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The splice mode from No.1 to No.42 can’t be replaced.

6.1.3    New

Click  “New”,  then  the  splice  modes  stored  in  memory  is  displayed  on  the  screen. 
Select the splice mode, click “OK”. The selected splice mode is added the last blank 
mode.

         

The splice mode from No.1 to No.42 can’t be added.

6.1.4    Edit

Click  “Edit”,  then  the  splice  parameters  is  displayed  on  the  screen.  Select 
parameters, adjust it for proper operation.

Содержание KR12A

Страница 1: ...Optical Fiber Arc Fusion Splicer Read this user manual carefully before running KR12A SWIFT KR12A WWW UCLSWIFT COM USER MANUAL...

Страница 2: ...ce received including interference that may cause undesired operation Telephone 042 671 5607 8 Homepage www uclswift com E mail saleskorea uclswift com Device Type Notification A Class Device Broadcas...

Страница 3: ...t name of Swift KR12A 14 IV OPERATION 28 4 1 Supplying power to the Swift KR12A 28 4 2 Turn on the Swift KR12A 32 4 3 Installing the sleeve loader cooling tray 32 4 4 Cleaning the fiber 34 4 5 Inserti...

Страница 4: ...nd cleaning 43 VI MENU 48 6 1 Splice 56 6 2 Heat 64 6 3 Auto Stripper menu 68 6 4 Histor 71 6 5 Option 72 6 6 Calibration 76 6 7 Electrode 79 6 8 Setting 82 6 9 Information 85 VII ERROR MESSAGE 88 7 1...

Страница 5: ...ver 92 VIII HOW TO DEAL WITH SPLICING PROBLEMS 93 8 1 When the splice loss is too high 93 8 2 Abnormal operation of arc fusion splicer 94 IX Q A 95 9 1 Power 95 9 2 Splice 96 9 3 Sleeve heater 97 9 4...

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Страница 7: ...ed by inappropriate use or unauthorized modification of the equipment Please turn off the Swift KR12A and disconnect the AC power cord from the AC adapter inlet or the wall socket immediately and cont...

Страница 8: ...power cord to the battery Check to ensure no dust or foreign substance on the AC plugs before connecting it Unsafe connection may cause the fumes fire or damage to the Swift KR12A and result in seriou...

Страница 9: ...adapter battery or the Swift KR12A Any modification may cause fire electric shock or personal injury When using the battery follow instructions below o Using battery other than in the package or prov...

Страница 10: ...Swift KR12A and the personal injury Make sure to wear protective glasses while performing splicing works If the fiber fragments come into contact with the eye or skin it can be extremely dangerous DO...

Страница 11: ...n a timely manner and maintain them as instructed below o Use only a specified electrode o Place a new electrode in the correct o Replace the electrodes as a pair Incompliance with above instructions...

Страница 12: ...25 m Ribbon fiber thickness 0 25 to 0 40mm Fiber cleave length 10mm Splicing modes Splicing 300 Heat 100 Strip 50 Average splice Loss SM 0 05dB MM 0 02dB DS 0 08dB NZDS 0 08dB Return loss 60dB Splicin...

Страница 13: ...method and display Two CMOS cameras and 5 0 inch color LCD monitor with Electrostatic touch screen Fiber view and magnification 20X Max 60X Power supply 100 240V AC Battery life with heat shrink Typi...

Страница 14: ...pgrade Cable 1 2 2 2 Optional items No Description Model No 1 Battery K3360 6000mAh 2 Cleaver Blade BI 07 3 Electrode EI 28 4 External Power DC 12V available for car cigar jack 5 Sleeve R F40 40mm 6 S...

Страница 15: ...cond Press for about 1 second in POWER ON status the LCD monitor turns off Turn off the power after 2 3 seconds To call the main menu screen To execute splicing command To return to the initial screen...

Страница 16: ...14 3 2 Part name of Swift KR12A 3 2 1 Components Fusion Splicer Monitor Touch panel Battery Sleeve Cleaner Automatic Fiber Stripper Cleaver...

Страница 17: ...lamp Heater key Lock Lever Remaining Battery Display Button Remaining Battery Display DC OUT Data Sync Heater operation indicator Stripper operation indicator Stripper operation Key Perform arc fusio...

Страница 18: ...16 3 2 2 Arc fusion splicing assembly Heater Cover Heater...

Страница 19: ...aintain the unit in a clean condition at all times because many of splicing problems are caused by dust or moisture Keep and use the unit at room temperature as it could be deformed by heat Keep the e...

Страница 20: ...trol Panel 3 2 3 3 Operation Procedure Fiber stripper i Warm up the thermal stripper after applying power to the control area Open thermal stripper cover and slide cover for preparation Monitor Contro...

Страница 21: ...fiber is heated up for a pre defined time and the coating is stripped by moving the slider 12 type v When stripping is completed open the slide cover and detach the holder containing the stripped fib...

Страница 22: ...andling and storage n Be careful of using handling or storing principal parts including blades heater etc as they are closely related to the equipment s operation life n Do not apply unnecessarily wei...

Страница 23: ...acetone except alcohol to clean rubber part of the equipment i When cleaning press down on the alcohol dispenser 2 or 3 times using cleaning cotton wipe as shown in the picture below At this time to a...

Страница 24: ...blade shall be adequately maintained Front Bottom Be careful not to wet the equipment Maintain the unit in a clean condition at all times because many of splicing problems are caused by dust or moistu...

Страница 25: ...t the holder containing stripped fiber into the cleaving position Check whether the fiber is lying in place Use the chip box located at the right side of the body 12 type ii Press the cover to cleave...

Страница 26: ...r is designed to strengthen the fiber splice To ensure maximum reinforcement the following conditions must be met i After splicing the fiber splice must be visually perfect ii The fiber and sleeve mus...

Страница 27: ...t to wet the equipment Maintain the unit in a clean condition at all times because many of splicing problems are caused by dust or moisture Keep and use the unit at room temperature as it could be def...

Страница 28: ...eating Sleeve ii Set the sleeve tube to the area of arc fused fiber that needs to be reinforced and place the fiber inside the heater The connector type should be set to the right most position so tha...

Страница 29: ...handling or storing principal parts including blades heater etc as they are closely related to the life of the equipment n Do not apply unnecessarily weight or physical impact in handling the equipmen...

Страница 30: ...yed on the initial page Before splice make sure the appropriate mode is selected 4 1 Supplying power to the Swift KR12A It is strongly recommended to use the AC adapter F1 1 and battery KR12A13 provid...

Страница 31: ...29 Insert the battery into the battery groove until it clicks Please make sure the power is off before removing the battery Remove the battery by releasing lock lever Lock Lever Battery Pack...

Страница 32: ...e protection circuit that prevents full discharge and full charge The supply of power stops once the protection circuit is activated In order to deactivate the protection circuit and resume feeding po...

Страница 33: ...Remaining battery capacity display LED Percentage remains 5 bars 5 LED 80 100 4 bars 4 LED 60 80 3 bars 3 LED 40 60 2 bars 2 LED 20 40 1 bar No bar 1 LED 10 0 LED Nothing displayed 5 or less It is str...

Страница 34: ...displayed as below after resetting all their initial functions It is important to choose a right splice and heat mode to ensure an accurate splicing result The current splice and heat mode are display...

Страница 35: ...33 Install the cooling tray on the rear side of heater as follows...

Страница 36: ...fiber with a piece of soft cloth or gauze soaked in alcohol Dust on the fiber coating surface may increase attenuation and cause the fiber break after the heating of sleeve 4 5 Inserting the fiber int...

Страница 37: ...on the fiber holder as shown below In the case of ribbon fiber the color of each fiber should be matched each other left and right Clean carefully the fiber with a piece of soft cloth or gauze soaked...

Страница 38: ...bon fiber If the each fiber is not separated it can make the problem on the cleaving ii Pull down and press the cover to cleave the fiber iii Lift the cover and take out the cleaved optical fiber iv R...

Страница 39: ...KR12A ii Make sure that the tip of the prepared fiber does not contact other object iii Place the other fiber in the same way as directed above iv Close the windshield cover carefully To reduce align...

Страница 40: ...process stops ii After inspection the both fibers are aligned clad to clad The measured values of cleaved angle and off set can be displayed on the screen iii After completion of the fiber alignment a...

Страница 41: ...39 v The splice result is stored as follows The splice result is automatically stored when the splice is completed...

Страница 42: ...eve i Move the center of sleeve to the splice point Make sure the strength member in the sleeve is downward ii Put the sleeve to the center of the sleeve heater iii Apply tension to the fiber downward...

Страница 43: ...groove often and clean it periodically in accordance with following ways i Open the windshield cover ii Clean the bottom of the V Groove with a cotton swab soaked in alcohol Remove the remaining alco...

Страница 44: ...riorated if the blade or clamp pads of the cleaver are contaminated In addition the contamination of the fiber surface or tip can cause higher splice loss For this reason it is important to clean both...

Страница 45: ...objective lenses have to be cleaned on a regular basis Otherwise the dust sticks on the surface and it may become irremovable eventually Clean them as instructed below i Turn off the power of the Swif...

Страница 46: ...n the surface of rubber pad with the alcohol soaked cotton swab But when clean the rubber pad do not use acetone or solvent And if cleaver still does not cleave properly it means the blade is fully us...

Страница 47: ...ld blade with blade gear from body and replace new blade with blade gear In here reassembling should be done in a reverse order of disassembling At this time especially be careful not to damage the bl...

Страница 48: ...g Change i Blade rotating mode Initial setting mode will be set as shown picture Rotation mode ii Adjust gear pusher position after loosen Set screw as shown picture iii Blade locking mode When the bl...

Страница 49: ...worn electrode the splice loss increases and the spliced point becomes weaker i Turn off the splicer power ii Open the electrode block and unscrew the bolt iii Remove the electrode block and take out...

Страница 50: ...t a splice mode from database replace it New add a new mode from database Edit edit a splice parameters Select select a splice mode for operation Close close menu window Heat Del delete heat mode Repl...

Страница 51: ...o Heater Lock Splice Lock Heat Lock Clear memory Lock Password Query Password change a password Calibration Arc Calibration calibrate an arc power Diagnostic Test test an state of the Swift KR12A Dust...

Страница 52: ...change a buzzer volume LCD Brightness change a monitor brightness Information Maintenance Info display a date for maintenance Sensor Value display a temperature pressure and humidity Program Ver disp...

Страница 53: ...de The user can access the pop up menu in various ways How to call a POP UP Menu i Press Set for splice pop up menu in the initial state or click left lower corner ii Press Heat for heat pop up menu i...

Страница 54: ...52 Splice POP UP Menu How to add i Press Set for splice pop up menu in the initial state ii Select Empty slot iii Select the splice mode...

Страница 55: ...53 How to delete i Click ii Select mode to be deleted...

Страница 56: ...54 Heat POP UP menu How to add i Press Heat for heat pop up menu in the initial state ii Select Empty slot iii Select the heat mode...

Страница 57: ...55 How to delete i Click ii Select mode to be deleted...

Страница 58: ...splice mode mode number 1 to 42 User splice mode mode number 43 to 100 Summary of Splice Mode Splice mode Description AUTO The Swift KR12A identifies the number of fibers automatically Users are not a...

Страница 59: ...ed in the Swift KR12A database New splice modes will be continuously added to the database Please contact UCLSWIFT Co Ltd for the latest available splice modes 6 1 1 Del Firstly select the splice mode...

Страница 60: ...red in memory is displayed on the screen Select the splice mode click OK The selected splice mode is added the last blank mode The splice mode from No 1 to No 42 can t be added 6 1 4 Edit Click Edit t...

Страница 61: ...59 The splice mode from No 1 to No 42 can t be edited...

Страница 62: ...t the fiber arrangement methods Auto Fibers are aligned to the center position automatically Manual Fibers are aligned directly with motor control Offset Limit Align It sets the offset range of each f...

Страница 63: ...m the beginning of arc to the moment before the fibers start moving forward At this moment if the initial value is too low the axis offset can occur due to bad cross section angle of the fiber On the...

Страница 64: ...is set here Arc discharge time ON has to be set always in order to conduct re arc Arc2 Off Time It is used to set the duration of arc2 non operating time When the arc2 stops working the re arc stops...

Страница 65: ...icing special types of the fiber or different kinds of the fiber a higher splice loss can occur even under an optimized arc discharge condition The minimum value of the actual splice loss has to be se...

Страница 66: ...use the Del and Replace keys and use Edit key partially from mode No 1 to No 8 Summary of Heat Mode Parameters Parameters Remark R F40 2 core 12core 40mm Ribbon fiber Sleeve Non editable for Sleeve T...

Страница 67: ...reen Select a heat mode click OK The selected heat mode replaces the last blank mode The mode from No 1 to 8 can t be replaced 6 2 3 New Click New then heat modes stored in memory is displayed on the...

Страница 68: ...66 The mode from No 1 to 8 can t be added...

Страница 69: ...re displayed on the screen Select parameters adjust it for proper operation The heat mode from No 1 to 8 can t be edited 6 2 5 Select Click Select then the selected heat mode is stored in the memory f...

Страница 70: ...note that the user can t use the Del and Replace keys and use Edit key partially from mode No 1 to No 13 6 3 1 Del Firstly select the Stripper mode click del the selected heat mode is deleted The mod...

Страница 71: ...an t be replaced 6 3 3 New Click New then Stripper mode stored in memory is displayed on the screen Select the Stripper mode click OK The selected Stripper mode is added the last blank mode The mode f...

Страница 72: ...re displayed on the screen Select parameters adjust it for proper operation The Stripper mode from No 1 to 13 can t be edited 6 3 5 Select Click Select then the selected Stripper mode is stored in the...

Страница 73: ...e re already various functions to display data and image also copy such data to USB memory 6 4 1 Display Memory The 10 000 both splice loss data and image can be stored and the user can see them Each...

Страница 74: ...operation mode to call the option menu press Then you can see the option menu as below There re already various functions and whatever the user can select for proper operation 6 5 1 Default Default i...

Страница 75: ...possible to limit the modifications with respect to the total splice mode heat mode and internal memory data by setting up a password You have to remember the password If you forget the password the d...

Страница 76: ...74 6 5 3 Password Set up a new password as follow i Enter a current password The initial password is 1234 ii Enter a new password iii Confirm a new password...

Страница 77: ...incorrect password is entered or you press a wrong button the screen moves to upper level n You have to remember the password If you forget the password the device has to be brought to UCLSWIFT Co Ltd...

Страница 78: ...w There re already various functions to arc test diagnostic test and motor drive test 6 6 1 Diagnostic Test Diagnostic test executes various types of tests at a time It is executed in the order Dust T...

Страница 79: ...a button 6 6 3 Arc Calibration The arc calibration is the variation of temperature humidity and air pressure has been detected by internal sensors continuously Based on such a variation supply a feed...

Страница 80: ...mode For the purpose of Arc calibration 12 core or 8 core single mode fibers are used i Place the SM fiber to splicer ii Click OK iii Result similar to following is displayed on the screen when measur...

Страница 81: ...ns to arc count replace time and other 6 7 1 Electrode Stabilize Sometimes surrounding environment may cause the occurrence of irregular arc discharge or splice loss increase In particular since it ta...

Страница 82: ...ng is displayed on the screen when measuring is completed vi After completing the Electrode Stabilize ARC Calibration should be performed separately 6 7 2 Electrode Replace The recommended replacement...

Страница 83: ...for alert message The recommended replacement cycle of an electrode is 3 000 times use 6 7 4 Electrode Used It displays the used arc count 6 7 4 1 Clear Arc Count It erases the number of arc count Wh...

Страница 84: ...In normal operation mode to call the Setting menu press Then you can see the Setting menu as below 6 8 1 Language It sets a language to be displayed on the screen 6 8 2 Date It sets the date and time...

Страница 85: ...to increase your working time 6 8 3 1 Monitor The LCD will be automatically turned off if you don t operate the Swift KR12A for a setting time The monitor is turned on again when you press any button...

Страница 86: ...84 6 8 4 Buzzer To adjust the buzzer volume 6 8 5 LCD Brightness To adjust a monitor brightness...

Страница 87: ...played Item Description Produce date The date when equipment was manufactured year month and date Electric number Arc discharge count since the replacement of the electrode Total electric number Total...

Страница 88: ...alue following information is displayed The splicer consists of various sensors including temperature pressure and humidity 6 9 3 Program Ver Click Program Ver following information is displayed The f...

Страница 89: ...ELP Click HELP following help is displayed Item Description The Name of Parts The main part of the Swift KR12A Clean and Inspect How to clean and inspect Warnings Warnings A S Contact List Service con...

Страница 90: ...aning 7 2 Replace The Fiber In The Correct Position It is displayed when the fiber is not placed in the middle of the electrodes and V groove or the objective lenses or reflection mirror is contaminat...

Страница 91: ...d place the fiber again How to Remove dust and dirt from the lenses and reflection mirror How to Conduct an LED test If an error occurs contact UCLSWIFT Co Ltd 7 4 Fiber Over Angle It is displayed whe...

Страница 92: ...ed on the V Groove How to Place the fiber again 7 6 The Variation Of The Optical Fiber Core To Cut Back The Fiber It is displayed when the measured variation of the fiber length is greater than the li...

Страница 93: ...are placed on the V Groove How to Make sure broken fibers How to Check the splice mode is being used properly 7 8 Core Bubble Error It is displayed when bubbles or dots exist in the spliced part afte...

Страница 94: ...92 7 9 Gap Limit Over It is displayed when the measured gap of the fiber is greater than the limit How to Reset the fiber after checking the condition of the cleaver...

Страница 95: ...he fibers can be interrupted by the dirt in the V groove Keep the V Groove clean at all times o Bad electrodes Replace the electrodes The tips are bent or contaminated if they are worn out o Improper...

Страница 96: ...d Open and close the windshield cover again Rest the system by pressing when an error occurs by opening the windshield cover Turn off the power and contact UCLSWIFT Co Ltd o The error message of Too L...

Страница 97: ...y was used for a long period of times and its suggested lifetime is passed Since the battery works based on chemical reactions power generated decreases at a low temperature and in particular it runs...

Страница 98: ...isted or bent place the bent direction down The splice loss will vary depending on the cleaving angle arc discharge conditions and the contamination condition of fiber If you cannot fix the higher spi...

Страница 99: ...reference only 9 3 Sleeve heater o The sleeve heater does not give sufficient shrinkage Increase the duration of heating time Refer to Heat Menu for more information o The sleeve heater is overheated...

Страница 100: ...u for more o Arc amount is not changed after performing Arc Calibration Internal factors are calibrated Arc discharge amount displayed on each splice mode is not changed The calibration result affects...

Страница 101: ...as a result of i Natural disaster s ii Applying over voltage iii Customer s mishandling iv Customer s misuse without following instructions or operation procedures provided by this user manual v Expe...

Страница 102: ...keeping it in a safe case to protect it from humidity vibration and physical shock In case of request for repair it must be in the case along with its parts before its transport 10 3 Repair Any data...

Страница 103: ...product is repaired 4 The arc fusion splicer is high precision equipment so it is required to transport after keeping it in an exclusive carrier case to protect it from humidity vibration and physica...

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