Textron GREENLINE 910FS Cleaning

910FS Fusion Splicer
Cleaning
VER 1.0

Precautions when cleaning the 910FS and the 910CL

1. Turn off splicer.
2. Use only lint free cotton swabs.
3. Use only 99% pure isopropyl alcohol or an approved substitute.
4. Do not touch the electrodes.
5. Never use compressed air.
6. Use the cleaning brush only to clean debris from general working area, never on the lenses,
V-grooves or mirrors.

Cleaning V-grooves (Recommended Daily)

Refer to Figure 1.
Clean the bottom of the V-groove with an isopropyl alcohol impregnated lint free cotton swab.
Remove excess alcohol from the V-groove with a clean dry lint free cotton swab.
V-grooves
V-groove
Figure 1
If the contaminants in the V-groove cannot be removed with an alcohol-impregnated lint free cotton
swab, use a cleaved fiber end-face to dislodge contaminants from the bottom of the V-groove.
Refer to Figure 2. Repeat cleaning the V-grooves as in Figure 1.

Cleaning Fiber Clamps (Recommended Daily)

Refer to Figure 3.
If contaminants are present on the clamps, proper clamping may not occur, resulting in poor quality
Cleaning swab
Alcohol
Tampons
Figure 2
Cleaved Fiber
The Striped
Fiber
V-grooves
V-groove