Unlike a patch cord—which has connectors on both ends—the bare fiber end of a pigtail is designed to be permanently spliced (either by fusion or mechanical splicing) to the incoming fiber cable in the field. Without pigtails, every termination in an ODF, terminal box, or splice closure would require field-installed connectors—an approach. Traditional Fusion Splice-On Connectors with pigtails provide factory-polished performance with field-termination convenience within harsh environments. Mass fusion splicing can fuse up to all 12 fibers in one ribbon at once. Mass Fusion Pigtails come with all 12 fibers terminated and a ribbonized. Fiber optic joints or terminations are made two ways: 1) splices which create a permanent joint between the two fibers or 2) connectors that mate two fibers to create a temporary joint and/or connect the fiber to a piece of network gear. Finally, as a simple but quick method, we can cut a fiber patch cord into two pieces to make two pigtails.
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