown Fiber® Solution
OFA-01 Fiber Arrangement Tool Instructional Video
Sumitomo Electric Lightwave’s compact OFA-01 quickly and effortlessly arranges single fibers into ribbons for mass fiber splicing, all without the use of adhesives, drastically reducing ribbon preparation time by eliminating adhesive curing time. The OFA-01 fiber arrangement tool offers the versatility of utilizing 250um or 200um fibers and is compatible with Sumitomo Electric’s elite Ribbon Fiber Fusion Splicers.
Preventative Maintenance for Sumitomo Electric’s Q502S Fusion Splicer

Part of Sumitomo Electric Lightwave’s How -To video series. This guide provides a thorough introduction to Preventative Maintenance for Sumitomo Electric’s Q502S Fusion Splicer
Setting the Splice and Heater Program on Sumitomo Electric’s Q502S Fusion Splicer

Part of Sumitomo Electric Lightwave’s How -To video series. This guide provides a thorough introduction to setting up the splice and heater program for Sumitomo Electric’s Q502S Fusion Splicer

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Space Savings: UHFC Passive Data Center in a Single Rack
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September 18, 2023
Ribbon Splicing. Redefined. Introducing the Q102-M12+ Ribbon Fiber Splicer and JR-7 Thermal Jacket Remover.
Image of Sumitomo Electric Lightwave’s 3RU Rack-Mounted Splice Enclosure Honored by 2023 Cabling Installation & Maintenance Innovators Awards
September 11, 2023
Sumitomo Electric Lightwave’s 3RU Rack-Mounted Splice Enclosure Honored by 2023 Cabling Installation & Maintenance Innovators Awards
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Ultra-High-Fiber Count Cable Deployment: Jetting vs. Pulling

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27 Sep

Maximizing data center floor space is critical to efficiency, flexibility, and cost savings! Discover SEL's innovative 3RU Rack-Mounted Splice Enclosure - saving space while supporting up to 5,184 f of UHFC passive DC in a single rack. https://bit.ly/48vJjnK

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19 Sep

Enhance your ribbon splicing toolkit with Sumitomo Electric’s newly launched Q102-M12+ Ribbon Fiber Splicer and JR-7 Thermal Jacket Remover. Learn more about the improvements and new technologies featured in these next generation solutions: https://bit.ly/3PHtCCr

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11 Sep

Sumitomo Electric Lightwave (SEL) is honored as a 2023 Innovators Awards Gold Level Honoree by Cabling Installation & Maintenance @cablingmag for our 3RU Rack-Mounted Splice Enclosure - 1,728-f capacity in a 3RU space. https://bit.ly/3R7lHzs

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