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Appendix I
High Splice loss: Cause and remedy
Symptom
Fiber core axial
Fiber core angle
Fiber core bend-
The mode field
diameters mis-
Dust combustion
Separation
Splicing line
⚠ Note:
When different optical fibers (different diameters) or multi-mode fibers splicing, they will produce a vertical line which we
call the "splicing lines" in a subsequent point, this does not affect splicing quality (splicing loss and splicing strength).
Name Cause
There' s dust in V-grooves and fiber
offset hammer
There' s dust in V-grooves and fiber
error hammer
Bad fiber end-face quality
Bad fiber end-face quality
Pre-fuse power too low or pre-fuse
ing
time too short.
Arc power not adequate
match
Bad fiber end-face quality
Dust still present after cleaning fiber
or cleaning arc.
Bad fiber end-face quality
Bubbles
Pre-fuse power too low or pre-fuse
time too short.
Fiber stuffing too small
Pre-fuse power too high or pre-fuse
time too long.
Fat Fiber stuffing too much
Arc power not adequate
Thin
Some arc parameters not adequate
Some arc parameters not adequate
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Remedy
Clean the V-grooves and fiber hammer
Clean the V-grooves and fiber hammer
Check the cleaver
Check the cleaver
Increase [Pre-fuse Power] and/or[Pre-fuse
Time].
Increase [Pre-fuse Power] and/or[Pre-fuse
Time].
Check the cleaver
Clean fiber thoroughly or
increase[Cleaning Arc Time]
Check the cleaver
Increase [Pre-fuse Power] and/or[Pre-fuse
Time].
Perform [Arc Calibration].
Decrease [Pre-fuse Power] and/or [Pre-fuse
Time].
Decrease [Overlap] and Perform [Arc Calibra-
tion].
Perform [Arc Calibration].
Adjust [Pre-fuse Power], [Pre-fuse Time] or
[Overlap]
Adjust [Pre-fuse Power], [Pre-fuse Time] or
[Overlap]