The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.

Furukawa Fitel (thailand) Co., Ltd.

Boonsin Thanatummatis

Tomohiro Akiyama

Sarawut Polsen

Nuttawut Budsayaplakorn

Jakkapat Wattanarat

A coating removal device removing a coating of an optical fiber along an axial direction of the optical fiber includes a heating portion including a cutting blade making a cut in the coating of the optical fiber, and a heater heating a part of the coating that is closer to a tip thereof than the cutting blade; a main body portion including a control board electrically connected with the heater; a holding portion holding the optical fiber, the holding portion being provided on the opposite side to the heater with the cutting blade being located between the holding portion and the heater; and a slide mechanism allowing the holding portion to slidably move with respect to the heating portion such that the holding portion is distanced away from the heating portion in the axial direction. The main body portion, the heating portion and the holding portion are located in this order in the axial direction, and the heating portion includes a vibration notification portion giving information to an operator by vibrating.

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Boonsin Thanatummatis