CA1236966A - Method of manufacturing a solid preform for drawing optical fibres - Google Patents

Method of manufacturing a solid preform for drawing optical fibres

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Publication number
CA1236966A
CA1236966A CA000447737A CA447737A CA1236966A CA 1236966 A CA1236966 A CA 1236966A CA 000447737 A CA000447737 A CA 000447737A CA 447737 A CA447737 A CA 447737A CA 1236966 A CA1236966 A CA 1236966A
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Prior art keywords
duct
preform
oxygen
fluorine
manufacturing
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CA000447737A
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French (fr)
Inventor
Rene A.M. Pluijms
Pieter Van Der Ree
Gerrit J. Koel
Jan G.J. Peelen
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Koninklijke Philips NV
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Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken NV
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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
    • C03B37/012—Manufacture of preforms for drawing fibres or filaments
    • C03B37/014—Manufacture of preforms for drawing fibres or filaments made entirely or partially by chemical means, e.g. vapour phase deposition of bulk porous glass either by outside vapour deposition [OVD], or by outside vapour phase oxidation [OVPO] or by vapour axial deposition [VAD]
    • C03B37/018—Manufacture of preforms for drawing fibres or filaments made entirely or partially by chemical means, e.g. vapour phase deposition of bulk porous glass either by outside vapour deposition [OVD], or by outside vapour phase oxidation [OVPO] or by vapour axial deposition [VAD] by glass deposition on a glass substrate, e.g. by inside-, modified-, plasma-, or plasma modified- chemical vapour deposition [ICVD, MCVD, PCVD, PMCVD], i.e. by thin layer coating on the inside or outside of a glass tube or on a glass rod
    • C03B37/01861—Means for changing or stabilising the diameter or form of tubes or rods
    • C03B37/01869—Collapsing
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
    • C03C—CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF GLASSES, GLAZES OR VITREOUS ENAMELS; SURFACE TREATMENT OF GLASS; SURFACE TREATMENT OF FIBRES OR FILAMENTS MADE FROM GLASS, MINERALS OR SLAGS; JOINING GLASS TO GLASS OR OTHER MATERIALS
    • C03C15/00—Surface treatment of glass, not in the form of fibres or filaments, by etching
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S65/00—Glass manufacturing
    • Y10S65/15—Nonoxygen containing chalogenides
    • Y10S65/16—Optical filament or fiber treatment with fluorine or incorporating fluorine in final product

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  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Geochemistry & Mineralogy (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • General Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Chemical Kinetics & Catalysis (AREA)
  • Materials Engineering (AREA)
  • Organic Chemistry (AREA)
  • General Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
  • Manufacture, Treatment Of Glass Fibers (AREA)
  • Light Guides In General And Applications Therefor (AREA)
  • Glass Melting And Manufacturing (AREA)
  • Glass Compositions (AREA)
  • Optical Fibers, Optical Fiber Cores, And Optical Fiber Bundles (AREA)
CA000447737A 1983-02-22 1984-02-17 Method of manufacturing a solid preform for drawing optical fibres Expired CA1236966A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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NL8300650A NL8300650A (nl) 1983-02-22 1983-02-22 Werkwijze voor het vervaardigen van een massieve voorvorm voor het trekken van optische vezels.
NL8300650 1983-02-22

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CA1236966A true CA1236966A (en) 1988-05-24

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CA000447737A Expired CA1236966A (en) 1983-02-22 1984-02-17 Method of manufacturing a solid preform for drawing optical fibres

Country Status (8)

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US (1) US4793843A (en, 2012)
EP (1) EP0117009B1 (en, 2012)
JP (1) JPS59156932A (en, 2012)
AT (1) ATE21886T1 (en, 2012)
AU (1) AU565484B2 (en, 2012)
CA (1) CA1236966A (en, 2012)
DE (1) DE3460590D1 (en, 2012)
NL (1) NL8300650A (en, 2012)

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NL2015161B1 (en) 2015-07-13 2017-02-01 Draka Comteq Bv A method for preparing a primary preform by etching and collapsing a deposited tube.

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AU565484B2 (en) 1987-09-17
AU2473784A (en) 1984-08-30
DE3460590D1 (en) 1986-10-09
JPS59156932A (ja) 1984-09-06
US4793843A (en) 1988-12-27
ATE21886T1 (de) 1986-09-15
NL8300650A (nl) 1984-09-17
EP0117009A1 (de) 1984-08-29
EP0117009B1 (de) 1986-09-03
JPH0476935B2 (en, 2012) 1992-12-07

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