LDC401 & LDC401A Automated Cleavers
Table of Contents
Chapter 1Warning Symbol Definitions..............................................................................................1
Chapter 2Safety....................................................................................................................................2
Chapter 3Description...........................................................................................................................3
3.1.Introduction .....................................................................................................................3
3.2.Parts Checklist ................................................................................................................3
Chapter 4Set-up....................................................................................................................................6
4.1.Initial Set-up.....................................................................................................................6
4.2.Power-Up..........................................................................................................................7
4.3.Shut-Down .......................................................................................................................7
Chapter 5The Tablet Controller..........................................................................................................8
Chapter 6Theory of Cleaving..............................................................................................................9
6.1.Specialty Fiber Cleaving Processes..............................................................................9
Chapter 7Cleaving...............................................................................................................................10
7.1.Overview ........................................................................................................................10
7.2.The Cleave Process ......................................................................................................10
7.3.The Fiber Holding Blocks, Inserts, Lifting Levers, and Thumbscrews ....................11
7.4.Stripping the Fiber ........................................................................................................13
7.5.Loading the Fiber .......................................................................................................... 14
7.6.Cleaving the Fiber ......................................................................................................... 15
7.7.Unloading the Fiber.......................................................................................................16
7.8.Changing the Fiber Holding Block Inserts..................................................................17
7.9.Specialty Cleave Process .............................................................................................19
7.9.1.Subcritical Process..............................................................................................................19
7.9.2.Micrometer Backstop ..........................................................................................................19
Chapter 8Maintenance........................................................................................................................21
8.1.Inspecting the Fiber Holding Blocks ...........................................................................21
8.2.Inspecting the Cleave Blade......................................................................................... 22
8.3.Re-Positioning the Cleave Blade .................................................................................23
8.4.Replacing the Cleave Blade .........................................................................................24
8.5.Load Cell Calibration ....................................................................................................26
Chapter 9Controlling the LDC401 and LDC401A............................................................................27
9.1.A Quick Start Guide to Cleaving with LDC401 and the Tablet Controller................27
9.1.1.Cleave Screen.....................................................................................................................28
9.2.Tablet Controller Online ...............................................................................................31
9.2.1.LDC Main Screen................................................................................................................32
