Method of verifying a porous article made out of glass soot and

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1988-03-02

1989-06-27

Kellogg, Arthur

Glass manufacturing

Processes

Forming product or preform from molten glass

65 321, 65 33, 65269, 65285, C03B 2000, C03B 2304

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048426288

ABSTRACT:
A method of vitrifying a porous cylindrical article made out of glass soot, especially for manufacturing a preliminary blank for optical fibers. The article is heat-treated in a furnace in a vacuum or in an atmosphere that contains helium. The porous article is placed in a horizontal graphite tube in the furnace, is sintered therein for 20 to 40 minutes in a vacuum or in a helium atmosphere with reduced pressure at 1250.degree. to 1400.degree. C., and is subsequently vitrified by heat-treating the sintered article at first in the sintering atmosphere, while slowly rotating it in the hot graphite tube for 20 to 40 minutes at approximately 1450.degree. to 1600.degree. C. and then while rotating it in the graphite tube more rapidly than in the first stage for 10 to 30 minutes at approximately 1650.degree. to 1750.degree. C.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4072489 (1978-02-01), Loxley et al.
patent: 4715875 (1987-12-01), Jacobson

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