Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes – Optical article shaping or treating – Optical fiber – waveguide – or preform
Patent
1993-09-03
1994-12-13
Vargot, Mathieu D.
Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes
Optical article shaping or treating
Optical fiber, waveguide, or preform
264 16, 264 27, 264173, 264174, 2642101, 2642884, 425113, 425114, 425135, 4271632, B29D 1100
Patent
active
053727576
ABSTRACT:
A loose tube element including a plastic sheath containing a grease-like material and an optical fiber or bundle of optical fibers or a ribbon of optical fibers is pulled from an extruder crosshead through a cooling bath and around a constant speed capstan. The loose tube element travels around the constant speed capstan a number of times and as it exits the capstan it is subject to a tensile force provided by a variable torque control capstan. The tensile force causes elongation of the plastic sheath, causes the optical fiber to be pulled taut and thereby controls the ratio of fiber length to sheath length within the loose tube element. While subjected to the tensile force, the element is subsequently cooled, causing the elongation of the plastic sheath to become permanent and thus fixing the fiber-to-sheath length ratio. The fiber-to-sheath length ratio is not affected by variation in production line speed and the production line may operate at very high speeds while producing loose tube elements with consistent fiber-to-sheath length ratios. The loose tube element is then stored on a take-up reel or is used as a stranding element or core element in a fiber optic cable.
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Tensor Machinery Ltd.
Vargot Mathieu D.
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