Fujikura as one of the leading supplier for fiber optic products, especially for fusion splicer and cleaver. right now many people are asking whats the difference between FSM-80S, and FSM-70S fusion splicer, whats the difference among CT-30, CT-30A, and CT-30B cleaver, this article will describe the difference among them, and help you to choose the right products.
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Firstly lets check the component, from the following figure we can easily check that the cleaver with different plate.because CT-30 is for ribbon fiber, thus it delivered without any fiber plate, while CT-30A and CT-30B with different fiber plate.
Components of Cleaver
| CT-30 | CT-30A | CT-30B | |
| Instruction Manual | 1 pc | 1 pc | 1 pc |
| Fiber Plate AD-30A | — | 1 pc | — |
| Fiber Plate AD-30B | — | — | 1 pc |
| Fiber Scrao Collector FC-02 (FSB-02 IS attached) | 1 pc | 1 pc | 1 pc |
| Large Fiber Scrap Container Box FDB-03 | 1 pc | 1 pc | 1 pc |
| Heagonal Wrench HEX-01 | 1 pc | 1 pc | 1 pc |
| Carring Case CC-21 | 1 pc | 1 pc | 1 pc |
| Side Cover SC-01 | 1 pc | 1 pc | 1 pc |
| Screw N-005638 | 4 pc | 4 pc | 4 pc |
Application Fiber
| Cleaver | Number of Fibers | Coated Diameter | Bare Fiber Diameter | Cleave Length |
| CT-30 | Max. 12-fiber Ribbon | 125um | 10mm | |
| CT-30A | 1 (single fiber) | 0.25mm | 125um | 6 to 20mm |
| 0.9mm | 125um | 10 to 20mm | ||
| CT-30B | 1 (single fiber) | 0.25 ~ 0.9mm | 125um | 16mm |
In a summary, if you need to cleave ribbon fiber, please choose CT-30, if you wanna cleave telecom glass fiber, please choose CT-30A, if you wanna cleave special fiber, please choose CT-30B.
