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Optical Fusion Splicer Instruction Manual
2. ARC Calibration
When splicing the fiber, environmental factors, such as
temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure etc. may lead to
the change of ARC strength. This fusion splicer is equipped with
a temperature and atmospheric pressure sensor to detect the
above factors and ensure a stable working environment.
Burn-in and dirty of electrodes may also result in ARC strength
and skew of fiber splice spot.
Regarding with above problem, user can execute ARC Calibration
to solve the problems. This function is accorded to splice spot axis
skewing before/after ARC to judge the ARC strength, and auto-
calibrate it to standard strength, thus to realize a fiber splice in
low loss and high stabilization.
Strongly suggest:
Run ARC Calibration Under the below
circumstance, otherwise the splice result will be influenced.
The splice fiber type is changed.
Program upgraded
Operation environment has great change, such as
temperature, humidity, air pressure etc.
Continuously splicing failure or splice loss higher.
No using of fusion splicer in long-term, or the electrodes is
used in too many times.
Cleaned or replaced the electrodes.
ARC calibration step as follow:
a.
In Maintenance Menu, choose “ARC Calibration”
b.
Place the cleaved fiber into fusion splicer and close the wind
protector cover.
