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Rev.0.03 This User Manual explains the use, performance characteristics, and cautions about MINI6S+ 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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Preface Important! We recommend all users to read this manual before operating MINI6S+ fusion splicer. Thank you for choosing MINI6S+ Arc Fusion Splicer. This product delivers ultra fast splicing time and has an incredibly short shrinking time. It uses the profile alignment technique and extremely accurate alignment process to ensure precise splice loss estimation.
Contents Chapter1 Technical Parameters 1.1 Applicable Fiber Type 1.2 Splice Loss 1.3 Splice Mode 1.4 Heat Oven 1.5 Power Supply 1.6 Size and Weight 1.7 Environmental Conditions 1.8 Others Chapter 2 Installation 2.1 Safety Warning and Precautions 2.2 Operational Safety Warnings 2.3 Maintenance and External Care Precautions 2.4 Transport and Storage Precautions 2.5 Installation...
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Contents 3.6 Preparing the Fiber 3.7 How to Make a Splice 3.8 Inspecting the Fibers 3.9 Splicing 3.10 How to Protect the Splice Chapter 4 Splice Mode 4.1 Displaying the Active Splice Program 4.2 Selecting a Splice Program 4.3 General Splicing Steps 4.4 Parameters for Normal Splicing Process Chapter 5 Splice Option Chapter6 Heater Mode...
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Contents 7.10 Update Software Chapter 8 Other Functions & Utilities 8.1 Data Storage 8.2 Display Splice Record 8.3 Delete Splice Record 8.4 Cancel Data Storage 8.5 System Setting 8.6 Monitor Position 8.7 Power Save Option 8.8 System Information Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Battery precautions...
Chapter 1 Technical Parameters 1.1 Applicable Fiber Type SM(ITU-TG.652&G.657)/MM(ITU-TG.651)/DS(ITU-TG.653)/NZDS(ITU-TG.655) /ITU-TG.657A/ITU-TG.657B Fiber count: Single Applicable fiber / cable diameter: 0.25mm/0.9mm/2.0mm/2.4mm/3.0mm/ Indoor Cable Applicable fiber diameter: Cladding diameter: 80mm to 150μm / Coating diameter:100 to 1000μm 1.2 Splice Loss Same fiber is spliced, measured by insertion method relevant to ITU-T standard. The typical values of splice loss are: SM:0.02dB MM:0.01dB...
Chapter 2 Installation 2.1 Safety Warning and Precautions As MINI6S+ is designed for fusion splicing silica glass optical fibers, it is very important that the splicer should not be used for any other purposes. The splicer is a precision instrument and must be handled with caution. Therefore, you must read the following safety rules and general precautions in this manual regarding the use and handling of MINI6S+ at any time.
Fumes, bad smell, abnormal noise or over heat. Liquid or other matter falls into cabinet The splicer is damaged or dropped. If any of these faults occurs, please contact our service center immediately. Leaving the splicer in a damaged state without any prompt measures may cause equipment failure, electric shock, or fire and may result in injury or death.
2.5 Installation Important! Follow these instructions carefully. Unpacking the Splicer Hold the handle upwards, and then lift the splicer out of the carrying case. As shown below. 2.6 Splice Overview Heat oven Indicator Handle off button Battery Display...
port Port of battery charge 2.7 Power Supply Method Following is the way of installing a battery. Insert the battery Insert the battery into the power unit dock until it clicks into place. Take out the battery Shut off fusion splicer. Press on release button at lateral, drawing power supply unit out of the...
2.8 Charging Process The battery indicator will be illuminated one by one BATTERY INDICATOR along with increasing electric quality until battery is fully charged upto 100%. 2.9 Charging Methods When battery is connected with fusion splicer, charging method is as follows: When battery is separated from fusion splicer, charging method is as follows: Note: Try your best not to charge battery when the battery is working for the running fusion splicer which is splicing or heating fibers for fear of shortening the...
2.11 Battery Refresh Cycle The battery should be refreshed or activated periodically for fear of aging caused by battery memory effect. The method is as follows: Keep the splicer in power-on status to discharge until the splicer switched off automatically due to completely discharging. Then go on to charge until fully charging completes.
Chapter 3 Basic Operation 3.1 Power Connection Follows are 2 ways of power supply for the fusion splicer, of which the inner slot for power supply unit is able to support: 1. AC adapter, if external power source supply adopted; 2.
3.3 Turn On the Splicer Press [Power] key on the operation panel, and wait the splicer to be turned on and move to Workbench page. 3.4 Adjust Monitor Position Users can adjust the monitor position by moving it with a desired angle for the clearest display.
3.6 Preparing the Fiber 3 steps should be carried out before splicing:. 1.Stripping Remove at least 50mm of secondary coating (valid for both tight and loose tube secondary coating) and approximately 30~40mm of primary coating with an appropriate stripper. Note: always remember to slip a heat-shrinkable sleeve onto either end of the fibers at the beginning of each fiber preparations.
3.7 How to Make a Splice ① Open the safety shield. ② Raise the fiber clamps. Position the fibers into V-grooves. Make sure the fiber ends are between the V-groove edges and the electrode tip. Note: Make sure to avoid sliding the fibers along V-grooves, but rather position them over V-grooves and tilt them down into place (as shown in the...
③ Clamp the fiber in position by lowering both sets of fiber clamps. ④ Close the safety shield. 3.8 Inspecting the Fibers ① Before continuing with splicing, inspect the fibers whether they are clean and well-cleaved. imaging area imaging area imaging area Fiber ends above and...
③ If you find any defects as shown in the following pictures, remove the fiber and prepare again. Note:The fibers are checked automatically when you press dust on fiber Splice button. The splicer automatically focuses the fibers and checks for damage or dust particles.
3.10 How to Protect the Splice After splicing, protect the joint by using a heat-shrink sleeve and the heat oven which is mounted onto the splicer. “Shrink” process can be activated via pressing the “HEAT” key. ① Open the heat oven lid ②...
Chapter 4 Splice Mode MINI6S+ has an intuitive and simple but very powerful program structure to operate. Splice programs define arc currents, splice times as well as various parameters used when performing a splice. Therefore, it is essential to select the correct splice program.
② Select Splice Mode ③ Highlight the program you want to select. ④ Back to initial interface 4.3 General Splicing Steps This section explains the steps involved in automatic splicing process and describes how various program parameters are related to this process. The normal splicing process can be divided into two sections: pre-fusion and fusion.
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Fusion During fusion, the fibers are joined together and subjected to five different currents as illustrated below. An important parameter, which changes during splicing, is the distance between the fibers. During Pre-fusion, the fibers are apart. With the current phase changing, fibers are spliced gradually. Splicing Process The most important splicing parameters are the time and current, each current phase is shown below, that the name and function and other parameters are...
4.4 Parameters for Normal Splicing Process parameter description A list of splice modes stored in the splicer database is displayed. Upon inputting the appropriate mode, the selected splice mode Template stored in database area is copied to a selected splice mode in user-programmable area.
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Set the relative position of the splicing location to the center of electrodes. Splice loss may be improved in the case of dissimilar position fiber splicing by shifting [Gap position] towards a fiber whose MFD is bigger than the other fiber MFD. Set the end-face gap between the left and right fibers at the time of aligning and pre-fusion discharge.
Chapter 5 Splice Option As to the Splice Mode setting. ① Select [Splice option] in menu from main menu. ② Select a parameter to be changed. parameter description If “Auto start” is set to ON, splicing starts automatically as soon as Auto start the wind protector is closed.
Chapter 6 Heater Mode The splicer provides max 32 heat modes including 10 heat modes preset by factory and the rest that can be defined by users. Select a heating mode that best matches with the protection sleeve used. For each type of protection sleeve, MINI6S+ has its optimum heating mode. These modes can be found in the database area for reference.
③ Touch on Select Heat mode ④ Back to original interface 6.3 Edit Heat Mode Tube-heating conditions stored in heating mode can be edited or changed. ① Enter edit heat mode menu via touching on heater mode menu. 6.4 Deleting Heat Mode ①...
6.5 Heat Mode Parameters parameter description Set sleeve type. List of all heat modes are displayed. Selected Template mode will be copied to a user-programmable area. Name Title for a heat mode. Title of the heat mode displayed in the bottom right corner of Note the monitor during splicing or heating process.
Chapter 7 Maintenance Menu The splicer has a function to perform routine maintenance. This section describes how to use the maintenance menu. ① Press Menu button, and select [Maintenance menu]. ② Select a function to perform. 7.1 Replace Electrodes As electrodes are worn out during the splicing process, oxide generated on the tips of electrodes should be regularly eliminated.
⑤ We recommend all users to do stabilizing electrodes and arc calibration after electrodes replacing to keep good splice results and splice strength (Details are described below). 7.2 Stabilize Electrodes In the event of sudden change in environmental conditions, especially when the splicer is moved from lower altitudes to higher altitudes, the arc power may become unstable, resulting in higher splice loss.
② Execute [Diagnostic test], then the following checks will be made. Parameter Description LED calibration Measure and adjust the brightness of the LED. Check the optical path for dust or dirt and judges whether Dust check they disturb fiber observation. If contamination exists, press the return button twice to display the location.
7.6 Arc Calibration Atmospheric conditions such as temperature, humidity and pressure are constantly changing, which creates variability in the arc temperature. MINI6S+ is equipped with temperature and pressure sensors that are used in a constant feedback monitoring control system to maintain the arc power at a stable level. However, changes in arc power due to electrode wear and glass adhesion cannot be calibrated automatically.
Electrode Replace Electrodes” is displayed when turning on the splicer. caution Fiber Fox recommends that this parameter should be set to “4500” If actual arc discharge exceeds the set value, a message Electrode “Warning! Replace Electrodes” is displayed when turning on the warning splicer.
7.9 Motor Drive This function is used to test if 6 motors of the fusion splicer operate normally. ① Select “Motor Calibration”. ② Touch screen to select motor. ③ Touch the icons of L press and R press to drive motor, observing if the motor can be driven normally.
Chapter 8 Other Functions & Utilities 8.1 Data Storage This splicer stores up to 5000 splicing results. Contents of data stored are different depending on splicing mode. 8.2 Display Splice Record Splicing results stored in the splicer can be displayed. Select Data Storage Menu and Select Display Splice Record to view.
parameter description Buzzer Sets the sound volume of the buzzer Automatic If select “On”, when the fiber is placed into heat oven, which will heating automatically execute heating. Language Sets a language to be displayed on the screen. Sets the operational direction of splicer. “Front” is for front Monitor monitor operation.
8.7 Power Save Option This function is important for power conservation. If the power saving function is not set during battery pack use, the number of splice cycles will be reduced. (1) Insert a power unit and turn on the splicer. (2) Select “Power Save Option”...
8.8 System Information Select “System information”. The following information is displayed. parameter description Machine Serial Display the fusion splicer’s serial number. Number Software Display the fusion splicer’s software version. Version FPGA Display FPGA’s version. Total Arc Count Display total number of arc discharges. Display the number of arc discharges after electrode Current Arc replacement.
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Appendix A High Splice loss: Cause and solutions Symptom Name Cause Remedy There’s dust in Fiber core Clean the V-grooves and V-grooves and axial offset fiber hammer fiber hammer There’s dust in Clean the V-grooves and V-grooves and fiber hammer Fiber core fiber hammer angle error...
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Fiber stuffing too Decrease [Overlap] and much Perform [Arc Calibration]. Arc power not Perform [Arc Calibration]. adequate Thin Some arc Adjust [Pre-fuse Power], parameters not [Pre-fuse Time] or adequate [Overlap]. Some arc Adjust [Pre-fuse Power], Splicing line parameters not [Pre-fuse Time] or adequate [Overlap] Note:...
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Appendix B High Splice loss: Cause and solutions During the splice operating process, if the error messages are shown on the screen, please follow the solution precisely as shown in the list below. If it is not possible to solve the problem, the splicer may require service by a qualified service center. In this case, please contact sales agents.
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Error Message Cause Solution Shock occurred to the Carry out “motor calibration”. If the Focus Motor Home splicer during the splicing problem still exists, please contact sales position Error process. agent. Too much [Overlap] setting Adjust [Overlap] parameter setting. Fiber End face Gap Wrong The motor is not calibrated Perform [Motor Calibration].
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Error Message Cause Solution Too much [Overlap] setting Adjust “Overlap” parameter setting. Fat Splicing Point The motor is not calibrated. Perform “Motor Calibration”. Arc power is too low Perform “Arc Calibration”. The level of pre-discharge Decrease pre-discharge or pre-discharge is set too high time.
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Appendix C Questions and Troubleshooting The following gives the solution of some of the common problems for reference. If you cannot solve the problems, please contact the manufacturer directly. 1 .Power does not turn off when press “ON/OFF” button. • Press and hold the key “ON/OFF” until the LED flashes, release the button, and the splicer will be turned off.
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turned off 10. Fiber protection sleeve adhered to heating plate after shrinking • Use a cotton swab or a similar soft tip object to push and remove the sleeve. 11. Forgot passwords • Contact your nearest sales agency. 12. No arc power change after [Arc Calibration] •...
Battery precautions 1.Do not touch or hit battery with pointed or sharp items. 2.Do not transport or store the battery together with metals. 3.Do not throw, drop, impact, or bend battery, or any knock or stomp on the battery is forbidden. 4.Do not connect the anode and cathode terminals of the battery with metals such as electric wire for fear of short circuit trouble.
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