CommScope 3RU FPX, Installation Instructions Manual

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TECP-92-160 • Rev C • May 2018
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Figure 36. Ribbon IFC/OSP Fiber Splice Tray Routing
3.9 Performing a Ribbon Fiber Heat Fusion Splice
Use the following procedure to perform a splice.
1. Unwind the splice tray from the panel and set it on an adjacent flat surface.
2. Remove the splice tray cover.
3. Unwind the splice chip from the splice tray to the full extent of the fibers, and set the
splice chip on an adjacent flat surface.
4. Ensure that the bare fiber lengths of the distribution and feeder fibers are as shown in
Figure 37 (distribution fiber on top) or Figure 38 (feeder fiber on top). Note that the
lengths are different for the distribution and feeder fibers.
5. Perform the splice per local guidelines.
6. For the configuration being used, wind the splice chip back into the splice tray as shown in
Figure 37 or Figure 38 .
7. Replace the splice tray cover.
8. If there is an additional splice tray with a splice to be performed, set the first splice tray to
the side and repeat the above steps for the additional splice tray.
9. When done with all splice trays, wind the splice trays back into the panel so that they wind
up stacked in the same order as at the beginning of this procedure.
Note: In this procedure, the splice trays and splice chips are assumed to have been loaded
as described in the previous sections of these installation instructions.
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BARE
FIBER
LACING
JACKETED FIBER
PIGTAIL ALREADY
IN S TALLED