Placing Fiber Optic Lights In Cast In Place Concrete Countertops

Fiber optic concrete countertops.

Placing fiber optic lights in cast in place concrete countertops.

Run fiber optic cables up through the bottom of the forms and spread out the ends of the cables at random. For our purposes we will deal with just the light carrying properties of fiber optics. We do not install or make the countertops we only sell the supplies. This process helps the cables stick to the glass chunks and also diffuses the light at the end of the strand.

Light in a fiber optic cable travels through the core by constantly bouncing back and forth. Add a touch of class to your concrete countertops with our fiber optic cables and light systems. Smash the ends of the cables with a hammer or other blunt object to fray and roughen them. Fiber cable and light units for the job.

The plan is to tape them to the bottom of the mold to hold everything in place. Weather doing a pour in place or mold cast fiber optics adds richness elegance and a sight to be seen. I ve had fiber optic pieces in place 15 years now and haven t had an issue says jeff kudrick product manager for j m lifestyles llc randolph n j. Fiber optic lines are thin strands of optically pure glass or plastics that are capable of carrying light and or digital information over long distances.

I laid a couple boards on the mold to help keep the fiber optics pointed in the right direction. I also lightly troweled down any bumps. A metal halide bulb lights the optical fibers in this concrete sample. Fiber optic concrete countertops are the latest big movers around the world.