61 13 ... Cutting Off, Stripping Insulation And Cutting Optical Fibres To Length

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Special tools required:

61 4 320

To cut off, strip insulation and cut optical fibres to length, use pliers 61 4 321 (1) in conjunction with crimping head 61 4 322 (2) from crimping set 61 4 320 .

NOTE:

Pliers (1) open automatically as far as they will go when handles are pressed together.

Fig 1: Identifying Pliers 61 4 321

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Cutting optical fibre

Open pliers (1).

Place optical fibre (2) in cutting device (3).

Close pliers (1) and remove optical fibre (2).

Fig 2: Identifying Optical Fibre In Cutting Device

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Stripping insulation from optical fibre

Open pliers (1).

Open lever (2) in direction of arrow.

Fig 3: Identifying Pliers And Lever

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Slide optical fibre (1) into stripping device (2) until flush at point (3).

Close pliers (4) fully.

Close clamping lever (5) in direction of arrow.

Open pliers (4) by one tooth notch.

Open clamping lever (5) against direction of arrow again and remove optical fibre (1).

NOTE:

A stripping replacement blade set is available under number 61 4 327 .

Fig 4: Identifying Clamping Lever And Optical Fibre

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Cutting optical fibre to length

IMPORTANT:

The cutting blade must be replaced prior to each cutting of the optical fibre.

Pull pin (1) in direction of arrow.

Fold up blade retaining link (2) in direction of arrow.

Fig 5: Pulling Pin

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WARNING:

Risk of injury when changing the blade.

Remove blade (1) and replace.

Installation:

Make sure blade (1) is correctly seated on locating points (2).

Fig 6: Identifying Blade

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Open pliers (3).

Slide optical fibre (1) into cutting device (2) until insulation of optical fibre (1) butts against clamping device.

Close pliers (3) fully and keep closed.

Remove optical fibre (1).

Fig 7: Identifying Cutting Device, Pliers And Optical Fibre

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