GB2143519B - Optical fibre preform manufacture - Google Patents

Optical fibre preform manufacture

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Publication number
GB2143519B
GB2143519B GB08319551A GB8319551A GB2143519B GB 2143519 B GB2143519 B GB 2143519B GB 08319551 A GB08319551 A GB 08319551A GB 8319551 A GB8319551 A GB 8319551A GB 2143519 B GB2143519 B GB 2143519B
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United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
optical fibre
fibre preform
preform manufacture
manufacture
optical
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired
Application number
GB08319551A
Other versions
GB8319551D0 (en
GB2143519A (en
Inventor
James Pinkstone
Norman Denton
Christopher Robert Smith
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
STC PLC
Original Assignee
Standard Telephone and Cables PLC
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Application filed by Standard Telephone and Cables PLC filed Critical Standard Telephone and Cables PLC
Priority to GB08319551A priority Critical patent/GB2143519B/en
Publication of GB8319551D0 publication Critical patent/GB8319551D0/en
Priority to AU30713/84A priority patent/AU3071384A/en
Publication of GB2143519A publication Critical patent/GB2143519A/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of GB2143519B publication Critical patent/GB2143519B/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
    • C03B37/012—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
    • C03B37/01846—Means for after-treatment or catching of worked reactant gases
    • 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

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  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Chemical Kinetics & Catalysis (AREA)
  • General 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)
GB08319551A 1983-07-20 1983-07-20 Optical fibre preform manufacture Expired GB2143519B (en)

Priority Applications (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB08319551A GB2143519B (en) 1983-07-20 1983-07-20 Optical fibre preform manufacture
AU30713/84A AU3071384A (en) 1983-07-20 1984-07-16 Optical fibre preform fabrication

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB08319551A GB2143519B (en) 1983-07-20 1983-07-20 Optical fibre preform manufacture

Publications (3)

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GB8319551D0 GB8319551D0 (en) 1983-08-24
GB2143519A GB2143519A (en) 1985-02-13
GB2143519B true GB2143519B (en) 1986-12-17

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GB08319551A Expired GB2143519B (en) 1983-07-20 1983-07-20 Optical fibre preform manufacture

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AU (1) AU3071384A (en)
GB (1) GB2143519B (en)

Families Citing this family (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4635314A (en) * 1985-04-15 1987-01-13 Itt Corporation Arrangement for removing glass soot from an exhaust tube during optical preform fabrication
JPS61295248A (en) * 1985-06-21 1986-12-26 Furukawa Electric Co Ltd:The Apparatus for preparing parent material for optical fiber
JPS62176936A (en) * 1986-01-30 1987-08-03 Sumitomo Electric Ind Ltd Method and device for producing optical fiber preform
JP2554356B2 (en) * 1988-05-17 1996-11-13 住友電気工業株式会社 Glass raw material supply method and glass raw material supply device

Family Cites Families (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4278459A (en) * 1980-03-03 1981-07-14 Western Electric Company, Inc. Method and apparatus for exhausting optical fiber preform tubes
US4389229A (en) * 1981-10-01 1983-06-21 Western Electric Co., Inc. Methods and apparatus for fabricating a lightguide preform

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Publication number Publication date
GB8319551D0 (en) 1983-08-24
GB2143519A (en) 1985-02-13
AU3071384A (en) 1985-01-24

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