Synrad Firestar Series - Connecting

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SYNRAD OEM v30 Operator’s Manual Version 2
Connecting
The Connecting section includes subsections:
■ Water-cooled connections
■ Air-cooled connections
■ Electrical connections
■ Control connections
Note: If your OEM v30 laser is fan-cooled (an SFG model), then skip ahead to the Electrical connections
section. For air-cooled (SAG) lasers, go to the Air-cooled connections section.
Water-cooled connections
Cooling tting adaptors
If your integrated laser application uses metric cooling tubing, you should install tubing adaptors to
convert the laser’s WATER IN and WATER OUT ttings from 1/2-inch tubing to 12-mm metric tubing.
These tubing adaptors are available from many tubing and tting manufacturers.
Guidelines for cutting and installing tubing
■Cut tubing lengths generously to allow for trimming.
■Cut tubing squarely; diagonal cuts may not seal properly. Carefully trim any burrs if the cut is “ragged”.
■Avoid excessive stress on ttings; create gentle bends when routing tubing close to connectors. Exces-
sive stress from sharp bends will compromise the sealing properties of the tting.
■Never allow the tubing to kink, since kinking severely restricts coolant ow.
■Push tubing completely into the tting, then pull the tubing to verify that it is locked into place.
■If tubing must be disconnected from a tting, rst push and hold the tubing slightly into the tting.
Next push the release collet evenly towards the tting, and then pull the tubing free.
■After disconnecting tubing from a tting, trim 12.7 mm (0.5”) from its end before reconnecting. Trim-
ming the end of the tubing before reconnecting the tting provides an undisturbed sealing surface.
Chiller preparation guidelines
■You must provide ttings to adapt the laser’s 1/2-inch O.D. polyethylene cooling tubing to your
chiller’s Inlet and Outlet ports. These ttings can be “quick disconnect” or compression type ttings.
■Because Firestar’s cooling tubing is specied in inch sizes, do not use metric tubing ttings unless you
have installed the appropriate inch-to-metric tubing adaptors. The use of metric ttings on inch size
tubing will lead to coolant leaks or may allow the pressurized tubing to blow-o the tting.