Common Faults and Rapid Troubleshooting Guide for Fiber Optic Cable Equipment: A Complete Diagnostic Process from Coloring to Sheathing
With the strong market for optical cables this year, many factories are running their equipment 24/7. But the more the equipment runs, the more prone it is to problems. Tension drifting on the stranding machine, concentricity deviation on the sheathing line, aging UV lamps on the coloring machine – a problem at any stage can result in a pile of scrap, or worse, an entire reel of cable being discarded.
Today, let’s walk through the entire process from start to finish and identify the most common trouble spots on a complete fiber optic cable production line – and how to fix them quickly.

