Table Of Contents - THORLABS vytran LDC450B User Manual

LDC450B
Warning Symbol Definitions .............................................................................................. 1
Chapter 1
Safety .................................................................................................................................... 2
Chapter 2
Description ........................................................................................................................... 3
Chapter 3
3.1. Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 3
3.2. Parts Checklist ................................................................................................................ 3
3.3. Shipping Fixture .............................................................................................................. 4
3.4. Accessories ..................................................................................................................... 5
3.5. Control Overview ............................................................................................................. 6
3.6. Indicator lights ................................................................................................................. 6
Setup ..................................................................................................................................... 8
Chapter 4
4.1. Initial Setup ...................................................................................................................... 8
4.2. Power-up .......................................................................................................................... 9
4.3. Performing the First Cleave ......................................................................................... 10
4.4. Shut-down ...................................................................................................................... 10
Theory of Cleaving .............................................................................................................11
Chapter 5
5.1. Specialty Fiber Cleaving Processes ............................................................................ 11
Cleaving ...............................................................................................................................12
Chapter 6
6.1. Overview ........................................................................................................................ 12
6.2. The Cleave Process ...................................................................................................... 12
6.3. The Fiber Holding Blocks, Inserts, Lifting Levers, and Thumbscrews .................... 14
6.4. Stripping the Fiber ........................................................................................................ 16
6.5. Loading the Fiber .......................................................................................................... 16
6.6. Cleaving the Fiber ......................................................................................................... 18
6.7. Unloading the Fiber ....................................................................................................... 19
6.8. Changing the Fiber Holding Block Inserts .................................................................. 20
6.9. Specialty Cleave Process ............................................................................................. 22
Using the Handset to Control the LDC450B ...................................................................24
Chapter 7
7.1. Power Up ........................................................................................................................ 24
7.2. Cleave ............................................................................................................................. 24
7.3. Edit .................................................................................................................................. 25
7.4. File .................................................................................................................................. 28
7.5. Tools ............................................................................................................................... 30
Maintenance ........................................................................................................................37
Chapter 8

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