Siemens SIMATIC NET PROFIBUS manual

SIMATIC NET PROFIBUS Plastic Fiber Optic Installation Instructions for Simplex Connectors

Stripping the Outer Jacket

of the SIMATIC NET PLASTIC FIBER OPTIC Standard Cable

Press the clamp of the cable knife in the direction of the arrow. Insert the cable up to a length of 20 cm (if you are fitting a plug adapter, 30 cm).

Note: The cable knife must be set to a cutting depth of 1.5 mm.

Rotate the cable knife twice.

Slit the outer jacket up to the end of the cable.

Make a second slit up to the end of the cable on the opposite side of the jacket. First turn the cable through 180°.

Then make a second slit up to the end of the cable starting from the round cut.

Remove the outer jacket, Kevlar fibers and foil working from the end of the cable towards the round cut leaving the black and orange FO cords.

Cut off remnants of the jacket, Kevlar fibers and foil with scissors.

Standard cable with the outer jacket stripped

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