Integrated equipment for processing fiber optic ferrule

An integrated equipment for processing a plurality of fiber optic ferrules, comprising:

• a polishing system configured to polish a plurality of front end faces of a plurality of fiber optic ferrules mounted on a carrier with a polishing film, the polishing system comprises:
• a polishing film installation plate on which one of a plurality of polishing films are installed;
• a carrier holder adapted to hold the carriers and press the carriers on the polishing film;
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• a driving mechanism adapted to drive the polishing film installation plate to move fore and aft relative to the carrier holder, the polishing film installed on the polishing film installation plate is arranged to move fore and aft with the polishing film installation plate to polish the front end faces of the fiber optic ferrules mounted on the carrier;
• a ferrule cleaning system configured to clean the carrier and the fiber optic ferrules on the carrier after the fiber optic ferrules have been polished;
• a drying system configured to dry the carrier and the fiber optic ferrules on the carrier after the carrier and the fiber optic ferrules have been cleaned;
• a wiping system configured to wipe the front end faces of the fiber optic ferrules on the carrier after the carrier and the fiber optic ferrules have been dried;
• a robot system configured to transfer the carrier to the polishing system, the ferrule cleaning system, the drying system, and the wiping system;
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• a polishing film loading system adapted to load and store the plurality of polishing films, the robot system adapted to pick up one of the plurality of polishing films from the polishing film loading system and transfer the polishing film to the polishing system.

An integrated equipment for processing a plurality of fiber optic ferrules, comprising:

• a polishing system configured to polish a plurality of front end faces of a plurality of fiber optic ferrules mounted on a carrier with a polishing film;
• a ferrule cleaning system configured to clean the carrier and the fiber optic ferrules on the carrier after the fiber optic ferrules have been polished;
• a drying system configured to dry the carrier and the fiber optic ferrules on the carrier after the carrier and the fiber optic ferrules have been cleaned;
• a wiping system configured to wipe the front end faces of the fiber optic ferrules on the carrier after the carrier and the fiber optic ferrules have been dried;
• a robot system configured to transfer the carrier to the polishing system, the ferrule cleaning system, the drying system, and the wiping system, the robot system comprises:
• a multi-freedom robot;
• a carrier gripper mounted on the robot and adapted to grip the carrier;
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• a polishing film gripper mounted on the robot and adapted to grip the polishing film;
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• a polishing film loading system adapted to load and store a plurality of polishing films, the robot system adapted to pick up one of the plurality of polishing films from the polishing film loading system and transfer the polishing film to the polishing system.