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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
Bare fiber
Keep the fiber squeaky clean.
Fiber protection sleeve
Use the correct groove of the remover ac-
cording 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 gauze pad mois-
tened with pure alcohol. Pull the bare fiber
through the gauze pad. Rotate the fiber by
90 degrees to remove any coating residue.
Do not reuse the gauze pad that was used.
(1) Fiber coating diameter
:
1.6-3mm
(2) Fiber coating diameter
:
600-900
μ
m
(3) Fiber coating diameter
:
250
μ
m
(1)
(2)
(3)
<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, re-
peat the stripping operation.
Stripping the fiber coating / Cleaning the bare fiber