JP2005074521A - Ferrule end face polishing machine - Google Patents

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JP2005074521A
JP2005074521A JP2003209467A JP2003209467A JP2005074521A JP 2005074521 A JP2005074521 A JP 2005074521A JP 2003209467 A JP2003209467 A JP 2003209467A JP 2003209467 A JP2003209467 A JP 2003209467A JP 2005074521 A JP2005074521 A JP 2005074521A
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Koei Takeda
光栄 武田
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<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a polishing machine economically and rapidly polishing the end face of a ferrule for an optical connector. <P>SOLUTION: This polishing machine is provided with a rotary shaft 5 in a position decentered from the center axis of a rotating drum 6 to impart revolution and rotation to a polishing disk 4 on the rotary shaft. Friction is applied to a rotation restrained disk connected in linkage with the rotary shaft, to transmit rotational moment caused by revolution, to the rotary shaft to thereby revolve and rotate the polishing disk simultaneously. A film with metallic foil and a plastic film laminated is used as a polishing sheet, and a slurry-like polishing fluid obtained by mixing diamond and abrasive grains lower in hardness than diamond into a turbid state is supplied onto the sheet to carry out polishing. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

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【0001】
【発明が属する従来分野】
本発明は、光コネクタ用フェルールの端面研磨装置に関する。
【0002】
【従来の技術】
光コネクタフェルールの端面は、光の接続損失及び光の反射減衰が少なくなるように球面研磨が広く導入されている。この球面研磨の方法としては、例えば、特許文献1の「凸状局面の製造方法」にある方法が知られている。光コネクタフェルールの端面研磨の実際的な方法として、例えば、特許文献2や特許文献3のような硬い研磨盤上に弾性シートを敷き、その上に研磨紙あるいは研磨フィルム(以下研磨フィルムと記す)を置いた構成とし、弾性シートの弾性を利用して光コネクタフェルールの端面を球面上に研磨するという方法がある。
【0003】
この研磨にはまた、研磨面の球面の頂点と光ファイバの中心ズレが少なく、研磨キズがなく鏡面に仕上げることが要求される。このために、研磨盤の回転運動やフェルールの動きに、例えば、特許文献4や特許文献5、特許文献6のように、研磨盤中心を中心とした回転する自転と研磨盤中心が円上を移動する公転と組み合わせる方法など色々な工夫が試みられている。
【0004】
図7は従来型の研磨機の代表的な例を示す断面図で、図8はその上面図を示す。回転円盤21を、回転中心O1を軸に回転(自転)させ、もう一つの回転中心O2の周りを回転(公転)させ、フェルール22は硬い回転円盤21の上に弾性シート23を介して張り付けた研磨フィルム24に押し付けられ、自転と公転の回転運動の組合せで研磨される。研磨盤を高速で公転させながらゆっくり自転させることで、研磨フィルムに対するフェルールの軌跡を少しずつ、ずらせて研磨の効率と研磨フィルムの使用効率の向上を図っているが、自転と公転のいわゆる遊星運動を実現するために、自転用と公転用の独立した2つのモーターを必要としている。
【0005】
現在実際に適用されている標準的な研磨方法の多くは、研磨砥粒を固着させた研磨フィルム24を交換し、粗研磨、中間研磨、仕上げ研磨の少なくとも3工程で研磨している。これに水に混ぜたアルミナや酸化シリコンの微粉末で最終仕上げ研磨を行う場合がある。特に研磨フィルムとして、いずれかの研磨工程でダイヤモンド砥粒を固着させた研磨フィルムを用いるが、非常に高価である。
【0006】
光ファイバーはフェルールに用いられるジルコニアよりやわらかいため、ジルコニアより削られ易く、ファイバーの先端がフェルールの端面から引っ込んでしまったり、ダイヤモンドによる研磨キズが残るなどの問題もあり、水に濡れ易いセルロース系フィルムを研磨シートに用い、酸化シリコンの微粒子を含む研磨液で研磨する方法や、研磨砥粒を固着させた研磨シートと、研磨シートの砥粒より径の小さな砥粒を含む研磨液を組み合わせて研磨する方法なども提案されている。
【特許文献1】特公昭63−41706号公報
【特許文献2】特開昭61−137107号公報
【特許文献3】特開昭63−109969号公報
【特許文献4】特許第2133258号公報
【特許文献5】特開昭63−278758号公報
【特許文献6】特許第3074377号公報
【特許文献7】特許第2106034号公報
【特許文献8】特許第3084471号公報
【特許文献9】特許第2820328号公報
【特許文献10】特開2000−354944号公報
【0007】
【発明が解決しようとする課題】
上述した従来の研磨装置は自転用と公転用に2つのモーターがいるため、装置が複雑になり、小形軽量化が図れず、持ち運びが不便で、ファイバーの布設現場での光コネクタ加工を困難にしていた。
【0008】
また、品質上、研磨フィルムの繰り返し使用には限度があり、頻繁に交換する必要があり、特にダイヤモンド研磨フィルムを用いた場合、研磨フィルムの価格が問題となっていた。また、粗研磨、中間研磨、仕上研磨と研磨工程が多くて研磨時間がかかることも問題であった。
【0009】
したがって、本発明の目的は、研磨コストの低減、現地加工の容易な光コネクタフェルールの端面研磨機を提供することにある。
【0010】
【課題を解決するための手段】
前期の目的を達成するために、本発明によるフェルール端面研磨機は、公転用モーターで回転ドラムを回転させ、回転ドラムの回転中心軸から偏心した位置に自転軸を設け、自転軸の上部に、自転軸に直結させた研磨円盤を、自転軸の反対側の下部にクランク機構を設けることで、自転軸を公転に対して回転自由としたうえで、自転軸にブレーキ機構を設けることで、公転と同一方向の回転運動が自転軸に伝達させて、研磨円盤を公転と同時に自転させるようにした。
【0011】
研磨シートには、研磨砥粒を一切含まない、アルミ箔とポリエチレン系フィルムをラミネートさせたシートを用い、ダイヤモンド微粉末とそれより粒径の小さいダイヤモンド以外の研磨用微粉末を界面活性剤を含む水に混濁させた研磨液を用いて研磨する。
【実施例】
以下本発明の実施例を図面により説明する。図1は、本発明の一実施例を示すフェルール端面研磨機の断面図で、図2はその上面図である。本研磨機は、光ファイバ1の一端に取り付けたフェルール2の端面を研磨するための研磨冶具3と研磨盤4、自転軸5、公転ドラム6、公転ドラムを受ける本体50に固定されたフランジ50Aと自転を抑制するリンク機構7とモーター8と回転ベルト9により構成される。
【0012】
公転ドラム6はフランジ50Aとベアリング6A、6Bにより回転自由に支持されている。自転軸5は公転ドラム6に対し、同じくベアリング5Aにより回転自由に支持されている。研磨盤4は自転軸5の上部に固定されている。自転軸5の下方には、自転軸5に固定された回転盤10と公転ドラムと同一回転軸を有する自転抑制円盤11を有し、自転抑制円盤11は自転円盤10は公転ドラム6に対する自転軸の偏心量と同じ偏心量をもってリンク7で連結されている。リンク7は連結ピン7A、7Bにより回転自由である。公転ドラム6が回転すると研磨盤4は、その中心C1が公転ドラムの回転中心C2の周りを公転する。研磨盤4はリンク機構で自転抑制円盤11に連結され自身の回転中心C1に対し回転自由であるが、研磨盤4にかかる加重はフランジ50Aの上端部50Bが受けるが、摩擦部分50Bにはグリースなどを塗ることで研磨盤4はスムーズに公転する。自転抑制円盤11はリンク7により公転ドラム6から回転モーメントを受ける。パッド12により自転抑制円盤11の回転に適度な摩擦力を加えることで、回転モーメントが自転抑制盤11作用し、研磨盤4は公転と同じ方向に自転する。自転の回転数はこのパッドの摩擦力を調節すことでコントロールすることが可能である。
【0013】
研磨冶具3は支柱3Aで概略の位置決めをされ、研磨盤の上に置かれる。研磨冶具3の上には加重用錘17が置かれる。研磨冶具3と錘17の全加重はフェルールが均等に受ける。フェルール先端の研磨量はフェルールに加わる加重と、研磨盤4の回転速度に比例するので、研磨冶具に取り付けるフェルールの数量を常に一定とするか、フェルール数量により加重を調整する。
【0014】
研磨盤4は図3の矢印Aで示すように、ドラムの中心C2を中心に回転する。すなわち、研磨盤4の中心C1がドラムの中心C2の周りを公転する。同時に研磨盤4は自身の回転中心C1を中心に矢印Bで示すように公転と同じ方向に回転(自転)する。研磨盤上のフェルール2の軌跡2Aは、研磨盤の公転すなわちC2を中心とするC1の円運動の軌跡と同じ径の円運動をするが、研磨盤の自転により完全な円ではなくて、図4に示すよう少しずつずれてくる。この結果フェルールは研磨シート上の同じところを繰り返し使用することなく、円周上を満遍なく使用することが出来る。
【0015】
図5は、研磨中のフェルールを示す断面図である。101は光ファイバー、102はフェルールである。105は研磨盤4の上に敷いた弾性シート、103は弾性シート105の上に敷いた研磨用シートである。研磨用シート103は例えばアルミ箔103Aとポリエチレンフィルム103Bがラミネートされたフィルムである。104は研磨砥粒106を含むスラリー状の研磨材である。フェルール先端と研磨フィルムの間にはスラリー状の研磨材が供給され研磨砥粒が研磨シート103のプラスチックフィルムとさらにその下のアルミ基材に食い込んで保持されることで、フェルール端面が研磨される。
【0016】
スラリー状研磨材104は数ミクロン以下のダイヤモンド砥粒106Aとダイヤモンドよりやや硬度の低いダイヤモンドと同程度の粒径の2酸化珪素、緑化珪素、炭化珪素、アルミナ、酸化鉄、酸化セリウムなどの少なくとも一種類の微粉末を水溶液中に混濁させたものである。研磨液(スラリー状研磨材)が研磨シートとフェルール先端にはじかれずに、よく濡れる必要があるので、表面張力を下げる効果のある界面活性剤を含ませてもよい。
【0017】
本発明のより具体的な実施例では、あらかじめ先端が球面に仕上げられたジルコニア製のプリドーム型フェルールを用い、まず弾性シート上に敷いた15ミクロン程度の炭化珪素をコーティングした研磨フィルムでフェルール先端に突き出たファイバーと接着剤を研磨除去する。その後図6に示すように、ダイヤモンドの粒子径が0〜2ミクロンのものを0.05グラム、0〜1.5ミクロンのもを0.15グラム、0〜1ミクロンのものを0.45グラム、8000番相当の粒子径のアルミナ微粉末を1.5グラム、水約5グラムの比率の研磨液104を、研磨シート103上に数滴塗布し、研磨冶具に粗研磨済のプリドーム型フェルール6本を取り付け、研磨冶具を約400グラムの加重で押し当てて、毎分200回の公転と毎分1〜3回の自転で研磨盤を回転させ、約5分の研磨をしたところ、接続損失0.05dB以下で反射減衰量がマイナス45dBm以下の良好な研磨結果が得られた。フェルール端面の干渉縞データは図7に示すとおりであり、良好な球面仕上げ状態を示すファイバーの中心から同心円状の干渉縞が得られた。
【0018】
【発明の効果】
以上説明したように本発明による光ファイバー用フェルール研磨機は、回転ドラムの回転中心軸から偏心した位置に自転軸を設け、自転軸の上部に、自転軸に直結させた研磨円盤を、自転軸の反対側の下部にクランク機構を設けることで、自転軸を公転に対して回転自由としたうえで、自転軸に摩擦力を加えることで、公転と同一方向の回転運動が自転軸に伝達され、研磨円盤を公転と同時に自転させることができる。この摩擦力を調整することで、自転の回転数を公転の回転数の100分の1程度に調整することが出来る。モーターが1個で済むので、小形軽量化の面でも効果がある。
【0019】
研磨材として、研磨砥粒の微粉末を水溶液中に混濁させたスラリー状研磨材を用い、研磨シートとして、アルミとポリエチレンあるいは同種のプラスチックフィルムをラミネートしたフィルムを用いるようにしたので、砥粒がプラスチックフィルムをとおしてアルミ箔に食い込むように保持され研磨紙と同じ効果が得られる。その為、使用面積の効率が悪くて高価となってしまうダイヤモンドラッピングフィルムを用いる必要は無く、研磨フィルムのように研磨材が磨耗する問題も無く、さらに研磨フィルムを交換する必要も無い。砥粒にダイヤモンド微粉末を用いるが、ラッピングフィルムのように多くの未使用部分残るようなことはなく、また、研磨シートは一回の研磨で交換が必要であるが、研磨盤の自転と公転によりフェルールが描く軌跡の部分だけにスラリー状研磨材を供給するようにできるので、研磨に要する研磨材料の占めるコストを著しく抑えることが可能で、経済的効果が大きい。
【0020】
複数種類の粒径の砥粒を用いることで、研磨の初期は大きな粒径の砥粒が研磨を担い、やがて磨耗し角がとれて研磨効果がなくなり、次に粒径の小さな砥粒が研磨を担う、これが繰り返されることで1回の研磨工程で良好な研磨結果を得ることができる。
【0021】
本実施例では、公転のための回転ドラムに対して、自転軸を回転自由にするために、公知の回転自由なリンク機構を用いたが、同じく公知の遊星歯車機構を用いてもよい。
【0022】
研磨シートのアルミ箔の部分は銅箔でも、その他の金属箔でも良い。さらに砥粒を抱え込む効果があれば、メッシュ状の布などであってもよい。
【0023】
本発明は、特にフェルール先端があらかじめドーム状に成形されたプリドーム型フェルールに有効であるが、従来から行われている弾性シート上に研磨紙による研磨で球面を形成した後に、本実施例の研磨機で研磨する方法を用いて十分有効である。
【図面の簡単な説明】
【図1】本発明の実施例を示す断面図である。
【図2】本発明の実施例を示す図1の上面図である。
【図3】図1の研磨盤4の上面図である。
【図4】フェルールの軌跡を示す平面図である。
【図5】本発明の実施例の部分断面図である。
【図6】本発明の従来例によるフェルール端面の研磨結果を示すデータである。
【図7】従来例を示す断面図である。
【図8】従来例を示す平面図である。
【符号の説明】
1 光ファイバ
2 フェルール
3 研磨冶具
3A 支柱
4 研磨盤
5 自転軸
6 回転ドラム
6A、6B ベアリング
7 リンク
7A、7B 結合ピン
8 モーター
9 ベルト
9 駆動モータ
10 自転円盤
11 自転抑制円盤
12 パッド
50 本体
50A フランジ
50B フランジ上端部
[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an end face polishing apparatus for an optical connector ferrule.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Spherical polishing is widely used for the end face of the optical connector ferrule so as to reduce the light connection loss and the light reflection loss. As a method of this spherical polishing, for example, a method described in “Producing method of convex surface” in Patent Document 1 is known. As a practical method for polishing the end face of the optical connector ferrule, for example, an elastic sheet is laid on a hard polishing board such as Patent Document 2 or Patent Document 3, and then an abrasive paper or an abrasive film (hereinafter referred to as an abrasive film) is used. There is a method in which the end face of the optical connector ferrule is polished on a spherical surface using the elasticity of the elastic sheet.
[0003]
This polishing is also required to have a mirror surface without polishing scratches with little misalignment between the spherical vertex of the polished surface and the center of the optical fiber. For this reason, the rotational rotation of the polishing machine and the movement of the ferrule, for example, as in Patent Document 4, Patent Document 5, and Patent Document 6, the rotation that rotates around the center of the polishing machine and the center of the polishing machine move on the circle. Various ingenuity has been tried, such as a method of combining with a moving revolution.
[0004]
FIG. 7 is a sectional view showing a typical example of a conventional polishing machine, and FIG. 8 is a top view thereof. The rotating disk 21 is rotated (rotated) around the rotation center O1 and rotated around the other rotation center O2, and the ferrule 22 is attached to the hard rotating disk 21 via the elastic sheet 23. It is pressed against the polishing film 24 and polished by a combination of rotational movements of rotation and revolution. By slowly rotating the polishing disk while revolving at high speed, the trajectory of the ferrule with respect to the polishing film is shifted little by little to improve the efficiency of polishing and the usage efficiency of the polishing film. In order to achieve this, two independent motors for rotation and revolution are required.
[0005]
In many of the standard polishing methods that are actually applied at present, the polishing film 24 to which the abrasive grains are fixed is replaced, and polishing is performed in at least three steps of rough polishing, intermediate polishing, and final polishing. In some cases, final finishing polishing may be performed with fine powder of alumina or silicon oxide mixed with water. In particular, a polishing film having diamond abrasive grains fixed in any polishing step is used as the polishing film, but it is very expensive.
[0006]
Because the optical fiber is softer than the zirconia used for ferrules, it is easier to be cut than zirconia, and there are problems such as the fiber tip retracting from the end face of the ferrule and polishing scratches due to diamond remain, so a cellulose film that easily gets wet with water is used. Polishing with a polishing liquid containing fine particles of silicon oxide, a polishing sheet to which polishing abrasive grains are fixed, and a polishing liquid containing abrasive grains having a diameter smaller than that of the polishing sheet. Methods have also been proposed.
[Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Publication No. 63-41706 [Patent Document 2] Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 61-137107 [Patent Document 3] Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 63-109969 [Patent Document 4] Japanese Patent No. 2133258 [Patent Document 3] [Patent Document 5] Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 63-278758 [Patent Document 6] Japanese Patent No. 3074377 [Patent Document 7] Japanese Patent No. 2106034 [Patent Document 8] Japanese Patent No. 3084471 [Patent Document 9] Japanese Patent No. 2820328 [Patent Document 10] JP 2000-354944 A [0007]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
Since the conventional polishing apparatus described above has two motors for rotation and revolution, the apparatus becomes complicated, cannot be reduced in size and weight, is inconvenient to carry, and makes it difficult to process optical connectors at the fiber installation site. It was.
[0008]
In addition, in terms of quality, the repeated use of the abrasive film is limited and needs to be frequently replaced. In particular, when a diamond abrasive film is used, the price of the abrasive film has been a problem. In addition, there are many problems such as rough polishing, intermediate polishing, finish polishing and polishing steps, which take a long time.
[0009]
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide an end face polishing machine for an optical connector ferrule that can reduce polishing costs and can be easily processed on site.
[0010]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the purpose of the previous period, the ferrule end face polishing machine according to the present invention rotates a rotating drum with a revolving motor, and provides a rotating shaft at a position eccentric from the rotating central axis of the rotating drum, A grinding disk directly connected to the rotation shaft is provided with a crank mechanism at the lower part on the opposite side of the rotation shaft, so that the rotation shaft can be freely rotated with respect to revolution, and a brake mechanism is provided on the rotation shaft, so that Rotating motion in the same direction as the rotation was transmitted to the rotation axis, and the grinding disk was rotated at the same time as revolution.
[0011]
The polishing sheet uses a sheet that does not contain any abrasive grains and is laminated with an aluminum foil and a polyethylene film, and contains a fine powder of diamond and a fine powder for polishing other than diamond having a smaller particle diameter than that of a surfactant. Polish using a polishing liquid made turbid in water.
【Example】
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a ferrule end face polishing machine showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a top view thereof. This polishing machine includes a polishing jig 3 for polishing an end face of a ferrule 2 attached to one end of an optical fiber 1, a polishing board 4, a rotating shaft 5, a revolving drum 6, and a flange 50A fixed to a main body 50 that receives the revolving drum. And a link mechanism 7 that suppresses rotation, a motor 8, and a rotating belt 9.
[0012]
The revolution drum 6 is rotatably supported by a flange 50A and bearings 6A and 6B. The rotation shaft 5 is rotatably supported by the revolving drum 6 by the bearing 5A. The polishing disk 4 is fixed to the upper part of the rotation shaft 5. Below the rotation shaft 5, there is a rotation disk 10 fixed to the rotation shaft 5 and a rotation suppression disk 11 having the same rotation axis as the rotation drum. The rotation suppression disk 11 is a rotation axis for the rotation disk 10 and the rotation axis for the rotation drum 6. The links 7 are connected with the same amount of eccentricity. The link 7 is freely rotatable by connecting pins 7A and 7B. When the revolution drum 6 rotates, the center C1 of the polishing disk 4 revolves around the rotation center C2 of the revolution drum. The polishing disk 4 is connected to the rotation suppression disk 11 by a link mechanism and is freely rotatable with respect to its own rotation center C1, but the load applied to the polishing disk 4 is received by the upper end portion 50B of the flange 50A, but the friction portion 50B has grease. Etc., the polishing board 4 revolves smoothly. The rotation suppression disk 11 receives a rotational moment from the revolution drum 6 by the link 7. By applying an appropriate friction force to the rotation of the rotation suppressing disk 11 by the pad 12, the rotation moment acts on the rotation suppressing disk 11, and the polishing disk 4 rotates in the same direction as the revolution. The rotational speed of the rotation can be controlled by adjusting the frictional force of the pad.
[0013]
The polishing jig 3 is roughly positioned by the support 3A and placed on the polishing board. A weighting weight 17 is placed on the polishing jig 3. The full weight of the polishing jig 3 and the weight 17 is equally received by the ferrule. Since the polishing amount of the ferrule tip is proportional to the weight applied to the ferrule and the rotational speed of the polishing disk 4, the number of ferrules attached to the polishing jig is always constant or the weight is adjusted according to the ferrule number.
[0014]
As indicated by arrow A in FIG. 3, the polishing disk 4 rotates around the center C2 of the drum. That is, the center C1 of the polishing board 4 revolves around the center C2 of the drum. At the same time, the polishing disk 4 rotates (spins) in the same direction as the revolution as indicated by the arrow B around its rotation center C1. The trajectory 2A of the ferrule 2 on the polishing machine has a circular motion with the same diameter as the revolution of the polishing machine, that is, the circular motion of C1 around C2, but is not a perfect circle due to the rotation of the polishing machine. It shifts little by little as shown in 4. As a result, the ferrule can be used evenly on the circumference without repeatedly using the same part on the polishing sheet.
[0015]
FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing the ferrule during polishing. 101 is an optical fiber, and 102 is a ferrule. Reference numeral 105 denotes an elastic sheet laid on the polishing board 4, and reference numeral 103 denotes a polishing sheet laid on the elastic sheet 105. The polishing sheet 103 is, for example, a film in which an aluminum foil 103A and a polyethylene film 103B are laminated. 104 is a slurry-like abrasive containing abrasive grains 106. A slurry-like abrasive is supplied between the ferrule tip and the abrasive film, and the abrasive grains are engraved and held in the plastic film of the abrasive sheet 103 and further on the aluminum substrate thereunder, whereby the ferrule end face is polished. .
[0016]
The slurry-like abrasive 104 is composed of at least one of diamond abrasive grains 106A of several microns or less and silicon dioxide, silicon green, silicon carbide, alumina, iron oxide, cerium oxide and the like having a particle size comparable to diamond having a hardness slightly lower than diamond. A kind of fine powder made turbid in an aqueous solution. Since the polishing liquid (slurry abrasive) needs to wet well without being repelled by the polishing sheet and the ferrule tip, a surfactant having an effect of reducing the surface tension may be included.
[0017]
In a more specific embodiment of the present invention, a pre-dome type ferrule made of zirconia whose tip is finished to be spherical in advance is used, and first, a polishing film coated with silicon carbide of about 15 microns placed on an elastic sheet is attached to the tip of the ferrule. Polish out any protruding fibers and adhesive. Then, as shown in FIG. 6, the diamond particle size of 0 to 2 microns is 0.05 grams, 0 to 1.5 microns is 0.15 grams, and 0 to 1 microns is 0.45 grams. , A pre-dome type ferrule 6 in which a few drops of an abrasive powder 104 having a particle size corresponding to No. 8000 is applied onto the polishing sheet 103 by a few drops of a polishing liquid 104 in a ratio of 1.5 grams and about 5 grams of water. A book was attached, the polishing jig was pressed with a load of about 400 grams, the polishing machine was rotated by 200 revolutions per minute and 1-3 revolutions per minute, and polishing was performed for about 5 minutes. Good polishing results were obtained with a return loss of minus 45 dBm or less at 0.05 dB or less. The interference fringe data on the ferrule end face is as shown in FIG. 7, and concentric interference fringes were obtained from the center of the fiber showing a good spherical finished state.
[0018]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, the ferrule polishing machine for an optical fiber according to the present invention has a rotating shaft provided at a position eccentric from the rotation center axis of the rotating drum, and a polishing disk directly connected to the rotating shaft is provided above the rotating shaft. By providing a crank mechanism in the lower part on the opposite side, the rotation shaft is free to rotate with respect to revolution, and by applying frictional force to the rotation shaft, rotational motion in the same direction as revolution is transmitted to the rotation shaft, The polishing disk can be rotated simultaneously with the revolution. By adjusting this frictional force, the rotational speed of rotation can be adjusted to about 1/100 of the rotational speed of revolution. Since only one motor is required, it is also effective in reducing the size and weight.
[0019]
As a polishing material, a slurry-like polishing material in which a fine powder of polishing abrasive particles is turbid in an aqueous solution is used, and as a polishing sheet, a film obtained by laminating aluminum and polyethylene or the same kind of plastic film is used. It is held so as to bite into the aluminum foil through the plastic film, and the same effect as the abrasive paper is obtained. For this reason, there is no need to use a diamond wrapping film that is inefficient and expensive in use area, there is no problem that the abrasive is worn like the abrasive film, and there is no need to replace the abrasive film. Although diamond fine powder is used for the abrasive grains, many unused parts do not remain like a wrapping film, and the polishing sheet needs to be replaced by one polishing. Thus, the slurry-like abrasive can be supplied only to the portion of the locus drawn by the ferrule, so that the cost occupied by the abrasive material required for polishing can be remarkably reduced, and the economic effect is great.
[0020]
By using multiple types of abrasive grains, the abrasive grains with a large particle size are responsible for polishing at the initial stage of polishing. By repeating this, good polishing results can be obtained in a single polishing step.
[0021]
In this embodiment, a known rotation-free link mechanism is used to make the rotation shaft freely rotatable with respect to the rotating drum for revolution. However, a known planetary gear mechanism may also be used.
[0022]
The aluminum foil portion of the polishing sheet may be copper foil or other metal foil. Furthermore, a mesh-like cloth or the like may be used as long as it has an effect of holding abrasive grains.
[0023]
The present invention is particularly effective for a pre-dome type ferrule whose ferrule tip is formed in a dome shape in advance, but after forming a spherical surface by polishing with abrasive paper on a conventional elastic sheet, the polishing of this embodiment is performed. It is sufficiently effective to use a polishing method with a machine.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a top view of FIG. 1 showing an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a top view of the polishing board 4 of FIG. 1. FIG.
FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a ferrule trajectory;
FIG. 5 is a partial cross-sectional view of an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is data showing a polishing result of a ferrule end face according to a conventional example of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing a conventional example.
FIG. 8 is a plan view showing a conventional example.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Optical fiber 2 Ferrule 3 Polishing jig 3A Support | pillar 4 Polishing board 5 Rotating shaft 6 Rotating drum 6A, 6B Bearing 7 Link 7A, 7B Connecting pin 8 Motor 9 Belt 9 Drive motor 10 Rotating disk 11 Rotation suppression disk 12 Pad 50 Main body 50A Flange 50B flange top end

Claims (3)

公転用モーターで回転ドラムを回転させ、回転ドラムの回転中心軸から変心した位置に自転軸を設け、自転軸の上部に、自転軸に直結させた研磨円盤を、自転軸の反対側の下部にリンク機構を設けることで、自転軸を公転に対して回転自由とし、研磨円盤上には弾性シートを配置したフェルール端面研磨機において、自転軸あるいは自転軸とリンク機構で接続された回転自由な自転抑制円盤を設け、この自転抑制円盤に摩擦ブレーキ機構をもたせることで公転方向と同一方向の回転運動を自転軸に伝達させて研磨円盤を公転と同時に自転させるものであってかつ弾性シート上には研磨シートが重ねられ、研磨材としてスラリー状の研磨液を用いることを特徴とするフェルール端面研磨機。A rotating drum is rotated by a motor for revolution, and a rotating shaft is provided at a position shifted from the rotation center axis of the rotating drum. A polishing disc directly connected to the rotating shaft is provided at the lower portion on the opposite side of the rotating shaft. By providing a link mechanism, the rotation axis is free to rotate with respect to revolution, and in a ferrule end face polishing machine in which an elastic sheet is arranged on the polishing disc, the rotation axis or rotation axis connected to the rotation axis with the link mechanism is freely rotated. By providing a restraining disk and providing this rotation restraining disk with a friction brake mechanism, the rotational motion in the same direction as the revolution direction is transmitted to the rotation shaft to rotate the polishing disk simultaneously with the revolution, and on the elastic sheet A ferrule end face polishing machine, wherein polishing sheets are stacked and a slurry-like polishing liquid is used as an abrasive. 研磨シートには、研磨砥粒を一切含まない、金属箔とプラスチック樹脂フィルムをラミネートさせたシートを用いたことを特徴とする特許請求の範囲第一項記載のフェルール端面研磨機。2. The ferrule end face polishing machine according to claim 1, wherein the polishing sheet is a sheet laminated with a metal foil and a plastic resin film that does not contain any abrasive grains. 粒子径の異なる複数種類のダイヤモンド微粉末とダイヤモンドより硬度の小さいアルミナ、炭化珪素、酸化珪素などの研磨用微粉末を水溶液中に混濁させた研磨液を用いることを特徴とする特許請求の範囲第一項記載のフェルール端面研磨機。A polishing liquid in which a plurality of types of fine diamond powders having different particle diameters and fine powders for polishing such as alumina, silicon carbide, silicon oxide and the like having a hardness smaller than diamond are turbid in an aqueous solution is used. The ferrule end surface polishing machine according to one item.
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