GB2117754B - Continuous process for manufacture of optical fibre waveguides - Google Patents

Continuous process for manufacture of optical fibre waveguides

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Publication number
GB2117754B
GB2117754B GB08308160A GB8308160A GB2117754B GB 2117754 B GB2117754 B GB 2117754B GB 08308160 A GB08308160 A GB 08308160A GB 8308160 A GB8308160 A GB 8308160A GB 2117754 B GB2117754 B GB 2117754B
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Prior art keywords
manufacture
optical fibre
continuous process
fibre waveguides
waveguides
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GB08308160A
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GB8308160D0 (en
GB2117754A (en
Inventor
Steven Langford Cundy
Oliver Sanders Johnson
Keith Mccann
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Associated Electrical Industries Ltd
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Associated Electrical Industries Ltd
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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
    • 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
    • C03B37/01807—Reactant delivery systems, e.g. reactant deposition burners
    • C03B37/01815—Reactant deposition burners or deposition heating means
    • 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
    • C03B37/01807—Reactant delivery systems, e.g. reactant deposition burners
    • C03B37/01815—Reactant deposition burners or deposition heating means
    • C03B37/01823—Plasma deposition burners or heating means
    • C03B37/0183—Plasma deposition burners or heating means for plasma within a tube substrate
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
    • C03B—MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
    • C03B2205/00—Fibre drawing or extruding details
    • C03B2205/30—Means for continuous drawing from a preform

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  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Geochemistry & Mineralogy (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • General Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
  • Materials Engineering (AREA)
  • Organic Chemistry (AREA)
  • General Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Chemical Kinetics & Catalysis (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Plasma & Fusion (AREA)
  • Manufacture, Treatment Of Glass Fibers (AREA)
  • Surface Treatment Of Glass Fibres Or Filaments (AREA)
GB08308160A 1982-04-07 1983-03-24 Continuous process for manufacture of optical fibre waveguides Expired GB2117754B (en)

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GB08308160A GB2117754B (en) 1982-04-07 1983-03-24 Continuous process for manufacture of optical fibre waveguides

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GB8210333 1982-04-07
GB08308160A GB2117754B (en) 1982-04-07 1983-03-24 Continuous process for manufacture of optical fibre waveguides

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GB8308160D0 GB8308160D0 (en) 1983-05-05
GB2117754A GB2117754A (en) 1983-10-19
GB2117754B true GB2117754B (en) 1985-07-24

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AU2002227157A1 (en) * 2000-12-14 2002-06-24 Corning Incorporated Method and apparatus for continuously manufacturing optical preform and fiber
DE102008049325B4 (en) * 2008-09-29 2011-08-25 Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KG, 63450 Method for producing a tubular semifinished product made of quartz glass and semi-finished products made of quartz glass
NL2004874C2 (en) * 2010-06-11 2011-12-19 Draka Comteq Bv METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A PRIMARY FORM
US10899651B2 (en) 2017-07-25 2021-01-26 Made In Space, Inc. System and method for manufacturing optical fiber
US11685686B2 (en) * 2021-06-18 2023-06-27 Prime Optical Fiber Corporation Apparatus for optical fiber manufacturing process

Family Cites Families (3)

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US4310339A (en) * 1980-06-02 1982-01-12 Corning Glass Works Method and apparatus for forming an optical waveguide preform having a continuously removable starting member
FR2487811B1 (en) * 1980-07-31 1985-07-26 France Etat PROCESS AND PLANT FOR CONTINUOUSLY MANUFACTURING OPTICAL FIBERS
NL8103648A (en) * 1981-08-03 1983-03-01 Philips Nv METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FORMS FOR DRAWING OPTICAL FIBERS AND FORMS ACCORDING TO THIS METHOD AND FOR APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL FIBERS

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