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

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Special Tools Required

61 4 320 CRIMPING SET WITH PLIERS

To cut off, strip insulation and cut optical fibers 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) & Crimping Head (61 4 322)

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Cutting optical fiber

Open pliers (1).

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

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

Fig 2: Identifying Optical Fiber In Cutting Device

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Stripping insulation from optical fiber

Open pliers (1).

Open lever (2) in direction of arrow.

Fig 3: Identifying Open Pliers & Open 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 fiber (1).

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

Fig 4: Removing Optical Fibre

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Cutting optical fiber to length

IMPORTANT: The cutting blade must be replaced prior to each cutting of the optical fiber.

Pull pin (1) in direction of arrow.

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

Fig 5: Pulling Pin & Blade Retaining Link

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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: Removing Blade

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Open pliers (3).

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

Close pliers (3) fully and keep closed.

Remove optical fiber (1).

Fig 7: Removing Optical Fiber

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