Glows Co Automated Chemical Etching Machine for Fiber Optic Cable

This report summarizes the conceptualization and development of an automated machine designed for a fiber optic cable stripping process used by Lumentum LLC. This process is currently manually operated by Lumentum’s technicians and involves unavoidable handling of corrosive chemicals. To increase technician safety, the process will be automated to reduce chemical - operator interactions. Improving safety conditions for technicians is the primary motivation for automating this process. Automation will also decrease process variation and increase product quality. GLOWS CO was tasked with creating this automated solution, leading to the design of the Automatic Chemical Etching Machine (or A-CHEM) for the fiber etching process for Lumentum LLC. At the conclusion of this project, the A-CHEM successfully fulfilled all of the requirements set out by Lumentum, namely improving technician safety and making the process more ergonomic