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At this point you should have chosen Automode for the
splicing mode (see p. 14), and a splicing program. Continu-
ing with the example taken up in the section on splicing
program selection, we will assume you have chosen Program
03. This will give you the adjacent screen, with “FSU 975 FA
AUTO MODE” in the
mode field
and the program name and
program number in the
message field
.
FSU 995 FA AUTO MODE
TITAN SM + SM
P03
Once the fibres are in place and the safety shield has been
closed, the splicer will then display a series of messages in
the
message field
that tell you that it is ready.
AUTO ALIGNING/FUSION
PRESS FUSE BUTTON
“
“
Splicer ready
1
Automode splicing
Start splicing
2
Fuse
Start automatic splicing
To start the automatic splicing sequence, press FUSE . The
splicer will then automatically align the fibers roughly, pre-
fuses, focuses the view, performs fine alignment, and finally
fuse the fibres.
TITAN SM + SM P03
ROUGH ALIGNMENT
PREFUSION WILL START
ROUGH ALIGNMENT
ALIGNING FIBERS
SPLICING WILL START
SPLICING...
“
“
During the entire sequence the chosen splicing program will
be displayed in the
mode field
(in our example, “TITAN SM +
SM P03”), while in the
message field
the splicer will keep you
abreast of what it is doing.
If at any point the splicer cannot carry out some part of the
automatic sequence, a fault message will appear in the
message field
. If this occurs you should look at Trouble-
shooting in Appendix A, p. 71.
You can interrupt the automatic sequence before the fibers
are fused by pressing the button. Press FUSE to re-start
the splicing sequence.
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BASIC OPERATION - Automode splicing