Fiberoptic Testing

Bellcore Testing

The industry goes by many names: Fiberoptics, optical components, photonics, or telecommunications. Products developed for this industry must meet a battery of test procedures described in one of many Telcordia (formerly Bellcore) Generic Requirements. Thermotron manufactures a wide range of proven environmental test solutions to help you meet these requirements.

Many Telcordia specifications have been developed with a particular family of products in mind. It may seem like alphabet soup, but a closer look reveals a useful set of guidelines or practices that are intended to help assure the reliability of communications equipment. Some of the more commonly referred to documents are:

GR-1209-CORE Generic Requirements for Fiber Optic Branching Components

GR-1221-CORE Generic Reliability Assurance Requirements for Passive Optical Components

GR-326-CORE Generic Requirements for Singlemode Optical Connectors and Jumper Assemblies

GR-468-CORE Generic Reliability Assurance Requirements for Optoelectronic Devices Used in Telecommunications Equipment

GR-63-CORE Physical and Environmental Criteria for Central Office and other telephone facilities

Click on one of the Bellcore Generic Requirements listed above and you will be linked to a helpful matrix matching-up individual Bellcore test procedures with the appropriate test equipment designed to meet them.

A complete list of Generic Requirements can be accessed at the Telcordia Super Store Website: http://telecom-info.telcordia.com/site-cgi/ido/index.html.

Thermotron has developed several integrated test solutions with specific application in the fiberoptic and photonics component industries.

Allow us to customize your environmental test equipment with Fiber Management Solutions that will take the headaches out of fragile fiberoptic cable routing and help you automate reliability assurance testing and stress screening.