| Company profile | Heracle, based in Jena, Germany, develops together with the customer special optical fibers for their applications in the field of industrial laser transmission, sensor technology and analytics as well as medical lasers, therapy and diagnostics.
The company was founded in December 2013, is certified according to ISO 9001: 2015 and today employs 9 people worldwide.
We develope a solution for the customer’s fiber optic challenge and produce specialty fibers on the basis of contract manufacturing. We are technology-independent and benefit from a worldwide partner network as well as the integration into the Jena research landscape.
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| Products & Services | Comprehensive Multimode fiber design portfolio
For DUV – UV – VIS – IR and broadband wavelength ranges
Graded and step index profiles – Quartz / quartz and hard-clad fibers
Core sizes from 50 to 1200 µm
Various coatings: high / low index acrylates, silicones, polyimides; Metal coating: gold & aluminum
Various buffer materials: (ETFE, Nylon; PFA)
Quartz glass capillary
Comprehensive test services for optical fibers and preforms:
Fiber proof test (tensile and bending test, dynamic & static fatigue)
Measurement of optical parameters
Measurement of geometry values
Measurement of refractive index profiles
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| References and export activities | Export to Europe, Asia and North America
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| Target group | Our customers are manufacturers of optical systems (e.g. lasers, medical probes) that require optical fibers to be used with or for installation in the device. We prefer direct contact with the customer for short technical communication channels. We sell directly to the customer’s factory.
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| Competitive advantages | We develop and manufacture specilty fibers that are tailored to the special challenges in customer applications. We can offer a wide variety of fiber designs with coatings made of polymers (acrylates, silicones & polyimides) as well as metal (gold & aluminum).
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