Sumitomo Z2C - Stripping the Fiber Coating; Cleaning the Bare Fiber

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2.Basic splicing operation｜Optical fiber splicing
2. Basic splicing operation
1: Clean the fiber coating thoroughly to
remove cable gel or other stains.
2: Strip Approx. 30~40mm of the fiber
coating with a jacket remover. (An
example shows use of Sumitomo JR-M03
jacket remover and the strip length
shown below applies to any stripping
tools. If you use other model, please
refer to its operation manual.)
*If the stripping length is too long, the fiber
cleaver cannot collect an off-cut in the off-
cut collector.
Stripping length= Approx. 30~40mm
Keep the fiber squeaky clean.
Fiber protection sleeve
Use the correct groove of the remover
according to the fiber coating diameter.
→ See figure <1>.
3: Repeat the stripping process for the
other fiber.
4: Clean the bare fiber from the end of
the fiber coating with a lint-free
g
auze
pad moistened with pure alcohol. Pull
the bare fiber throu
g
h the
g
auze pad.
Rotate the fiber by 90 de
g
rees to
remove any coatin
g
residue. Do not
reuse the gauze pad that was used.
(1) Fiber coating diameter ：1.6-3mm
(2) Fiber coating diameter ：600-900μm
(3) Fiber coating diameter ：250μm
(1)
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Stripping the fiber coating / Cleaning the bare fiber
<1> Check the fiber coating diameter.
The JR-M03 strips approx. 25mm
of fiber coating at a time. To strip
30~40mm of the fiber coating,
repeat the stripping operation.
(2) (3)