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12 years 11 months ago #812 by Archived Forum Admin
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Hi, I’m new to this forum and would like to share with you guys a more than somewhat frustrating fiber fusion splicing problem I recently experienced
While attempting to splice a MM fiber cable we experienced several fiber “separation” faults (the fibers melted away from each other).
Our Fujikura 50S Instruction Manual suggested the following causes and remedies:
Fiber stuffing too small - Perform [Motor Calibration]
Prefuse power too high - Decrease [Prefuse Power]
Prefuse time too long - Decrease [Prefuse Time]
After much mental anguish, we eventually (several hours later) discovered that our problem was dirty electrodes. Using a knife, we scraped off the silica oxide buildup from the electrodes, the wiped the electrodes using an alcohol-impregnated lint-free tissue, and then removed the excess alcohol from the electrodes. We then managed to complete our splicing without any obvious effort!
Has this happened to anyone else?
Joe - SA
While attempting to splice a MM fiber cable we experienced several fiber “separation” faults (the fibers melted away from each other).
Our Fujikura 50S Instruction Manual suggested the following causes and remedies:
Fiber stuffing too small - Perform [Motor Calibration]
Prefuse power too high - Decrease [Prefuse Power]
Prefuse time too long - Decrease [Prefuse Time]
After much mental anguish, we eventually (several hours later) discovered that our problem was dirty electrodes. Using a knife, we scraped off the silica oxide buildup from the electrodes, the wiped the electrodes using an alcohol-impregnated lint-free tissue, and then removed the excess alcohol from the electrodes. We then managed to complete our splicing without any obvious effort!
Has this happened to anyone else?
Joe - SA
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12 years 11 months ago #813 by Archived Forum Admin
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Hi Joe,
Just type in the following in Google: silica oxide buildup from the electrodes fusion splicer and you will get literally hundreds of references about this issue.
Kindest regards,
Peter J. Stewart-Hay
Principal
Stewart-Hay Associates
www.Stewart-Hay.com
Just type in the following in Google: silica oxide buildup from the electrodes fusion splicer and you will get literally hundreds of references about this issue.
Kindest regards,
Peter J. Stewart-Hay
Principal
Stewart-Hay Associates
www.Stewart-Hay.com
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