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Optical Fusion Splicer Instruction Manual
violently
Continuously splicing failure or splice loss higher
Failure in fiber aligning process.
Operation step as below:
a
. Clean V-groove and cleaved fiber with a dipped alcohol gauze.
This is an important step, user must operate.
b.
In “Maintenance” menu, choose “Detect System Parameters”
c.
Load the cleaved fiber into fusion splicer and close the wind
protector cover, press
to start.
d.
In general, this procedure will last for 2 minutes, please check
the prompt info. on screen, if failed, accord to prompt to re-
start system detect. (Step b)
e. After finish successfully, press to exit Detect System
Parameters mode.
5. Clean Fusion Splicer
5.1 Clean V-groove
In most time, abnormally fiber aligning is caused existed
contaminants in V-groove. So user have to regularly check and
clean the V-groove, the step as below:
a.
Open the wind protector.
b.
Use dust blower clean the contaminants.
c.
Use the fine cotton swabs dipped with alcohol to clean the
bottom of V-groove and use the dry cotton swabs to wipe
excessive alcohol off the V-groove.
Note:
Do not touch the electrode tip, do not use a hard object to
clean V-groove to avoid V-groove damage.
5.2 Clean Objective Lens
