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- Page 1 This User Manual explains the use, performance characteristics, and cautions about MINI4R fusion splicer and how to install and operate it. The primary goal of this manual is to make the user as familiar with the splicer as possible.
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
catalogue Chapter 1 Technical Parameters 1.1 Applied fiber type 1.2 Splice Loss 1.3 Splice mode 1.4 Fiber heating groove 1.5 Power supply 1.6 Size and weight 1.7 Environment Condition Chapter Two Installation 2.1 Safety warning and prevention measures 2.1.1 Operating safety warns 2.1.1 Operating safety warns 2.1.2 Maintenance and appearance protect 2.1.3 Transportation and Storage... - Page 3 3.1 How to use HCK construction toolbox workbench 3.2 Power connection 3.3 Battery operation 3.4 Starting up 3.4.1 Adjust the position of displayer 3.4.2 Adjust the brightness of LCD backlight 3.5 Fiber prepare 1. Clean the fiber 2. Install the fiber heat-shrinkable tubing 3.Strip and clean the fiber 4.Cut the fiber 3.6 Splice operation...
- Page 4 6.5 Heating mode parameter 6.5 Heating mode parameter Chapter 7 Maintenance Menu 7.1 Replace the electrode 7.2 Electrode stabilize 7.3 Autodiagnosis test 7.4 Dust examination 7.5 Electrical machine alignment 7.6 Discharging alignment 7.7 Electrode setting 7.8 Software upgrading Chapter 8 Other functions and application 8.1 Data storage 8.1.1 Display splice record 8.1.2 Delete the splice record...
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Page 5: Technical Parameters
Chapter 1 Technical Parameters 1.1 Applied fiber type ◆SM(ITU-TG.652)/MM(ITU-TG.651)/DS(ITU-TG.653)/NZDS(ITU-TG.655) /ITU-TG.657A/ITU-TG.657B ◆Applied cores: one to four cores 1.2 Splice Loss Use the same fiber to continue, if adopt ITU-T standard insertion method to measure its splice loss, the typical value is: ◆... -
Page 6: Environment Condition
1.7 Environment Condition ◆Operating conditions: Temperature: -10℃- 50℃; Humidity: 0-95%; Altitude:0-2000m; Maximum wind speed: 15m/s ◆Storage environment: temperature: -10℃- 50℃; Humidity: 0 -95%; Battery:-20℃--30℃ for long time storage 1.8 Other ◆Observe and display method: Two cameras, 4.3 inch color liquid crystal screen (High intensity resistant protective layer on its surface) ◆One to four cores X and Y amplify 38 times, five to eight cores X and Y amplify 28 times and nine to twelve cores X and Y amplify 18 times. -
Page 7: Chapter Two Installation
F iber Fox o r maintenance s taff authorized b y Fiber Fox. 4) Please be careful when connect battery adapter cable, don’t pull the cable when take it down from the socket, just hold the plug. -
Page 8: Operating Safety Warns
8) P lease not use compress o r canned gas detergent t o clean Fusion splicer, otherwise the arc produced in splice course will light the inflammable goods left. 9) P lease j ust use exclusive F iber Fox AC adapter. Inappropriate a lternating current power supply will lead to fumes, electric shock or facility damage;... -
Page 9: Installation
2.2.2 Standard configuration of MINI4R Fusion splicer (depend on the goods as criterion) MINI4R Fusion splicer/one Electrode bar (two pairs) piece/Standard configuration Random user CD/standard Mini 4R Cutting knife configuration MINI4R tool box/1/standard Heat strip machine configuration Battery/one piece... -
Page 10: Appearance Overview
2.3 Appearance overview Hot stove Battery Carry handle ON/OFF Operating button Battery USB port Charger connect Side... -
Page 11: Power Supply Mode
Camera lens Electrode bar V-groove Spotlight Fixture Retro reflector Fiber press hammer 2.4 Power supply mode 2.4.1 Two types of power supply mode 1. Battery powered, please refer to the following picture: Insert Release the button Insert the battery until hear cracking sounds Push the battery out 2. -
Page 12: Two Types Of Power Supply Mode
2.5 Battery charge 2.5.1 Charging process I ndication lights range from 20% to 100%, with the increase of the capacity, these lights will be bright one by one until finish charging. Electric quantity indication 2.5.2 Two kinds of charging methods When battery connect with fusion splicer When battery separate from fusion splicer Note: Please not use battery to charge when the fusion splicer is splicing or... -
Page 13: Battery State
2.5.3 Battery state You can check battery electric quantity through two ways. 1) Electric quantity will be display if battery is connecting to fusion splicer. Power supply indication is displayed on the upper right of the screen; please refer to the following picture. -
Page 14: Battery Activate
2.6 Battery activate Battery activate If the battery is using in short time after full charge, maybe it o wns memorize e ffect, before next t ime charging, you had better discharging the total electric quantity. Please keep fusion splicer in starting up state when discharging until the electric quantity is use up and automatically power off. -
Page 15: Chapter 3 Basic Operation
Chapter 3 Basic operation Fix cutting knife to the worktable using screws. Press the worktable which contain cutting knife to the relative groove of carry box Fix cutting knife to the worktable using screws 3.2 Power connection Power supply groove that locate on the downside of fusion splicer can contain two types of power supply modes. -
Page 16: Battery Operation
3.3 Battery operation Please check the electric quantity whether it is more than 20% before operate fusion splicer, otherwise battery w ill not support fusion splicer d o splicing and heating. (Please refer to chapter 2-battery state for checking method of battery electric quantity). -
Page 17: Adjust The Brightness Of Lcd Backlight
3.4.2 Adjust the brightness of LCD backlight On initial interface, press upper and down key to rapid adjust LCD backlight brightness until you think it is the most distinct display intensity. Note: LCD infusion splicer is pin-point device that produced in strict quality control factory. -
Page 18: Cut The Fiber
Please use high-purity alcohol, more than 99% purity is better. Surface adhesive force may lead neighbor fiber interlapping; gently flick it to adjust the fiber. During clean process, please use your finger to press the fixture cover. 4. Cutting fiber 1) Gently hold the press arm of cutting knife and then slide the shackle to unlock the cutting knife. -
Page 19: Check Fiber
3.6.2 Check fiber 1) Before splicing, you should check and confirm whether the fiber surface is clean and smooth. 2) Through adjust the position of displayer to finish switching foresight and back vision . 3) If any flaw appears, please take off the fiber and rehandling it. Please refer to the following picture. -
Page 20: Chapter 4 Splice Procedure
Chapter 4 Splice Procedure 2.5.1 Charging process Fiber B ox has a n easy program s tructure w hich can d irect b rowse and effective. S plice procedure has defined splice current, splice time and various kinds o f parameters used t o finish splicing. S elect a splice procedure that consistent with your fiber type is very important. -
Page 21: Select Splice Procedure
4.1 Display effective splice procedure Current effective splice procedure is display on the top of the screen.(Refer to the following picture) ①Enter into the main menu. ② Enter into the splice mode that belong to SPLICE MENU option. ③Press upper and down key to select splice procedure， and then press for confirmation. -
Page 22: General Splice Procedure
4.3 General splice procedure This chapter explains the procedure to enter into auto splice and expound different kinds of relative parameter. General splice procedure can divide into two stages, prefusing and splice. 4.3.1 Prefusing Fusion splicer w ill f inish auto alignment and splice, f iber r eceive a l ow prefusing current to deashing, prefusing image will be shoot. -
Page 23: Splice Parameter Of General Splice Process
4.4 Splice parameter of general splice process description parameter Splice mode chart is stored in the data base of fusion splicer, according to the proper input splice mode to store in the data base, the selected splice mode will copy to use r programmable zone. -
Page 24: Chapter 5 Splice Option
Chapter 5 Splice option For the setting of splice mode ① Enter into the splice option menu. ② Press up and down button to select the option that need to modify. ③ Press left and right key to modify. After modification, press for confirmation. -
Page 25: Chapter 6 Heating Mode
Chapter 6 Heating Mode Thirty two kinds of heating modes have been internally installed in the fusion splicer, among it Fiber Box preinstalled four kinds of mode, and users can custom defines the remains. Each k ind of heat shrinkable tubing i s optimized t hat defined b y Fiber Box, a ll these modes can find in the database for reference. -
Page 26: Select Heating Mode
③ Press up and down key to select the heating procedure, click for confirmation ④ Check the selected heating mode, press to return to the initial interface 6.3 Edit the heating mode Drive pipe that stored in heating mode can be edit or change under heating condition ①... -
Page 27: Heating Mode Parameter
6.4 Delete heating mode ① First enter into the heating mode menu. ② Select “delete heating mode”, press to enter into. ③ Select the heating mode you need to delete, press to confirm deletion. Note: The mode that displayed in green color is system preset initial mode (40mm, 50mm) and can’t be delete. -
Page 28: Chapter 7 Maintenance Menu
Chapter 7 Maintenance Menu Fusion splicer owns the capacity to finish routine maintenance, this chapter will expound how to use maintenance menu. ① Select “Maintenance” in main menu and then press to enter into the maintenance menu. ② Select the function to execute. 7.1 Replace the electrode The e lectrode w ill abrasion due t o long-time use, s o you m ust d o regular cleanness according to the aggregation extent of the oxide. -
Page 29: Electrode Stabilize
Fire Fox recommend that after replace the electrode, you should stabilize the electrode and do discharging alignment.(Concrete operations will be expounded below), otherwise better splice loss and splice strength can’t be guarantee. 7.2 Electrode stabilize W hen external environment suddenly change, discharging current strength will sometimes become unstable, t hus m ay l ead t o splice loss i ncreased. -
Page 30: Dust Examination
② In autodiagnosis, there are some testing functions below Serial Inspection items Description Number Brightness detection Test and adjust the LED brightness. Motor alignment Automatic calibrate the speed of the three motors. Discharging Automatic calibrate the factor of discharging current strength and the alignment position of fiber splice. -
Page 31: Electrode Setting
7.7 Electrode setting Set the warning of electrode use, Fiber Fox r ecommend t hat after splice 2500 times should replace the electrode to guarantee high quality fusion. ① Select“electrode setting”and enter into under“Maintenance menu”option. -
Page 32: Chapter 8 Other Functions And Application
Chapter 8 Other functions and application 8.1 Data storage 8.1.1 Display splice record ① The storage results that stored in the fusion splicer can be displayed. ② E nter i nto the data storage m enu, select“show t he f usion r ecord”option to check. -
Page 33: Energy Saving Position
② Select the position that you need (front/back), and then preserve. Note: You can also fast switch the position of displayer, press the left and right key to do fast operating on initial interface. 8.2.2 Energy saving position This function is important to energy saving, if this function hasn’t been set when the battery is in use, then the welding times will be reduced. -
Page 34: Appendix A: The Reasons Of High Splicing Loss And Its Solutions
Appendix A: The reasons of high splicing loss and its solutions Phenomenon Name Reason Solution Fiber core axial There exists dust in V groove Clean the V groove and fiber direction skewing or fiber pressure hammer. pressure hammer. There exists dust in V groove Clean the V groove and fiber or fiber pressure hammer. -
Page 35: Appendix B Error Information Sheet
Appendix B Error information sheet When you use Fusion Splicer，error message may appear on the screen，please refer to the solutions that the following table provide。If the problems cannot be solved ，there maybe something wrong with Fusion Splicer，please contact the dealer。 Error information Reasons Solution... - Page 36 Set [clean discharging time] [Clean discharging time is too short] to 180ms. Use fiber core alignment method Adopt MM mode to splice to splice the illegible fiber. the illegible fiber. Press RESET key and then Error in optical fiber placing. correctly place the fiber Beyond the route of focusing electrical...
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Page 37: Appendix C Common Faults And Solutions
Appendix C Common faults and solutions The following information list some solutions to common faults, if users can’t solve the issues, please contact with the manufacturer. C.1 It can’t power off when press ON/OFF key. ★Long-time press the ON/OFF key until LED flashes, and then loosens the button, the fusion splicer will power off. - Page 38 ★ If you want to terminate heating during heating process, please press HEAT key, and then the LED will go out. C.11 After shrink, the heat-shrinkable tubing sticks to the heating groove. C.12 Forget the password ★ Please contact with the agent. C.13 There is n o change o f discharging current s trength after doing d ischarging alignment.
- Page 39 The End * Products models and specifications are subject to change without prior notice.
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