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Installation instructions and notes on usage
D.4 Assembly instructions for SIMATIC NET PROFIBUS plastic fiber optics with BFOC connectors
PROFIBUS Network Manual
308 System Manual, Edition 04/2009, C79000-G8976-C124-03
7. Open the handles of the pliers slowly until the grip
releases the core. Take the core out of the pliers.
Only then should you open the handles fully again.
Notice: If the handles are opened fully before the core is
removed, the fiber may be damaged as the blade retracts.
8. Repeat the same steps with the second core.
Table D- 14 Crimping BFOC connectors
1. Push the black anti-kink sleeve ①, short crimping
sleeve ② and connector body ③ onto the stripped cores.
Notice: The fiber must extend at least 1 mm out of the face
of the connector.
2. Push the crimping sleeve onto the connector body
as far as the limit stop.
3. Press the handles of the crimping pliers firmly together
to open the tool.
4. Insert the crimp sleeve in the front opening
(hexagonal 3.25 mm).
Make sure that the crimping sleeve is located fully in the
pliers.