EP0698221A1 - Charge pour un element de transmission optique comportant au moins un guide d'ondes lumineuses - Google Patents

Charge pour un element de transmission optique comportant au moins un guide d'ondes lumineuses

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EP0698221A1
EP0698221A1 EP94913481A EP94913481A EP0698221A1 EP 0698221 A1 EP0698221 A1 EP 0698221A1 EP 94913481 A EP94913481 A EP 94913481A EP 94913481 A EP94913481 A EP 94913481A EP 0698221 A1 EP0698221 A1 EP 0698221A1
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filling compound
compound according
plasticizer
weight
filling
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Ingeburg Fehn
Rainer Kamps
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Siemens AG
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    • 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
    • G02B6/4401—Optical cables

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  • the invention relates to a filling compound for an elongated optical transmission element which contains at least one optical waveguide.
  • a filler for optical transmission elements is known from EP 029 198 B1, which consists of a mixture of an oil, a thixotropic agent and additionally contains an organic thickener which consists entirely or partially of halogenated and / or halogen-free hydrocarbon polymers . Further filling materials also containing oils are described in DE 38 39 596 A1 and US Pat. No. 4,701016. From DE-OS 27 28 642 a longitudinally watertight optical waveguide cable is known, in which swollen polystyrene in oil is used as a wire filling compound.
  • the requirements for such wire filling compounds are that the optical fibers are not subjected to any impermissible tensile and / or compressive forces, ie that the filling compound must not be too stiff. Since this should also apply at relatively low temperatures, for example -30.degree., The oils used have to meet particularly stringent requirements so that they do not harden too much at the low temperatures. Furthermore, these fillings should be sufficiently safe against dripping be (drain test), which is a critical requirement especially at higher temperatures. By using the thixotropic agents in the known wire filling compounds, the behavior can be influenced favorably, especially at higher temperatures, to which the use of thickeners also contributes.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a filling material that is particularly economical to produce. This object is achieved according to the invention in a filling compound of the type mentioned at the outset in that the filling compound has a proportion in the form of a plasticizer.
  • plasticizers are relatively inexpensive because they are used on a large scale in chemistry. They also have the advantage that they are largely indifferent, in particular e.g. Do not attack or impair protective sleeves or cable jackets. Such plasticizers are particularly easy to process, have a low vapor pressure and are mostly odorless, colorless and generally also light, cold and heat resistant. Another advantage of the plasticizers is that they are not hygroscopic, which is particularly important in connection with optical fibers because of their H2 sensitivity. Such plasticizers are also not harmful to health, difficult to ignite and not very volatile. If plasticizers are used, the mass absorption of polyolefin ferrules is ⁇ 1% by weight.
  • plasticizers have a relatively high molecular uniformity of their compounds. So-called monomer plasticizers in particular are absolutely molecularly uniform. However, polymer plasticizers also show a relatively high molecular uniformity of their compounds. The fixing of the properties, such as the temperature behavior, the flash point, the vapor pressure, the viscosity and the dripping behavior, can thus be set and stabilized particularly well. Specifically on that Dripping behavior has a particularly positive effect when using relatively uniformly structured molecules.
  • plasticizers are preferably used which are still liquid at 20 ° C, or a viscosity of below
  • the processing that takes place at room temperature e.g. introduction of the filling compound into a protective sheath or into a cable jacket
  • introduction of the filling compound into a protective sheath or into a cable jacket can thus be carried out in a particularly simple and quick manner.
  • the proportion of plasticizers should be between 30% and 99% by weight, preferably between 80% and 95% by weight of the filling compound.
  • the filling compound thus receives its formative behavior through the proportion of the plasticizer within the overall composition.
  • a filler in particular in the form of an organic thickener, can additionally be added to the filler mass, it being possible advantageously to use hydrocarbon polymers.
  • the proportion of the thickening agent in the filling compound should expediently be chosen between 1 and 5% by weight. Additives in the form of
  • thixotropic agents should not be more than 30% by weight, values between 7 and 12% by weight being particularly advantageous if the use of the invention is a so-called core filling compound for optical waveguides.
  • the filling compound lies between a protective sheath and one or more optical waveguides.
  • Plasticizer 80% to 95% by weight
  • Thixotropic agent 5% to 15% by weight
  • Thickener 1% to 5% by weight
  • Plasticizer 30% to 90% by weight
  • Thixotropic agent 5% to 15% by weight
  • Thickener 1% to 5% by weight
  • the proportion in the form of a plasticizer is expediently chosen in such a way that the filling composition has a total viscosity at 20 ° C. of between 5,000 mPas and 25,000 mPas, preferably between 10,000 mPas and 15,000 mPas.
  • the viscosity should expediently be below 25,000 mPa-s, while in the highest temperature range (+ 60 ° C) the viscosity should expediently still be 5,000 mPa • s.
  • the viscosity of the filling compound can be increased as required.
  • the molecular composition of the plasticizer in the filler is chosen as uniformly as possible.
  • the filling compound then exhibits a particularly uniform behavior and does not e.g. certain parts already start to drip at certain limit temperatures (separation of low molecular weight parts), while others do not yet tend to drip.
  • the difference in the chain length of the molecules of the plasticizer should expediently be chosen to be smaller than the factor 10.
  • the mo ⁇ lar mass is advantageously / mol chosen between 200 and 2000 g, preferably with values of between 200 and 800 g / mol are applicable.
  • polymeric plasticizers it is expedient to choose the average molar mass between 1,000 and 10,000 g / mol, preferably between 3,000 and 6,000 g / mol.
  • Plasticizers with particularly favorable properties and low prices are PVC plasticizers, i.e. such substances that
  • Acid esters can be used particularly advantageously in this context, the following groups of acid esters in particular being usable:
  • plasticizers made from phthalic acid ester in the context of the above groups are, for example:
  • Diisooctyl phthalate (one or two branches)
  • Azelaic acid 1,9-nona: iicarboxylic acid with 1,3-propanediol
  • Epoxidized soybean oil Epoxidized linseed oil 2-Ethylhexylepoxytallat Diisodecyltetrahydro-4,5-epoxyphthalate
  • the structure of the plasticizers is expediently chosen such that they have at least one polar group in the molecule.
  • the polar group is advantageously a functional group or a heteroatom such as e.g. a carboxyl group, a hydroxyl group, an ester group, ether groups or a hetero atom in the form of a nitrogen, phosphorus or halogen atom.
  • polar behavior of these substances should expediently always be more polar than a pure carbon-hydrogen compound or as a pure polyolefin.
  • the invention also relates to an optical fiber core with at least one optical fiber.
  • the invention further relates to an optical fiber cable with at least one optical fiber.
  • Palatinol AH (BASF) di (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate and 7% by weight of thixotropic agent in the form of colloidal silica were added in portions with intensive Mixing added. After that . the mass is degassed at medium stirring speed.
  • Vapor pressure ⁇ 0.001 mbar
  • Viscosity approx. 4000 mPa-s at 20 ° C
  • the thixotropic gel was filled into 30 cm hollow tube and stored vertically at various temperatures in a circulating air dryer.
  • the dropping point of the thixotropic mass is> 80 ° C.
  • Witamol 500 di-2-ethylhexyl sebacate, from Hüls
  • colloidal silica colloidal silica
  • Vapor pressure ⁇ 0.01 mbar
  • Viscosity approx. 7000 mPa-s at 20 ° C
  • the thixotropic gel was filled into 30 cm hollow tube at various temperatures and stored vertically in a circulating air dryer. No dripping can be observed even at temperatures> 80 ° C.
  • Vapor pressure ⁇ 0.001 mbar
  • Viscosity approx. 4000 mPa-s at 20 ° C
  • Palatinol AH di-phthalic acid (2-ethylhexyl) ester
  • Witamol 500 di-2-ethylhexyl sebacate
  • Vapor pressure ⁇ 0.01 mbar
  • Viscosity approx. 3500 mPa • s at 20 ° C
  • FIG. 1 shows an optical transmission element with a filling compound according to the invention within the protective sheath and
  • FIG. 2 shows an optical cable with a filling compound according to the invention as a core filling compound.
  • optical waveguide wire in which at least one optical waveguide LW is arranged within a protective sheath SH made of plastic material and is surrounded on the outside by a protective layer (coating) CT.
  • a filling compound FC is provided, which surrounds the optical waveguide LW on all sides.
  • This filler contains at least a portion in the form of a plasticizer.
  • the filling compound FC is also characterized by a particularly good dripping behavior, i.e. at an interface at the end of the tube, e.g. with vertical cable routing and correspondingly high temperatures of up to e.g. > 80 ° no filling compound.
  • an optical cable OC which contains three fiber optic wires GA1, GA2, GA3.
  • These optical waveguide conductors have a structure similar to that in FIG. 1 and each contain at least one optical waveguide LW1, LW2, LW3, which is surrounded by a corresponding protective layer (coating) CT1, CT2, CT3.
  • a filling compound FC1-FC3 is provided within the associated protective sheath SH1-SH3, which is provided with a plasticizer and serves as a core filling compound.
  • the outer gusset spaces of the fiber optic wires GAl-GA3, which are expediently stranded together, are filled with a filler FCS, which covers the entire interior up to The inner wall of the CAS cable sheath is completely filled.
  • FCS filler
  • a longitudinally watertight optical fiber optic cable OC is created, which offers optimal protection for both the fiber optic wires GA1 - GA3 and the fiber optic cables LW1 - LW3 they contain.
  • the element OC it is also possible for the element OC to form only one optical conductor bundle, it being possible for several such conductor bundles to be stranded to form a cable, so that an additional protective sheath would have to be applied to the outside of these bundles.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne une charge pour un élément de transmission optique contenant au moins un guide d'ondes lumineuses. Une partie de la charge se présente sous forme de plastifiant et de préférence d'agent thixotrope et d'épaississant. Le plastifiant se compose de préférence d'un ou de plusieurs monomères ou de plastifiants polymères polaires provenant du groupe des plastifiants époxy ou ester acide de PVC.
EP94913481A 1993-05-13 1994-05-02 Charge pour un element de transmission optique comportant au moins un guide d'ondes lumineuses Withdrawn EP0698221A1 (fr)

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