Patent ID: 8491201

Claim:
A method for carrying out a splicing process, comprising the following steps: supporting an apparatus for splicing of optical waveguide sections in one hand for a splicing operation, the apparatus comprising a preprocessing unit that prepares an optical waveguide section for a splicing process, and a splicing unit for splicing the optical waveguide section, wherein the preprocessing unit and the splicing unit are fitted to the apparatus for splicing, the apparatus comprising a housing in which a removal apparatus of the preprocessing unit is located, the housing including an insertion apparatus through which the optical waveguide section is inserted toward the removal apparatus; mounting of the optical waveguide section in a holding apparatus such that an end of the optical waveguide section is exposed beyond the holding apparatus; attaching the holding apparatus to the preprocessing unit by inserting the end of the optical waveguide section into the insertion apparatus using the holding apparatus thereby providing the end of the optical waveguide section to the removal apparatus enclosed within the housing; processing of the optical waveguide section using the removal apparatus of the preprocessing unit by activating a control device; release of the holding apparatus from the preprocessing unit; attaching the holding apparatus to the splicing unit; carrying out the splicing process using the splicing unit by activating the control device, with the optical waveguide section being spliced to another optical waveguide section; wherein the insertion apparatus is a first insertion apparatus, the apparatus comprising cleaning fibers in the housing, the housing including another insertion apparatus through which the optical waveguide section is inserted toward the cleaning fibers.