News & Insights
Keep up to date with all the latest news and activity from OTC and the industry
Bad light stops play?
OTC is proud to have been chosen by the International Cricket Council (ICC) to supply calibrated light meters to their umpires for test cricket. Bad light stops play may be one of the more controversial calls on the cricket pitch,
Bad light stops play?
OTC is proud to have been chosen by the International Cricket Council (ICC) to supply calibrated light meters to their umpires for test cricket. Bad light stops play may be one of the more controversial calls on the cricket pitch, but at least arguments over when to start play again should be reduced. Each umpire should now have access to
Fibreoptic Industry Association
Within the UK, OTC also actively supports the Fibreoptic Industry Association. The FIA is a professional industry body, whose aims are to promote high standards for workmanship and testing of fibre optic
OTC is The European Service Centre for ILX Lightwave Corp.
In addition to offering the service facility throughtout Europe, OTC is also an appointed sales distributor for the product range covering the geographical areas of the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Exfo Distributorship
Since September 2008, OTC has been an Exfo distributor of their Enterprise and NSP products covering handheld optical power meters (EPM and FPM ranges), light sources (ELS and FLS ranges) and loss
Lightmeter calibration (Luxmeters)
OTC have been accredited for UKAS calibration of light meters from 10-20000 lux for a number of years. We have also recently extended our capabilities down to 1 lux to cover street
Megatron
After many years of providing photometric test equipment and service to the lighting and allied industries, Megatron closed down their operations in March 2010 and OTC has continued to provide UKAS accredited
Turnaround Statistics
Since 2008, OTC has a key target of ensuring all in-house calibrations are completed within 5 working days. Over the last 3 years, we have carried out cross-discipline training to improve our
The Problem With Luxmeters!
Luxmeters have served the technical community well for many years. They are, in general, relatively robust, easy to use and cheap (although the old adage of “you get what you pay for”
CMA4000 OTDR Upgrade
Upgrade of the CMA4000 platform to store and transfer results on Compact Flash format instead of Floppy Disk for quicker storage and much greater results storage capacity. The upgrade involves hardware and
Optical Test and Calibration (OTC) have been appointed as a UK service centre for the latest range of Fitel fusion splicers and cleaving products.
Fitel have established a strong position as one the world’s premier fusion splicer manufacturers and with our background in the Datacomms and Telecoms industry, OTC make an ideal support base for their