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Fitel Furukawa S178A Hand-held Core-Alignment Fusion Splicer

Fitel Furukawa S178A Hand-held Core-Alignment Fusion Splicer

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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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Power and Wavelength Testing

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Power and Wavelength Testing

Traffic Testing

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Traffic Testing

Optical Performance Testing

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Optical Performance Testing

End Face Testing

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End Face Testing

Various Switch Tests

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Various Switch Tests

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