Fitel S326B User manual

FTS-B423-3
Issue 3：Oct. 2013
S326 Precision Cleaver
Operating Instructions
・ Please read entire manual prior to usage.
・ This manual must be kept with the S326 Precision Cleaver.
Safety Instructions
This manual contains the complete operating and basic maintenance instructions for the S326
Precision Cleaver. Please review this manual carefully before using the S326 Precision Cleaver.
The following safety instructions must be followed whenever this product is operated, serviced, or
repaired. Failure to comply with any of these instructions or with any precaution or warning contained
in this manual is in direct violation of the standards of the design, the manufacturer, and the intended
use of the instrument. FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD. assumes no liability for the customer’s
failure to comply with these requirements.
Safety Instructions
!
CAUTION Failure to comply with any of the instructions, which are
indicated by this symbol, may cause serious injury or
damage to the machine.
!
ATTENTION Failure to comply with any of the instructions, which are
indicated by this symbol, may cause the device to function
improperly and degrade the performance.
Please contact FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD. with any questions relating to the description of this
manual.
In no case will FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD. be liable to the buyer, for any consequential or
indirect damage which is caused by product failure, malfunction, or any other problem.
!CAUTION
・ Avoid soaking the S326 with water. Doing so may cause malfunction.
・ Do not drop, throw, and handle it roughly. Doing so may cause machine’s malfunction.
・ Do not use in a humid, dirty, or unstable site. Doing so may cause malfunction.
・ Please be cautious when disposing of fibers from the fiber waste bin. Scattered fibers may cause
injury.
・ The fiber waste bin for loose fiber must be installed into the S326 during operation, otherwise there is
danger for loose fiber to scatter.
!ATTENTION
・ Use an appropriate tool when loosening or tightening the set screw to fix the single fiber adapter to the
unit and gently tighten the screw.
・ Strip the fiber so that 14 to 25mm is exposed passed your aimed cleave length. This will allow the
automatic fiber waste disposal feature to work properly. For instance：
In case of 16mm cleave length, remove the coating more than 30mm(=16+14), and less than
41mm(=16+25).
・ Please clean the fiber with alcohol after stripping the coating material before setting it on to S326.
・ Do not use Organic solvent (e.g. Acetone) to clean the rubber pads.

1. Components
Part Name Part No. S326A S326B S326S80
S326A-01 1 - -
S326B-01 - 1 -
Main body
S326S80-01 - - 1
Single fiber adaptor S326X-11 1 1 1
Standard waste bin S326X-12 2
(1 Reserve) - 2 (1 Reserve)
Large waste bin S326X-13 1 - 1
Semi Hard case S326X-14 1 - 1
Soft case S326X-15 - 1 -
Hexagonal wrench S326X-16 1 1 1
Operating Instructions FTS-B423 1 1 1
2. External Description
Bending pad Bending pad
Lid Lid
fiber adaptor fiber adaptor
Pinch
roller lid
3. Applicable fiber type
Type Cleave length Used holder or adapter
Single fiber
Coating diameter 0.25 or 0.9mm 5 to 20mm Supplied single fiber adapter, S326X-11
Ribbon fiber
0.25mm pitch 2 to 12 fiber 10mm Optional ribbon fiber holder
S326S80 is a cutting instrument cleaver designed only for single fiber
whose optical fiber diameter is 80μm.
Please use S326A or S326B for regular 125μm single or ribbon fiber
cleaving task.
4. Operating instructions
4.1. Cleaving fiber
1) Open both main body and fiber adaptor lids. Place a
prepared fiber (stripped and cleaned) across cleaving
area with fiber end inserted into the waste bin. Ensure
that the stripped fiber is long enough to reach the pinch
roller.
Put fiber to proper v-groove, depending on desired
cleaving length.
In the case of ribbon fiber cleaving, please use the
ribbon fiber holder (Optional parts).
When using ribbon fiber, check that the fibers are
aligned flatly and no fibers overlap with each other.
S326A
S326S80 S326B
Pinch roller
Waste bin box
Lever
fiber adaptor lid
Blade
fiber adaptor lid
Lever
Blade
Cleave length 5 to 20mm
Cleave length
16mm
Cleave len
g
th 10mm

2) Close both main body and fiber adaptor lids and push
the lid release lever until it stops. By pushing it
completely, the blade will slide to cleave the fiber and
send the loose fiber to the waste bin automatically (※1),
and the lid will be automatically opened.
Tip：Slide the sliding blade slowly to prolong the
blade life.
!
ATTENTION：During cleaving operation, please do
not touch " Lid " and " Pinch roller lid ".
（※1）S326B does not have pinch roller and waste bin box.
3) Open both main body and fiber adaptor lids and remove the fiber from the unit.
4.2. Disposing of waste fiber
Dispose of waste fiber as follows after completion of work
and before transporting the unit.
1) Grab the sides of the waste bin box with fingers and pull
it out.
2) Grasp the left and right upper corners of waste bin with
fingers and open the lid while squeezing lid lightly.
Turn waste bin box upside down and dispose of the
waste fiber into a designated trash can.
Do not put finger inside of waste bin because pieces of
the optical fiber sometimes will remain in waste box
after emptying it.
Put back waste bin box to original position after
disposing the waste fiber.
!
ATTENTION：When inserting waste bin box into
main body, press waste box until click is heard.
open
5. Maintenance and Rotation of blade
The blade has 24 positions printed on the side of the blade
(i.e. “0･2･…･22･”). Each position can be used to 2,000
times. However, cleaving amount may be decreased with
dust or oil contamination. When cleaving quality degrades,
clean the top of blade and upper and lower bending pad
with a cotton swab soaked with ethyl alcohol.
Cotton swab
If this does not help, that means it is time to rotate the
blade( see below).
!
ATTENTION：Do not use Organic solvent on rubber
(e.g. Acetone).
Direction for rotation
!
ATTENTION：Please note 2,000 cleaves per position is not guaranteed. The number of
cleaving changes depending on the situation and environment (e.g. dust and oil.)

If operation above does not improve the cleave quality, the blade needs to be rotated. Follow
the procedures below to rotate the blade. Blade set screw
Hexagonal wrench
1) Remove the waste bin from the main body. Loosen the
blade set screw using hexagon ranch.
2) Use a cotton swab, etc. to rotate the blade, so that the
number shown at the top of the blade increase by one
step. (Counter clock wise) The blade is positioned at
“0” by default when manufactured in factory. The next
position is “・” right after “0”.
!
ATTENTION：Do not touch the blade directly. It is
very sharp and could cause injury.
3) Tighten the blade set screw again.
After all 24 positions are used and exhausted, the blade
must be replaced by new one at customer’s expense.
Contact local service center for replacing blade service.
S326A and S326S80 has an automatic waste fiber
disposal function. To keep it operating properly, clean the
pinch roller with cotton swab soaked in alcohol after each use. After repeated use, abrasion
may form on the rubber of the pinch roller. However, the pinch roller keeps the function of
collecting optical fiber, as long as the depth of a groove is smaller than the diameter of the
fiber. When the function cannot work, even if after cleaning the pinch roller with alcohol,
contact local service to replace the pinch roller with a new one at customer’s expense.（※1）.
（※1）S326B does not have pinch roller and waste bin
box.
6. Operating with ribbon fiber holder
Please remove single fiber adaptor (S326X-11) from the
main body when you use the ribbon fiber holder (Optional
parts). The fiber length from the holder edge to the
cleaved fiber tip is 13mm.
7. Contacts
Service Department:
CS2 Group
Access Network Department, FITEL Products Division
Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
6, Yawata-Kaigandori, Ichihara, Chiba 290-8555 JAPAN
TEL:[phone] FAX：[phone]
Sales Department:
Global Sales & Marketing
Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
2-3, Marunouchi 2Chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8322 JAPAN
TEL：[phone] FAX：[phone]