
Part Number: S178A
Fitel Furukawa S178A Hand-held Core-Alignment Fusion Splicer
Key Features
• Internal battery charging
• Illumination lamp lights up a wide area around V-grooves
• Userfriendly LCD display offers 4 different X/Y image layouts
• Simplified splice result indicatorred /green icon
• Rugged and compact handheld design to endure harsh environmental conditions
• Fast splice (7 sec) at super low loss and Fast Heating (25 sec)*1
• 200 cycles (Splicing & Heating) with Internal batteries*2
• Splice programs available for All METRO/LAN/FTTx fibers including ultra bend-insensitive fibers (e.g. EZ-Bend™)
• Splicer is compatible with the Seikoh Giken and Diamond Spliceon-connector(SOC)
• Easymaintenance electrode replacement /mirror free alignment system
• Easy Software upgrade via the Internet
• Simplified program fusion and heater programming
• Easily exchanged fiber holder systems (Tight holder/Removable fiber holder/SOC holder)
• PC interface software to allow user manage splicing recipes and splicing results
• Auto-start heater oven option
• Improved GUI enhancing ease-of-use
• Large memory for storing 2,000 splice records and last 100 splice result images
• RoHS compliant
*1 By using semi-auto mode for splicing and pre-heating mode for heating.
*2 By using 2-batteries, semi-auto mode for splicing and regular mode for heating.
Standard Package
| Item | Part Number | Qty |
|---|---|---|
| S178A Main Body | S178-A-A-0001 | 1 |
| Hard Carring Case | HCC-01 | 1 |
| Battery Pack | S943B | 1 or 2 |
| Battery Charger | S958C | 1 |
| Spare Electrodes | S969 | 1 pair |
| AC adapter for S178A and S958C | S976A | 1 |
| AC Cable Cord | / | 1 |
| Electrode Sharpener | D5111 | 1 |
| Cleaning Brush | VGC-01 | 1 |
| User Manual | FTS-347 | 1 |
| SPECIFICATIONS | |
| Applicable Fibers | SM, MM, DSF, NZD, EDF, BIF/UBIF (Bend insensitive fiber) |
| Cladding Diameter | 80~150 μm |
| Coating Diameter | 100~1,000 μm |
| Fibers Cleave Length | 5~16 mm |
| Average Splice Loss | SM: 0.02 dB, MM: 0.01 dB, DSF: 0.04 dB, NZD: 0.04 dB |
| Splice Time | 7 seconds (semi-auto mode)9 seconds (regular mode) |
| Heat Time | 25 seconds*6 (S922: 40 mm Sleeve, S921: 60 mm Sleeve) (Pre-heat mode)31 seconds*6 (S922: 40 mm Sleeve, S921: 60 mm Sleeve) (regular mode) |
| Splice Programs | Max. 150 |
| Automatic Splicing Selection | SM: SM, DSF, NZD, BIF/UBIF, MM: MM |
| Heat Programs | Max. 18 |
| Automatic Heating Start | Available |
| Applicable Sleeves | 20/40/60 mm |
| Fiber Holding | Tight holder (Loose tube applicable) or Fiber Holder System |
| Tension Test | 1.96 N |
| Return Loss of Splice | 60 dB or greater |
| Attenuation splice function | Intentional high splice loss of 0.1 dB to 10 dB (0.1 dB step) can be made for an inline fixed attenuator |
| Fiber Image Magnification | 304X, 608X |
| Splice Memory | Max. 2,000 |
| Image capture Capacity | Last 100 images to be automatically captured + Up to 24 images to be stored permanently |
| Dimension | 127W × 199D × 105H mm (not including shock absorber)159W × 231D × 130H mm (including shock absorber) |
| Weight | 1.9 kg (without battery)2.3 kg (with two batteries) |
| Monitor | 3.5” color LCD monitor |
| Data Output | USB ver.2.0 mini |
| Diaplaying Language | 20 languages (e.g. English, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese) |
| BatteryCapacity | Typical 80 splice/heat cycles with single batteryTypical 200 splice/heat cycles with 2 batteries |
| Altitude | 5,000 mh |
| Wind Protection | Max. wind velocity of 15 m/s. |
| Operating Temperature | -10 to +50°C (0 to 95% Relative Humidity [Non-Condensing]) |
| Storage Temperature | -40 to +60°C (0 to 95% Relative Humidity [Non-Condensing]) |
| Humidity | 0 to +95% RH (non-condensing) |
| Power Source | AC Input 100 to 240 V (50/60 Hz), DC Input 11 to 17 V without any change of hardware |
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