8mm Fiberscopes

8mm diameter Fiberscopes are typically not available with only 2 way articulation but models are manufacturered and customers requirements to be purchased in the standard 4 way articulation design that allow up/down/left and right control of the tip at the eyepiece. The advantages of the 8mm fiberscope are light transmission since the optical fiber real estate that is available in the design has room for a larger diameter coherent image bundle and additional room for lighting bundles allowing distances further from the tip to be inspected. 8mm Fiberscopes are very commonly used in all critical industries- manufacturing, equipment maintenance, piping, aircraft turbine and power generation turbine inspections of hot section fan blades. The typical length commonly purchased by customers is 1.5 meters, 2.0 and 3.0 Meter lengths. Beyond 3 meters, there are 2 reasons as the articulation control is normally done with a mechanical pulley systems internal to the Fiberscope, that and it is not cost effective to draw glass fibers over 3 meters in length so it is a better choice using a videoscope system or USB videoscope. 8mm Fiberscopes have been made up to much longer lengths, however with the market taken over by videoscopes, this is no longer a common requirement. Special orders are required.