SG49292A1 - Heat treatment facility for synthetic vitreous silica bodies - Google Patents

Heat treatment facility for synthetic vitreous silica bodies

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Publication number
SG49292A1
SG49292A1 SG1996008847A SG1996008847A SG49292A1 SG 49292 A1 SG49292 A1 SG 49292A1 SG 1996008847 A SG1996008847 A SG 1996008847A SG 1996008847 A SG1996008847 A SG 1996008847A SG 49292 A1 SG49292 A1 SG 49292A1
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Prior art keywords
heat treatment
treatment facility
vitreous silica
synthetic vitreous
silica bodies
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SG1996008847A
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Inventor
Robert Nicholson
Bernard Philippe Robe Poullain
Ian George Sayce
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Tsl Group Plc
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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]
    • 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
    • C03B37/01202—Means for storing or carrying optical fibre preforms, e.g. containers
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
    • C03B—MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
    • C03B19/00—Other methods of shaping glass
    • C03B19/14—Other methods of shaping glass by gas- or vapour- phase reaction processes
    • C03B19/1453—Thermal after-treatment of the shaped article, e.g. dehydrating, consolidating, sintering
    • 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]
    • C03B37/01446—Thermal after-treatment of preforms, e.g. dehydrating, consolidating, sintering
    • 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]
    • C03B37/01446—Thermal after-treatment of preforms, e.g. dehydrating, consolidating, sintering
    • C03B37/0146—Furnaces therefor, e.g. muffle tubes, furnace linings
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
    • C03B—MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
    • C03B2201/00—Type of glass produced
    • C03B2201/06—Doped silica-based glasses
    • C03B2201/07—Impurity concentration specified
    • C03B2201/075—Hydroxyl ion (OH)
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
    • C03B—MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
    • C03B2201/00—Type of glass produced
    • C03B2201/06—Doped silica-based glasses
    • C03B2201/08—Doped silica-based glasses doped with boron or fluorine or other refractive index decreasing dopant
    • C03B2201/12—Doped silica-based glasses doped with boron or fluorine or other refractive index decreasing dopant doped with fluorine
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
    • C03B—MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
    • C03B2201/00—Type of glass produced
    • C03B2201/06—Doped silica-based glasses
    • C03B2201/20—Doped silica-based glasses doped with non-metals other than boron or fluorine
    • C03B2201/22—Doped silica-based glasses doped with non-metals other than boron or fluorine doped with deuterium

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  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Organic Chemistry (AREA)
  • Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
  • Materials Engineering (AREA)
  • Chemical Kinetics & Catalysis (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • General Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Geochemistry & Mineralogy (AREA)
  • Thermal Sciences (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Glass Melting And Manufacturing (AREA)
  • Manufacture, Treatment Of Glass Fibers (AREA)
  • Silicon Compounds (AREA)
  • Crystals, And After-Treatments Of Crystals (AREA)
  • Glass Compositions (AREA)
SG1996008847A 1992-05-14 1993-05-13 Heat treatment facility for synthetic vitreous silica bodies SG49292A1 (en)

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GB929210327A GB9210327D0 (en) 1992-05-14 1992-05-14 Heat treatment facility for synthetic vitreous silica bodies

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SG49292A1 true SG49292A1 (en) 1998-05-18

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US (1) US5713979A (ko)
EP (1) EP0640060B1 (ko)
JP (1) JP3388742B2 (ko)
KR (1) KR100261872B1 (ko)
AU (1) AU670084B2 (ko)
CA (1) CA2135673A1 (ko)
DE (1) DE69304693T2 (ko)
GB (1) GB9210327D0 (ko)
RU (1) RU2103232C1 (ko)
SG (1) SG49292A1 (ko)
WO (1) WO1993023341A1 (ko)

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