Table Of Contents - THORLABS Vytran LDC401 User Manual

LDC401 & LDC401A Automated Cleavers
Chapter 1 Warning Symbol Definitions . ............................................................................................. 1
Chapter 2 Safety .................................................................................................................................... 2
Chapter 3 Description ........................................................................................................................... 3
3.1. Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 3
3.2. Parts Checklist ................................................................................................................ 3
Chapter 4 Set-up .................................................................................................................................... 6
4.1. Initial Set-up ..................................................................................................................... 6
4.2. Power-Up .......................................................................................................................... 7
4.3. Shut-Down ....................................................................................................................... 7
Chapter 5 The Tablet Controller .......................................................................................................... 8
Chapter 6 Theory of Cleaving .............................................................................................................. 9
6.1. Specialty Fiber Cleaving Processes .............................................................................. 9
Chapter 7 Cleaving ...............................................................................................................................10
7.1. Overview ........................................................................................................................ 10
7.2. The Cleave Process ...................................................................................................... 10
7.3. The Fiber Holding Blocks, Inserts, Lifting Levers, and Thumbscrews .................... 11
7.4. Stripping the Fiber ........................................................................................................ 13
7.5. Loading the Fiber .......................................................................................................... 14
7.6. Cleaving the Fiber ......................................................................................................... 15
7.7. Unloading the Fiber ....................................................................................................... 16
7.8. Changing the Fiber Holding Block Inserts .................................................................. 17
7.9. Specialty Cleave Process ............................................................................................. 19
7.9.1.
7.9.2.
Chapter 8 Maintenance ........................................................................................................................21
8.1. Inspecting the Fiber Holding Blocks ........................................................................... 21
8.2. Inspecting the Cleave Blade ......................................................................................... 22
8.3. Re-Positioning the Cleave Blade ................................................................................. 23
8.4. Replacing the Cleave Blade ......................................................................................... 24
8.5. Load Cell Calibration .................................................................................................... 26
Chapter 9 Controlling the LDC401 and LDC401A . ...........................................................................27
9.1. A Quick Start Guide to Cleaving with LDC401 and the Tablet Controller ................ 27
9.1.1.
9.2. Tablet Controller Online ............................................................................................... 31
9.2.1.

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Subcritical Process .............................................................................................................. 19
Micrometer Backstop .......................................................................................................... 19
Cleave Screen ..................................................................................................................... 28
LDC Main Screen ................................................................................................................ 32