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GB2148874B - Optical fibre fabrication by the rod-in-tube method - Google Patents

Optical fibre fabrication by the rod-in-tube method

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Publication number
GB2148874B
GB2148874B GB08328293A GB8328293A GB2148874B GB 2148874 B GB2148874 B GB 2148874B GB 08328293 A GB08328293 A GB 08328293A GB 8328293 A GB8328293 A GB 8328293A GB 2148874 B GB2148874 B GB 2148874B
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Prior art keywords
rod
optical fibre
tube method
fibre fabrication
fabrication
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Expired
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GB08328293A
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GB8328293D0 (en
GB2148874A (en
Inventor
Andrew Peter Harrison
Malcom Duncan Mackay
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STC PLC
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Standard Telephone and Cables PLC
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Priority to GB08328293A priority Critical patent/GB2148874B/en
Publication of GB8328293D0 publication Critical patent/GB8328293D0/en
Priority to DE19843438214 priority patent/DE3438214A1/en
Publication of GB2148874A publication Critical patent/GB2148874A/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of GB2148874B publication Critical patent/GB2148874B/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
    • C03B—MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
    • C03B37/00—Manufacture or treatment of flakes, fibres, or filaments from softened glass, minerals, or slags
    • C03B37/01—Manufacture of glass fibres or filaments
    • C03B37/02—Manufacture of glass fibres or filaments by drawing or extruding, e.g. direct drawing of molten glass from nozzles; Cooling fins therefor
    • C03B37/025—Manufacture of glass fibres or filaments by drawing or extruding, e.g. direct drawing of molten glass from nozzles; Cooling fins therefor from reheated softened tubes, rods, fibres or filaments, e.g. drawing fibres from preforms
    • C03B37/027—Fibres composed of different sorts of glass, e.g. glass optical fibres
    • C03B37/02736—Means for supporting, rotating or feeding the tubes, rods, fibres or filaments to be drawn, e.g. fibre draw towers, preform alignment, butt-joining preforms or dummy parts during feeding

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • General Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Geochemistry & Mineralogy (AREA)
  • Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
  • Materials Engineering (AREA)
  • Organic Chemistry (AREA)
  • Manufacture, Treatment Of Glass Fibers (AREA)
GB08328293A 1983-10-22 1983-10-22 Optical fibre fabrication by the rod-in-tube method Expired GB2148874B (en)

Priority Applications (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB08328293A GB2148874B (en) 1983-10-22 1983-10-22 Optical fibre fabrication by the rod-in-tube method
DE19843438214 DE3438214A1 (en) 1983-10-22 1984-10-18 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A LIGHT-WAVE GUIDE BY THE ROD-TUBE METHOD

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB08328293A GB2148874B (en) 1983-10-22 1983-10-22 Optical fibre fabrication by the rod-in-tube method

Publications (3)

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GB8328293D0 GB8328293D0 (en) 1983-11-23
GB2148874A GB2148874A (en) 1985-06-05
GB2148874B true GB2148874B (en) 1986-11-05

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GB (1) GB2148874B (en)

Families Citing this family (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4820322A (en) * 1986-04-28 1989-04-11 American Telephone And Telegraph Company At&T Bell Laboratories Method of and apparatus for overcladding a glass rod
CA1317464C (en) * 1986-04-28 1993-05-11 William Malcolm Flegal Method of and apparatus for overcladding an optical preform rod
DE3625733A1 (en) * 1986-07-30 1988-02-11 Kabelmetal Electro Gmbh Method for producing optical fibres
DE3731806A1 (en) * 1987-09-22 1989-06-08 Rheydt Kabelwerk Ag Process for the production of a preform for optical fibres
KR0184481B1 (en) * 1996-06-10 1999-05-15 김광호 High productivity optical fiber drawing device of optical fiber manufacturing device and its drawing method
DE69815853T2 (en) * 1997-03-27 2003-12-24 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SHELLING A PREFORMING ROD FOR OPTICAL FIBERS AND METHOD FOR DRAWING OPTICAL FIBERS
US6550279B1 (en) 2000-09-01 2003-04-22 Corning Incorporated Process for drawing optical fiber from a multiple crucible apparatus with a thermal gradient

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Publication number Publication date
GB8328293D0 (en) 1983-11-23
GB2148874A (en) 1985-06-05
DE3438214A1 (en) 1985-05-02

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