Plug for an optical fiber plug connector and method of its manufacture

In method of manufacturing a plug for an optical fiber plug connector having a plug ferrule, comprising steps of pre-fitting an optical fiber section in such a way that said optical fiber section extends from an end face to a lateral access aperture within the plug ferrule, whereby an optical fiber of an optical fiber cable which has been introduced through a bore from the direction of a cable-end entry surface of the plug ferrule, can be fused in the lateral access aperture to the pre-fitted optical fiber section, the improvement comprising steps of

• introducing a continuous optical fiber into the plug ferrule from the entry surface to the end face,
• centering the optical fiber and fixing it in the plug ferrule at least in the area of the end face,
• working the end face, with the optical fiber end held within it,
• severing the optical fiber in the lateral access aperture, and then
• withdrawing the cable-end portion of the optical fiber from the plug ferrule.