PSC 2000781J MkII MLB Operating Procedure page 49

18.3 Compressing Lightband
Step
Upper and Lower Rings shall be aligned per Step 8.1.8.
18.3.1
Prepare cable tie tool
18.3.2
1. Disable cut-off feature (if present).
2. Ensure force setting does not exceed cable tie break strength. If using
referenced tool, set to '8'.
Place one cable tie around each LCT pair and pull until hand-tight. Do not
18.3.3
compress the Separation Springs.
Measure the distance between Upper and Lower Ring flanges (A and B in
18.3.4
Figure 18-1) next to each LCT and record in Table 18-1. For reference the
nominal uncompressed distance is 2.13 inch for the dimension shown in Figure
8-5.
Lightly tighten each cable tie until the flange distance measures 2.00 to 2.05
inch at every LCT.
Note: Failure to evenly compress the Lightband increases chance of breaking
cable ties.
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Figure 18-2: Attaching an LCT to the Lightband
Figure 18-3: Visually aligned LCT pair
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