3M 7620-T-95 manual Install Ground Braid

3.0Install Ground Braid

3.1Position pre-formed ground braid with short tail over tape shield directly adjacent to cable jacket cut edge.

PLEASE NOTE: The ground braid needs to make full contact with the metallic tape shield. Position long tail of ground braid, extending over cable jacket with solder block over Scotch® Mastic Sealing Strip 2230 (Figure 2). Secure ground braid to cable jacket 3 1/2" (89 mm) from cable semi-con edge using vinyl tape (Figure 2).

NOTE: Position vinyl tape with care, it also serves as a marker for positioning the termination.

3 1/2" (89 mm)

Semi-Con Edge

Tape Shield

Ground Braid

Cable Jacket Edge

Solder Block

1ST Scotch® Mastic Sealing Strip 2230

Vinyl Tape Marker

Figure 2

3.2Wrap ground braid around cable tape shield one complete wrap, trim excess to prevent overlap and secure in place with constant force spring. Wrap spring in same direction as ground braid (Figure 3). Cinch (tighten) the spring after wrapping the final winding.

3.3Select second Scotch® Mastic Sealing Strip 2230 from kit and remove white release liners. Apply a second SINGLE WRAP of mastic over solder block on ground braid and previously applied mastic (Figure 3). Cut off excess.

	Constant Force Spring
	Tape Shield	Trim
Ground Braid
1ST	Scotch® Mastic Sealing Strip 2230	Cable
Solder Block		Tape
2ST	Scotch® Mastic Sealing Strip 2230	Shield
		Ground Braid Leg

Figure 3

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