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Basic Operation
Heating protection sleeve
1.
Transfer fiber with protection sleeve to tube heater.
2.
Place fiber with protection sleeve in tube heater. Pressing the clamp pin with the fiber
makes the lid closed.
3.
Press the HEAT key .Then HEAT LED turns on.
The buzzer beeps and the HEAT LED (orange color) turn off when tube heating is
completed.
4.
Open tube heater lids and remove protected fiber from the tube heater. Apply some
tension to the fiber while removing it from the tube heater.
5.
Visually inspect the finished sleeve to verify no bubbles or debris/dust is present in the
sleeve.
Make sure the splice point is located at the center of the protection sleeve.
Make sure the strength member in the protection sleeve is placed on
bottom.
If HEAT key is pressed during tube heating, the HEAT LED blinks. If HEAT
key is pressed again, the tube heating process is aborted.
Protection sleeve may stick to bottom plate of heater. Use a cotton swab to
help remove sleeve from heater.
Since it gets very hot in the heater and the sleeve will get hot, you should not
touch the sleeve immediately after heating.
Clamp pin