Apparatus for increasing the breaking strength of glass fibers

Glass manufacturing – Processes – With shaping of particulate material and subsequent fusing...

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65 2, 65 13, C03B 37025

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ABSTRACT:
The breaking strength of glass fibers, such as generally utilized in optical communication techniques, is materially improved by subjecting a glass fiber to a heat treatment whereby the glass fiber is relatively slowly pulled through a controlled heat zone having a temperature gradient extending from a temperature at or at least relatively close to the softening temperature of the glass fiber to about room temperature.

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