Chapter 6 General Maintenance - THORLABS ULN15TK User Manual

Ultra-Low-Noise Laser System Chapter 6: General Maintenance
Chapter 6 General Maintenance
Always clean fiber optic connectors that will be inserted into the system and install the dust cap whenever the
source is not being used. Allowing dust and dirt onto the fiber end faces will degrade coupling efficiency and
possibly damage the fiber patch cables, both inside and outside.
Connector Cleaning
Always clean the ferrule end of your fiber patch cables as well as the input and output FC bulkheads prior to
inserting the fiber patch cables into the FC bulkhead. Thorlabs offers the FCC-7020 Fiber Cleaning Cloth Spool,
which can be used for cleaning the ferrule ends of the patch cables.
Additionally, each unit is shipped with an FBC250 Bulkhead and Connector Cleaner for cleaning the output
bulkhead.
Figure 2 FBC250 Bulkhead and Connector Cleaner
To use the FBC250 Bulkhead and Connector Cleaner, please refer to the instructions shipped with the FBC250.
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