Splicing; How To Protect Splice - FIBER FOX MINI3S User Manual

③ If you find any defects as shown in the following pictures, remove the fiber and
prepare again.
dust on fiber lip
chip large cleave angle

3.9 Splicing

① Select any appropriate splice
mode.
② Start splicing by pressing
button.
Note: If the splicer is set as
"Auto mode", splicing will start
automatically once the wind proof
cover is closed.
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Note:The fibers are checked
automatically when you press
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 Raise left and right fiber holders on the splicer. Hold the heat-shrink tube, lift the
spliced fibers and hold them move the heat-shrink tube so that it is centered over
the splice point.
③ Move both the fibers and the heat-shrink tube over to the heat oven and place
them in the oven clamps.
Open the heat oven lid
④ Press the "HEAT" key to begin heating, when the heating process is finished, the
heating indicator will be turned off automatically and companied by prompt sound of
the buzzer.
Position of splices
Moving the fiber into heat oven
Heating Indicator
Heat Button
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