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| + | ====== Fiber splicing ====== | ||
| + | - Cut the fiber | ||
| + | - Cut and remove outer jacket (at least 10-15 cm) | ||
| + | - Cut and remove aramid/ | ||
| + | - For each fiberoptic line: | ||
| + | - put on heatshrink tubing on one end | ||
| + | - remove (colored) buffer - smallest hole on the stripper tool, take off in ~1cm chunks - ensure waxy material between cladding and buffer layer is removed as well | ||
| + | - cleanup using kimwipes and IPA - fiber should be squeaky clean :3 | ||
| + | - put fiber in the cleaver - buffer should end up on 10mm mark | ||
| + | - close the cover, push the button, get rid of cut fiber piece... | ||
| + | - align cleaved fiber in the slicer - tip of the fiber should be aligned with inner edge of a blue plastic guide - remember to fully close the fiber clip | ||
| + | - Do the above for other fiber line to splice | ||
| + | - Press green button | ||
| + | - Pray | ||
| + | - After successful splice open the cover, wait for pull test, after a couple of seconds unclip both ends of the fiber | ||
| + | - Pull on heatshrink over the exposed fiber part | ||
| + | - Open the heater in upper half of the splicer, close it down | ||
| + | - Wait for heater to shrink the tubing | ||
| + | - After it finishes, take it out, ensure the heatshrink is properly sealed - otherwise repeat the heating cycle... | ||
infra/tools/fibersplicer.txt · Last modified: 2021/09/01 20:36 by informatic