Fiber optic cleaning kit on the market can be divided to four types based on the cleaning method.
- Dry cleaning: Optic cleaning without the use of any solvent.such as one click cleaner.
- Wet cleaning: Optic cleaning with a solvent. Typically IPA (isopropyl alcohol).
- Non-Abrasive cleaning: Cleaning without abrasive material touching the fiber optic connector end face. Examples are air dusters or pressured solvent jet used in automated in-situ connector cleaners.
- Abrasive cleaning: The popular lint free wipes, reel based Cletop fiber connector cleaners and optic cleaning swabs such as the Cletop sticks are all abrasive cleaning types.
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