AU607061B2 - Manufacture of a circumferentially rigid flexible tube for an optical cable - Google Patents

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AU607061B2
AU607061B2 AU32520/89A AU3252089A AU607061B2 AU 607061 B2 AU607061 B2 AU 607061B2 AU 32520/89 A AU32520/89 A AU 32520/89A AU 3252089 A AU3252089 A AU 3252089A AU 607061 B2 AU607061 B2 AU 607061B2
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tube
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Peter Harvey
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Balfour Beatty PLC
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BICC PLC
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29D—PRODUCING PARTICULAR ARTICLES FROM PLASTICS OR FROM SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE
    • B29D23/00—Producing tubular articles
    • B29D23/001—Pipes; Pipe joints
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
    • B29C53/00—Shaping by bending, folding, twisting, straightening or flattening; Apparatus therefor
    • B29C53/02—Bending or folding
    • B29C53/12—Bending or folding helically, e.g. for making springs
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
    • B29C70/00—Shaping composites, i.e. plastics material comprising reinforcements, fillers or preformed parts, e.g. inserts
    • B29C70/04—Shaping composites, i.e. plastics material comprising reinforcements, fillers or preformed parts, e.g. inserts comprising reinforcements only, e.g. self-reinforcing plastics
    • B29C70/28—Shaping operations therefor
    • B29C70/40—Shaping or impregnating by compression not applied
    • B29C70/50—Shaping or impregnating by compression not applied for producing articles of indefinite length, e.g. prepregs, sheet moulding compounds [SMC] or cross moulding compounds [XMC]
    • B29C70/52—Pultrusion, i.e. forming and compressing by continuously pulling through a die
    • B29C70/523—Pultrusion, i.e. forming and compressing by continuously pulling through a die and impregnating the reinforcement in the die
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29D—PRODUCING PARTICULAR ARTICLES FROM PLASTICS OR FROM SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE
    • B29D11/00—Producing optical elements, e.g. lenses or prisms
    • B29D11/00663—Production of light guides
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/44—Mechanical structures for providing tensile strength and external protection for fibres, e.g. optical transmission cables
    • G02B6/4479—Manufacturing methods of optical cables
    • G02B6/4486—Protective covering
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/44—Mechanical structures for providing tensile strength and external protection for fibres, e.g. optical transmission cables
    • G02B6/4479—Manufacturing methods of optical cables
    • G02B6/449—Twisting
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29L—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULAR ARTICLES
    • B29L2011/00—Optical elements, e.g. lenses, prisms
    • B29L2011/0066—Optical filters
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29L—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULAR ARTICLES
    • B29L2011/00—Optical elements, e.g. lenses, prisms
    • B29L2011/0075—Light guides, optical cables
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29L—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULAR ARTICLES
    • B29L2023/00—Tubular articles

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Ophthalmology & Optometry (AREA)
  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Composite Materials (AREA)
  • Rigid Pipes And Flexible Pipes (AREA)
  • Laying Of Electric Cables Or Lines Outside (AREA)
  • Details Of Indoor Wiring (AREA)
  • Insulated Conductors (AREA)
  • Shaping Of Tube Ends By Bending Or Straightening (AREA)
  • Communication Cables (AREA)
  • Extrusion Moulding Of Plastics Or The Like (AREA)
  • Insulating Bodies (AREA)
AU32520/89A 1988-04-06 1989-04-06 Manufacture of a circumferentially rigid flexible tube for an optical cable Ceased AU607061B2 (en)

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GB8808039 1988-04-06
GB888808039A GB8808039D0 (en) 1988-04-06 1988-04-06 Manufacture of circumferentially rigid flexible tube for optical cable

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AU3252089A AU3252089A (en) 1989-10-12
AU607061B2 true AU607061B2 (en) 1991-02-21

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EP (1) EP0336738B1 (enExample)
JP (1) JPH02230108A (enExample)
AT (1) ATE82402T1 (enExample)
AU (1) AU607061B2 (enExample)
CA (1) CA1321050C (enExample)
DE (1) DE68903416T2 (enExample)
GB (2) GB8808039D0 (enExample)
GR (1) GR3006601T3 (enExample)
NZ (1) NZ228597A (enExample)

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AU594242B2 (en) * 1987-06-12 1990-03-01 Bicc Public Limited Company Manufacture of an elongate flexible core for an optical cable

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US4457583A (en) * 1980-06-27 1984-07-03 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Method of making an optical fiber cable
US4671610A (en) * 1983-11-11 1987-06-09 Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. Composite overhead stranded conductor
AU594242B2 (en) * 1987-06-12 1990-03-01 Bicc Public Limited Company Manufacture of an elongate flexible core for an optical cable

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GB2217872B (en) 1991-09-04
AU3252089A (en) 1989-10-12
DE68903416D1 (de) 1992-12-17
ATE82402T1 (de) 1992-11-15
EP0336738B1 (en) 1992-11-11
GB8907612D0 (en) 1989-05-17
GB2217872A (en) 1989-11-01
EP0336738A3 (en) 1990-07-18
DE68903416T2 (de) 1993-03-25
GB8808039D0 (en) 1988-05-05
EP0336738A2 (en) 1989-10-11
NZ228597A (en) 1990-11-27
CA1321050C (en) 1993-08-10
GR3006601T3 (enExample) 1993-06-30
JPH02230108A (ja) 1990-09-12

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