# Start Splicing **Introduction：**The four basic steps of splicing are putting the fiber into the fiber sleeve, cutting the fiber, fiber splicing and heating fiber sleeve. **Steps：** **1. Insert fiber:** Insert the fiber put into the fiber sleeve.

**2. Cut fiber：** 2.1. Open the cleaver and move the blade holder to the front.

2.2. Clamp the end of the fiber at a position of 30mm with a fiber stripper, and strip the fiber coating outwards.

2.3. Clean the fiber with alcohol cotton.

2.4. Put the fiber into the cleaver and align the starting point of stripped fiber with the 15 mm scale line.

2.5. Close the cleaver and push the blade holder forward to the end.

2.6. Open the cleaver and put the fiber into the left fiber holder of the splicer. The end of fiber should be 1 mm to 1.5 mm from electrodes.

2.7. Repeat steps 2.2 to 2.6. After cleaving the second fiber, put the fiber into the right fiber holder of the splicer. The end of fiber should also be 1 mm to 1.5 mm from the electrodes.

**3. Fiber splicing:** Close the windproof cover. The fusion splicer will automatically splice.

**4. Heat fiber sleeve:** 4.1. Open the heater's lid.

4.2. Open the windproof cover, then take hold of the left fiber meanwhile open the left fiber holder.

4.3. Move the fiber sleeve to the left fiber holder.

4.4. Pull out the right fiber with your right hand and open the right fiber holder to straighten the fiber.

4.5. the right thumb is placed 20 mm from the fusion point. Tilt the fiber to the right to slide down the fiber sleeve towards to the thumb.

4.6. Straighten the fiber, put the fiber sleeve into the middle of the heater, shut the lid of the heater and the fiber is heated automatically.

4.7. When the heating indicator light goes off (with a beep) , the heating is done.

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