JPH059035A - Production of soot base material for optical fiber - Google Patents
Production of soot base material for optical fiberInfo
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Abstract
Description
【０００１】[0001]
【産業上の利用分野】本発明は、光ファイバ用スート母
材の製造方法に関するものである。BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a soot base material for optical fibers.
【０００２】[0002]
【従来の技術】光ファイバ用スート母材を製造する方法
の一つにいわゆる外付け法（ＯＶＤ法）がある。この方
法は、気化させた石英ガラス原料を火炎中に吹き込み、
火炎加水分解反応によってスートを生成させ、それを種
棒（通常は石英ガラス）に吹きつけてスート母材を成長
させていくものである。2. Description of the Related Art A so-called external attachment method (OVD method) is one of the methods for producing a soot base material for an optical fiber. This method blows the vaporized quartz glass raw material into the flame,
Soot is generated by the flame hydrolysis reaction, and it is sprayed on a seed rod (usually quartz glass) to grow the soot base material.
【０００３】この方法では、種棒に付着するスート量が
増すに従ってスート母材の外径が大きくなるが、堆積ス
ートの密度を均一に保つためには、スート母材の外径の
増大に合わせて火力を増大させる必要がある。このため
従来は、燃料ガスすなわち水素と酸素のバーナーへの供
給量を徐々に増加させていた。In this method, the outer diameter of the soot base material increases as the amount of soot attached to the seed rod increases. However, in order to keep the density of the deposited soot uniform, the outer diameter of the soot base material should be increased. It is necessary to increase the firepower. Therefore, conventionally, the supply amounts of fuel gas, that is, hydrogen and oxygen to the burner have been gradually increased.
【０００４】[0004]
【発明が解決しようとする課題】しかし大火力を得るに
は、バーナーの燃料ガス吹き出し口の断面積を大きくし
て、大量の燃料ガスの供給を確保しなければならない。
これは、燃料ガス吹き出し口の断面積を大きくせずに流
速を上げて大火力を得ようとすると、吹き出し口が抵抗
となって燃料ガスが流れ難くなったり、乱流状に吹き出
したりして、良好な火炎を形成することができないから
である。However, in order to obtain a large thermal power, it is necessary to increase the cross-sectional area of the fuel gas outlet of the burner to secure the supply of a large amount of fuel gas.
This is because if you try to obtain a large thermal power by increasing the flow velocity without increasing the cross-sectional area of the fuel gas outlet, the outlet will become a resistance and the fuel gas will not flow easily, or it will blow out in a turbulent manner. , Because it is not possible to form a good flame.
【０００５】しかし単に燃料ガス吹き出し口の断面積を
大きくしただけでは、スート母材が細い初期の段階で火
力を絞った場合、吹き出し流速が低くなり過ぎて、火炎
にスート母材に届く勢いを持たせることができなくな
る。また燃料ガスである水素と酸素の無駄も大きくな
る。However, simply increasing the cross-sectional area of the fuel gas blow-out port will reduce the flow velocity of the blow-out flow too much and reduce the momentum of reaching the soot base metal due to the flame when the heat power is reduced in the initial stage where the soot base metal is thin. You can't have it. In addition, waste of hydrogen and oxygen, which are fuel gases, becomes large.
【０００６】[0006]
【課題を解決するための手段】本発明は、上記のような
課題を解決した光ファイバ用スート母材の製造方法を提
供するものである。SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a soot base material for an optical fiber which solves the above problems.
【０００７】本発明においては、気化させた石英ガラス
原料を火炎中に吹き込み、火炎加水分解反応によってス
ートを生成させ、それを種棒に吹きつけて光ファイバ用
スート母材を製造する場合に、石英ガラス原料吹き出し
口の周囲に層状に水素と酸素とアルゴンの吹き出し口を
有する多重管バーナーを中心部に配置し、その周囲に、
環状の水素吹き出し口内に間隔をあけて多数の細管状の
酸素吹き出し口を有する環状バーナーを多重に配置した
複合バーナーを使用する。In the present invention, when a vaporized quartz glass raw material is blown into a flame to generate soot by a flame hydrolysis reaction and the soot is blown onto a seed rod to produce a soot base material for an optical fiber, A multi-tube burner having a layer of hydrogen, oxygen, and argon blown out in a layered manner around the quartz glass raw material blow-out port is arranged at the center, and around it,
A composite burner in which multiple annular burners each having a plurality of thin tubular oxygen outlets at intervals in the annular hydrogen outlet is used.
【０００８】そしてスート母材が細いうちは多重管バー
ナーと内側の環状バーナーによりスートを堆積させ、ス
ート母材が所定の太さに成長したところで順次外側の環
状バーナーを点火し、スート母材の成長につれ水素と酸
素の流量を徐々に増加させてスート母材の表面温度が低
下しないようにするものである。While the soot base material is thin, the soot is deposited by the multi-tube burner and the inner annular burner, and when the soot base material grows to a predetermined thickness, the outer annular burner is ignited in sequence and the soot base material As the growth proceeds, the flow rates of hydrogen and oxygen are gradually increased so that the surface temperature of the soot base material does not decrease.
【０００９】[0009]
【作用】この方法では、スート母材の太さに合わせて簡
単に火炎を強くできるばかりでなく、火炎の太さそのも
のを大きくできるので、有効なスートの堆積が可能とな
る。なぜならば、スートの堆積は熱泳動（サーモホレシ
ス）に従って進行するので、スート流を火炎で囲んでス
ート母材側の温度を相対的に低くしてスート母材に向か
うスートを多くすることが必要であり、スート母材が太
くなるにつれ火炎を太くできることは、スートの堆積効
率を高めるのに有効である。According to this method, not only can the flame be strengthened easily in accordance with the thickness of the soot base material, but also the thickness of the flame itself can be increased, so effective soot deposition is possible. Because soot deposition proceeds according to thermophoresis (thermophoresis), it is necessary to surround the soot flow with a flame to relatively lower the temperature on the soot base metal side and increase the soot toward the soot base metal. The fact that the flame can be made thicker as the soot base material becomes thicker is effective in increasing the soot deposition efficiency.
【００１０】[0010]
【実施例】以下、本発明の実施例を図面を参照して詳細
に説明する。図１にこの実施例に使用する複合バーナー
の吹き出し口の断面を示す。この複合バーナー11は、中
心の石英ガラス原料吹き出し口１の周囲に同心円状に環
状の水素吹き出し口２、アルゴン吹き出し口３、酸素吹
き出し口４、アルゴン吹き出し口５を順次設けた多重管
バーナー12が中心部にあり、その周囲にさらに二重に環
状バーナー13、14を設けたものである。二重の環状バー
ナー13、14はそれぞれ、環状の水素吹き出し口６、７内
に周方向に間隔をあけて多数の細管状の酸素吹き出し口
８、９を設けた構造である。Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a cross section of the outlet of the composite burner used in this embodiment. This composite burner 11 includes a multi-tube burner 12 in which a central concentric annular hydrogen outlet 2, an argon outlet 3, an oxygen outlet 4, and an argon outlet 5 are sequentially provided around a quartz glass raw material outlet 1. It is located at the center and is further provided with double annular burners 13 and 14 around it. Each of the double annular burners 13 and 14 has a structure in which a plurality of thin tubular oxygen outlets 8 and 9 are provided in the annular hydrogen outlets 6 and 7 at intervals in the circumferential direction.
【００１１】なお環状バーナー13、14から吹き出される
酸素がバーナー端面より例えば20cmの位置で焦点を結ぶ
ようにしておけば、その位置で最も効率よくターゲット
(スート母材) を加熱することができるので好ましい。If the oxygen blown out from the annular burners 13 and 14 is focused at a position, for example, 20 cm from the end face of the burner, the target will be most efficiently located at that position.
It is preferable because the (soot base material) can be heated.
【００１２】図２に上記複合バーナー11を用いたスート
母材の製造方法と複合バーナー11へのガス供給系を模式
的に示す。石英ガラスよりなる種棒15を旋盤にセット
し、軸線を中心として回転させながら軸線方向に往復動
させる。この場合は複合バーナー11は固定であるが、種
棒15を往復動させずに複合バーナー11を往復動させるよ
うにしてもよい。バーナーを点火し、SiCl4 を吹き込む
と、スート(SiO2 の粉）が生じ、これが種棒15に付着し
てスート母材16が成長する。FIG. 2 schematically shows a method for producing a soot base material using the composite burner 11 and a gas supply system for the composite burner 11. A seed rod 15 made of quartz glass is set on a lathe, and reciprocally moved in the axial direction while rotating around the axis. In this case, the composite burner 11 is fixed, but the composite burner 11 may be reciprocated without reciprocating the seed rod 15. When the burner is ignited and SiCl 4 is blown in, soot (powder of SiO 2 ) is generated, which adheres to the seed rod 15 and the soot base material 16 grows.
【００１３】原料発生器17に液体のSiCl4 （四塩化ケイ
素）を入れ、加熱して一定温度に保ち、アルゴンガスを
流すと、蒸気圧に比例してガス状のSiCl4 が得られる。
バーナー中心の石英ガラス原料吹き出し口１には、この
SiCl4 がアルゴンガスと共に供給される。その流量は流
量制御器Ar-1により制御される。When liquid SiCl 4 (silicon tetrachloride) is put into the raw material generator 17, heated and kept at a constant temperature, and argon gas is supplied, gaseous SiCl 4 is obtained in proportion to the vapor pressure.
At the quartz glass raw material outlet 1 in the center of the burner,
SiCl 4 is supplied with argon gas. The flow rate is controlled by the flow rate controller Ar-1.
【００１４】多重管バーナー12の水素吹き出し口２には
流量制御器Ｈ2 −２で制御された水素が、アルゴン吹き
出し口３には流量制御器Ar-3で制御されたアルゴンが、
酸素吹き出し口４には流量制御器Ｏ2−４で制御された
酸素が、アルゴン吹き出し口５には流量制御器Ar-5で制
御されたアルゴンがそれぞれ供給される。Hydrogen controlled by the flow rate controller H 2 -2 is supplied to the hydrogen outlet 2 of the multi-tube burner 12, and argon controlled by the flow rate controller Ar-3 is supplied to the argon outlet 3.
Oxygen controlled by the flow controller O 2 -4 is supplied to the oxygen outlet 4, and argon controlled by the flow controller Ar-5 is supplied to the argon outlet 5.
【００１５】また内側の環状バーナー13の水素吹き出し
口６には流量制御器Ｈ2 −６で制御された水素が、酸素
吹き出し口８には流量制御器Ｏ2 −８で制御された酸素
がそれぞれ供給される。同様に外側の環状バーナー14の
水素吹き出し口７には流量制御器Ｈ2 −７で制御された
水素が、酸素吹き出し口９には流量制御器Ｏ2 −９で制
御された酸素がそれぞれ供給される。Further, hydrogen controlled by the flow rate controller H 2 -6 is supplied to the hydrogen outlet 6 of the inner annular burner 13, and oxygen controlled by the flow controller O 2 -8 is supplied to the oxygen outlet 8. Supplied. Similarly, hydrogen controlled by the flow controller H 2 -7 is supplied to the hydrogen outlet 7 of the outer annular burner 14, and oxygen controlled by the flow controller O 2 -9 is supplied to the oxygen outlet 9. It
【００１６】この複合バーナー11は、多重管バーナー12
と内側の環状バーナー13がメインのバーナーを構成して
おり、外側の環状バーナー14はスート母材16が所定の太
さに成長したときに点火される補助的なバーナーであ
る。This composite burner 11 is a multi-tube burner 12
The inner annular burner 13 constitutes the main burner, and the outer annular burner 14 is an auxiliary burner that is ignited when the soot base material 16 grows to a predetermined thickness.
【００１７】次に合成条件を説明する。原料発生器17を
55℃に保ち、アルゴンガスを1.5 SLM(標準状態における
リットル／分）流して、SiCl4 ガスを中心の石英ガラス
原料吹き出し口１に供給した。多重管バーナー12の水素
吹き出し口２には水素を20 SLM、酸素吹き出し口４には
酸素を22 SLM流し、アルゴン吹き出し口３、５にはそれ
ぞれアルゴンを2 SLM 、5 SLM 流した。また内側の環状
バーナー13の水素吹き出し口６には水素を20 SLM、酸素
吹き出し口８には酸素を7.5 SLM 流した。Next, the synthesis conditions will be described. Raw material generator 17
The temperature was kept at 55 ° C., and argon gas was caused to flow at 1.5 SLM (liter / min in a standard state), and SiCl 4 gas was supplied to the silica glass raw material outlet 1 at the center. 20 SLM of hydrogen was supplied to the hydrogen outlet 2 of the multi-tube burner 12, 22 SLM of oxygen was supplied to the oxygen outlet 4, and 2 SLM and 5 SLM of argon were supplied to the argon outlets 3 and 5, respectively. 20 SLM of hydrogen was supplied to the hydrogen outlet 6 of the inner annular burner 13 and 7.5 SLM of oxygen was supplied to the oxygen outlet 8.
【００１８】種棒15は外径15mmφの GeO2 ドープ石英ガ
ラスであり、これを100rpmで回転させると共に、200mm/
分で往復動させた。バーナー先端と種棒15の距離は200
mmとした。The seed rod 15 is GeO 2 -doped quartz glass having an outer diameter of 15 mmφ, which is rotated at 100 rpm and
Moved back and forth in minutes. Distance between burner tip and seed bar 15 is 200
mm.
【００１９】以上の条件で種棒15の外周にスートを付着
させ、スートの外径が40mmになったところで、外側の環
状バーナー14を点火した。点火時の水素と酸素の流量
は、水素＝20SLM 、酸素＝7.5 SLM とし、１往復毎に流
量を増した。水素と酸素の流量比は水素／酸素＝１／0.
375 を保ち、最終的には水素＝80SLM 、酸素＝30SLM ま
で増加させた。最終段階でのスート外径は120 mmであっ
た。Under the above conditions, soot was attached to the outer periphery of the seed rod 15, and when the outer diameter of the soot reached 40 mm, the outer annular burner 14 was ignited. The flow rates of hydrogen and oxygen during ignition were hydrogen = 20 SLM and oxygen = 7.5 SLM, and the flow rate was increased for each reciprocation. The flow ratio of hydrogen and oxygen is hydrogen / oxygen = 1/0.
Maintaining 375, finally increasing hydrogen to 80 SLM and oxygen to 30 SLM. The soot outer diameter at the final stage was 120 mm.
【００２０】このようにして得られたスート母材をヘリ
ウムと塩素の雰囲気下で1600℃に加熱して、透明な光フ
ァイバ用ガラス母材を得、さらにこれを外径125 μm に
線引して光ファイバを得た。この光ファイバは所定の伝
送特性を有するものであった。The soot base material thus obtained was heated to 1600 ° C. in an atmosphere of helium and chlorine to obtain a transparent glass base material for optical fibers, which was further drawn to an outer diameter of 125 μm. To obtain an optical fiber. This optical fiber had a predetermined transmission characteristic.
【００２１】次に比較のため、多重管バーナー12は前記
実施例と同じとし、内側環状バーナー13と外側環状バー
ナー14の間の仕切をなくした、つまり燃料ガス吹き出し
口の断面積を単純に大きくしたバーナーを用いてスート
母材を製造した。この方法では、環状バーナーの水素と
酸素の流量を、水素40SLM 以下、酸素15SLM 以下にする
と、火炎が弱まってしまい、種棒を十分加熱するだけの
火炎流を得ることが出来なかった。Next, for comparison, the multi-tube burner 12 is the same as that of the above embodiment, and the partition between the inner annular burner 13 and the outer annular burner 14 is eliminated, that is, the cross-sectional area of the fuel gas outlet is simply increased. The soot base material was manufactured using the burner. In this method, when the flow rates of hydrogen and oxygen in the annular burner were set to 40 SLM or less for hydrogen and 15 SLM or less for oxygen, the flame was weakened and it was not possible to obtain a flame flow sufficient to heat the seed rod.
【００２２】このため初期の段階から環状バーナーは水
素40 SLM以上、酸素15 SLM以上の流量にする必要がある
が、このような流量にすると、安定して吹き出す火炎は
得られるものの、種棒の加熱が強くなりすぎる。その結
果、種棒付近のスート層の密度が高くなりすぎ、スート
母材を透明化するときに塩素ガスによる脱水反応が十分
に行われず、得られた光ファイバの伝送特性は通常得ら
れる値より低いものであった。また初期の段階から水素
および酸素の流量が大きいため、燃料ガスの無駄が大き
い。For this reason, the flow rate of the annular burner must be 40 SLM or more for hydrogen and 15 SLM or more for oxygen from the initial stage. With such a flow rate, although a stable flame can be obtained, the seed rod The heating is too strong. As a result, the density of the soot layer in the vicinity of the seed rod becomes too high, the dehydration reaction by chlorine gas does not sufficiently occur when the soot base material is made transparent, and the transmission characteristics of the obtained optical fiber are higher than those usually obtained. It was low. Further, since the flow rates of hydrogen and oxygen are large from the initial stage, the waste of fuel gas is large.
【００２３】なお前記実施例では環状バーナー部が二重
の場合について説明したが、これは三重以上にしてもよ
い。三重以上の場合もスート母材の外径が大きくなるに
従い、内側の環状バーナーから順次外側の環状バーナー
へと点火していけばよい。また図３は外側の環状バーナ
ー14の外側形状を矩形にしたものを示している。この場
合、もしこの複合バーナーをＯＶＤ法に使用するなら、
この図のように酸素吹き出し口９は環状バーナー14の図
で見て上下に設ければよいし、ＶＡＤ法に使用するな
ら、酸素吹き出し口９は左右にも同様の間隔で、かつ同
数設ける等すればよい。このように環状バーナーという
言葉は、多重管バーナーを周方向に包囲しているバーナ
ーであることを意味し、図１のような円形状だけでなく
図３のような矩形状のものも含むものである。それ故、
内側の環状バーナー13についても同様に外側形状が矩形
状の環状バーナーとすることもできる。In the above embodiment, the case where the annular burner portion is double has been described, but this may be triple or more. Also in the case of triple or more, as the outer diameter of the soot base material increases, the inner annular burner may be sequentially ignited to the outer annular burner. FIG. 3 shows a rectangular outer shape of the outer annular burner 14. In this case, if this combined burner is used for the OVD method,
As shown in this figure, the oxygen outlets 9 may be provided on the upper and lower sides when viewed in the diagram of the annular burner 14, and when used for the VAD method, the oxygen outlets 9 are provided on the left and right at the same intervals and in the same number. do it. Thus, the term annular burner means a burner that surrounds a multi-tube burner in the circumferential direction, and includes not only a circular shape as shown in FIG. 1 but also a rectangular shape as shown in FIG. .. Therefore,
Similarly, the inner annular burner 13 may be an annular burner having a rectangular outer shape.
【００２４】[0024]
【発明の効果】以上説明したように本発明によれば、初
期の段階では多重管バーナーと内側の環状バーナーとか
らなるメインのバーナーでスートを堆積させ、スート母
材が所定の太さに成長したところで順次外側の環状バー
ナーを点火してスート母材の成長に合わせて水素と酸素
の流量を徐々に増加させていくので、スートの堆積効率
がよく、大径のスート母材を効率よく製造できると共
に、燃料ガスの使用量も少なくて済む利点がある。As described above, according to the present invention, at the initial stage, the soot is deposited by the main burner including the multi-tube burner and the inner annular burner, and the soot base material grows to a predetermined thickness. At that time, the outer annular burner is ignited sequentially to gradually increase the flow rates of hydrogen and oxygen in accordance with the growth of the soot base material, so the soot deposition efficiency is good and the large diameter soot base material is manufactured efficiently. In addition to this, there is an advantage that the amount of fuel gas used can be small.
【図１】 本発明の一実施例に使用される複合バーナー
の吹き出し口の断面図。FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of an outlet of a composite burner used in an embodiment of the present invention.
【図２】 本発明に係る光ファイバ用スート母材の製造
方法の一実施例を示す説明図。FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an embodiment of a method for manufacturing a soot base material for an optical fiber according to the present invention.
【図３】 本発明の他の実施例に使用される複合バーナ
ーの吹き出し口の断面図。FIG. 3 is a sectional view of an outlet of a composite burner used in another embodiment of the present invention.
１：石英ガラス原料吹き出し口 ２：水素吹き出し口 ３：アルゴン吹き出し口 ４：酸素吹き出し口
５：アルゴン吹き出し口 ６：水素吹き出し口 ７：水素吹き出し口 ８：酸
素吹き出し口 ９：酸素吹き出し口 11：複合バーナー 12：多重
管バーナー 13：内側の環状バーナー 14：外側の環状バーナー
15：種棒 16：スート母材 17：原料発生器1: Quartz glass raw material outlet 2: Hydrogen outlet 3: Argon outlet 4: Oxygen outlet
5: Argon blowout port 6: Hydrogen blowout port 7: Hydrogen blowout port 8: Oxygen blowout port 9: Oxygen blowout port 11: Combined burner 12: Multi-tube burner 13: Inner annular burner 14: Outer annular burner
15: Seed bar 16: Soot base metal 17: Raw material generator
Claims (1)
き込み、火炎加水分解反応によってスートを生成させ、
それを種棒に吹きつけて光ファイバ用スート母材を製造
する方法において、石英ガラス原料吹き出し口の周囲に
層状に水素と酸素とアルゴンの吹き出し口を有する多重
管バーナーを中心部に配置し、その周囲に、環状の水素
吹き出し口内に間隔をあけて多数の細管状の酸素吹き出
し口を有する環状バーナーを多重に配置した複合バーナ
ーを使用し、スート母材が細いうちは多重管バーナーと
内側の環状バーナーによりスートを堆積させ、スート母
材が所定の太さに成長したところで順次外側の環状バー
ナーを点火し、スート母材の成長につれスート母材の表
面温度が低下しないように水素と酸素の流量を徐々に増
加させていくことを特徴とする光ファイバ用スート母材
の製造方法。Claims: 1. A vaporized quartz glass raw material is blown into a flame to produce soot by a flame hydrolysis reaction,
In a method of producing a soot base material for an optical fiber by spraying it on a seed rod, a multi-tube burner having hydrogen, oxygen, and argon blowout ports in a layered manner around the quartz glass raw material blowout port is arranged at the center, Around it, using a composite burner in which multiple annular burners having a number of thin tubular oxygen outlets at intervals in the annular hydrogen outlet are arranged, the soot base material is thin The soot is deposited by the annular burner, and when the soot base material has grown to a predetermined thickness, the outer annular burners are ignited in sequence, so that the surface temperature of the soot base material does not decrease as the soot base material grows. A method of manufacturing a soot base material for an optical fiber, characterized by gradually increasing the flow rate.
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