Coating apparatus for manufacturing optical fibers

Details Coating apparatus for manufacturing optical fibers Coating apparatus for manufacturing optical fibers

1980-06-02

1982-02-09

Lindsay, Jr., Robert L.

Glass manufacturing

Processes

With shaping of particulate material and subsequent fusing...

65 311, 118125, 118405, 118DIG18, C03C 2502, C03B 37025

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ABSTRACT:
Method of and apparatus for manufacturing optical fibers in which a preform is heated in a furnace which is provided with a graphite heating element and a fiber is drawn from the heated preform. The fiber is subsequently cooled, provided with a coating, and, after drying of the coating, the fiber is wound onto a reel.
For applying a coating to the fiber, the fiber is passed through a nozzle which has a polygonal nozzle opening.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2346697 (1944-04-01), Mungall
patent: 4030901 (1977-06-01), Kaiser
patent: 4194462 (1980-03-01), Knowles
patent: 4201431 (1980-07-01), Bachman et al.
Ceramic Bulletin, vol. 55, #2, (1976), Payne et al., pp. 195-197.
Bell System Technical Journal, vol. 57, #6, Aug. 1978, pp. 1735-1744.

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