BWI: Fiberguide’s Polyimide Optical Fibres Offer High Temperature Performance

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Fiberguide Industries
Monday, December 14, 2009 09:30 AM IST (04:00 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services; Technology; Healthcare
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Fiberguide's Polyimide Optical Fibres Offer High Temperature Performance
Coating Protects Fibres in Extreme Thermal Conditions

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Monday, December 14, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- Fiberguide is now offering a full line of standard optical fibres with polyimide coating which are designed to providing optimal performance of fibre optics in extreme conditions.

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Fiberguide's polyimide coating is ideal for oil and gas, aerospace, sensors, defence, medical and security applications requiring high temperature resistance. The coating withstands operating temperatures up to 400ºC (300ºC continuous), while conventional coatings such as acrylate, nylon and Tefzel® begin to deteriorate between 100ºC and 250ºC.

Additionally, Fiberguide's unique process of applying the coating results in a fibre of significantly reduced cross-sectional area. This low profile characteristic is optimal for use in bundles and supports spectral transmission from 160nm to 2500nm.

Polyimide coated fibre is available in step index, multimode fibres from 50um cores to 600um cores; 6.25um/125um and 50um//125um graded index; and 4.8um/125um and 9.2um/125um single mode fibres. The fibre offers high performance optical and mechanical specifications with tight dimension tolerances providing high uniformity and lot-to-lot consistency.

About Fiberguide

Fiberguide Industries, Inc. manufactures a comprehensive line of standard and custom high optical transmission fibres and ultra precision arrays. The company is a subsidiary of the global technology group Halma p.l.c. (www.halma.com), which also includes photonics specialists Ocean Optics (www.oceanoptics.com), a leader in spectroscopy and optical thin films, and Labsphere (www.labsphere.com), a recognized expert in the light metrology field. Registered by the United States Food and Drug Administration(FDA) as a Contract Manufacturer and Custom Device Manufacturer, Fiberguide's corporate and optical fibre manufacturing facilities are located in Stirling, New Jersey, with a manufacturing/assembly facility in Caldwell, Idaho.

About Halma

Halma p.l.c. is an international market leader in safety, health and sensor technology. A public company listed on the London Stock Exchange, it has over 3600 employees in over 40 subsidiaries worldwide with a total turnover of over US$780m (2008). Halma's subsidiaries make products that protect lives and improve the quality of life for people through innovation in market leading products which make its customers safer, more competitive and more profitable. These subsidiaries are assisting India's thriving economy in areas such as manufacturing, energy, water and waste treatment, the environment, construction, transport and health.

Halma recently opened a Hub office in Mumbai. For further news about Halma in India and to subscribe to the Halma India RSS News Feed please visit our blog at: http://halmapr.com/news/india/.

Fiberguide head office contact details:
Fiberguide Industries
1 Bay Street
Stirling, NJ 07980
USA
Phone: 908-647-6601; Fax: 908-647-8464
E-mail: info@fiberguide.com


CONTACT DETAILS
Mr. Kuniyur. J. Srinivasan, Country Head & Managing Director, Halma India, +91 (22) 42000700, Srini@halma.com
Damian Corbet, Halma PR Services, +44 (0) 20 8511 1821, dcorbet@halmapr.com

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