Some vendors like Ciena make a big deal of ordering SC connectors with a choice of metal or ceramic alignment sleeves. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each material?
Will metal substitute for ceramic in all cases?
Ceramic Versus Metal Alignment Sleeves
Oct 12, 2006
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will, as far as I know ordinary connectors are male and carry ferrules, not sleeves Sleeves are female and part of adaptors where you can connect a connector on each side ceramic is more stable to temperature changes. multimode adaptors use phosphorous bronze sleeves which are cheaper to manufacture than zirconia (ceramic) sleeves.
Will ha escrito:
What I have found from my own experience, if you are going to be connecting/disconnecting multiple times (i.e. research environment) then you want ceramic. The phosphor bronze tends to loose its elasticity after a couple of connections and then it is sloppy after that.
P. Danek
gutman wrote:
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