WO2023106398A1 - 光ファイバケーブル及び光ファイバケーブルの製造方法 - Google Patents

光ファイバケーブル及び光ファイバケーブルの製造方法 Download PDF

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WO2023106398A1
WO2023106398A1 PCT/JP2022/045453 JP2022045453W WO2023106398A1 WO 2023106398 A1 WO2023106398 A1 WO 2023106398A1 JP 2022045453 W JP2022045453 W JP 2022045453W WO 2023106398 A1 WO2023106398 A1 WO 2023106398A1
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健太 土屋
映以美 笠井
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    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
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  • the present disclosure relates to fiber optic cables and methods of making fiber optic cables.
  • This application claims priority based on Japanese application No. 2021-201028 filed on December 10, 2021, and incorporates all the descriptions described in the Japanese application.
  • Patent Document 1 discloses an optical fiber cable in which a plurality of optical fiber core wires are mounted.
  • the optical fiber cable is provided with a spacer having eight ribs. Adjacent ribs define grooves, and a plurality of optical fibers are mounted in each of the plurality of grooves.
  • An object of the present disclosure is to provide an optical fiber cable capable of preventing an increase in transmission loss of optical fiber core wires and a method of manufacturing the same.
  • a fiber optic cable includes: a spacer having a plurality of ribs and a plurality of grooves defined by the plurality of ribs; a plurality of optical fibers accommodated in each of the plurality of grooves; a cable jacket that covers the spacer and the plurality of optical fiber core wires; Prepare.
  • the spacer and the cable jacket are integrally formed.
  • a method of manufacturing an optical fiber cable according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes the step of simultaneously and integrally forming the cable jacket and the spacer with an extruder.
  • FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing a fiber optic cable according to an embodiment of the present disclosure
  • FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing an optical fiber unit.
  • the ribs of the spacer may collapse during the manufacturing process of the optical fiber cable (particularly, the manufacturing process of the spacer).
  • variations occur in the mounting area of the optical fiber core wire (hereinafter referred to as the fiber mounting area) in each groove of the spacer.
  • the collapsed rib situation reduces the fiber mounting area of some grooves compared to the non-collapsed rib situation.
  • the mounting density of the optical fiber core wires becomes excessively high in the groove where the fiber mounting area is reduced, and the adjacent optical fiber core wires push each other, increasing the transmission loss of the optical fiber core wire. Resulting in.
  • a spacer having a plurality of ribs and a plurality of grooves defined by the plurality of ribs; a plurality of optical fibers accommodated in each of the plurality of grooves; a cable jacket that covers the spacer and the plurality of optical fiber core wires; An optical fiber cable comprising the spacer and the cable jacket are integrally formed; fiber optic cable.
  • the spacer and the cable jacket are integrally formed, it is possible to suitably prevent the ribs of the spacer from collapsing during the manufacturing process of the optical fiber cable. Therefore, it is possible to suitably prevent a situation in which the area where the fiber can be mounted varies, and to provide an optical fiber cable capable of preventing an increase in the transmission loss of the optical fiber core wire.
  • the spacer and the cable jacket are made of the same material, the spacer and the cable jacket can be integrally formed by the mold of the extruder. can be reduced.
  • the spacer and the cable jacket are made of flame-retardant polyethylene;
  • both the spacer and the cable jacket are made of flame-retardant polyethylene, so it is possible to improve the flame-retardancy of the entire optical fiber cable.
  • each of the plurality of optical fiber tape core wires is composed of the plurality of optical fiber core wires arranged in parallel, Items (1) to (3), wherein at least some of the adjacent optical fiber core wires among the plurality of optical fiber core wires are intermittently bonded along the axial direction of the plurality of optical fiber core wires ).
  • optical fiber ribbons housed in each groove at least some of the adjacent optical fiber ribbons are intermittently adhered along the axial direction. Therefore, the handling of the optical fiber core wires becomes easy when taking out each optical fiber core wire from the optical fiber cable.
  • the optical fibers can be stored in each groove with high density.
  • the number of the plurality of ribs is 4 or less;
  • the optical fiber cable according to any one of items (1) to (4).
  • the area in which the fiber can be mounted in the optical fiber cable increases, it becomes possible to mount more optical fiber core wires in the optical fiber cable. Furthermore, since the number of grooves in the spacer is four or less, it becomes easy to accommodate a plurality of optical fibers in each groove of the spacer.
  • the cable jacket and the spacer are formed in the same process by the extruder, so the number of man-hours in the manufacturing process of the optical fiber cable can be reduced. Furthermore, in the optical fiber cable manufactured by the above method, the collapse of the ribs of the spacer is preferably prevented, so that the increase in transmission loss of the optical fiber core wire mounted in the optical fiber cable can be prevented.
  • an optical fiber cable 1 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure (hereinafter referred to as the present embodiment) will be described below with reference to FIG.
  • the dimensions of each member shown in each drawing may differ from the actual dimensions of each member.
  • the X-axis direction, Y-axis direction, and Z-axis direction set with respect to the optical fiber cable 1 shown in FIG. 1 are appropriately referred to.
  • Each of the X, Y, and Z directions is perpendicular to the other two directions.
  • the X-axis direction is perpendicular to the Y-axis direction and the Z-axis direction.
  • the Z-axis direction corresponds to the longitudinal direction (axial direction) of the optical fiber cable 1 .
  • FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing an optical fiber cable 1 according to this embodiment.
  • the cross section of the optical fiber cable 1 shown in FIG. 1 is a cross section perpendicular to the Z-axis direction of the optical fiber cable 1 .
  • the optical fiber cable 1 includes a tension member 2, a spacer 4, a plurality of optical fiber units 3, a water absorbing tape 6, and a cable jacket 5. As shown in FIG. 1,
  • the tension member 2 is made of a tensile strength material having resistance to tension and compression.
  • the tension member 2 may be made of fiber-reinforced plastic (FRP) such as aramid FRP, glass FRP, carbon FRP, or metal material such as copper wire.
  • FRP fiber-reinforced plastic
  • the tension member 2 is embedded in the spacer 4 and located at the center of the spacer 4 .
  • the spacer 4 has four ribs 40-43 and four grooves S1-S4 defined by the ribs 40-43.
  • the spacer 4 is formed in a cross shape in the cross section shown in FIG.
  • a groove S1 is defined by the ribs 40, 43 adjacent to each other.
  • a groove S2 is defined by the ribs 40, 41 adjacent to each other.
  • a groove S3 is defined by the ribs 41 and 42 adjacent to each other.
  • a groove S4 is defined by the ribs 42, 43 adjacent to each other.
  • Each of the ribs 40 to 43 is integrally formed with the cable jacket 5, and the ribs 40 to 43 are supported by the cable jacket 5. Therefore, the ribs 40 to 43 extend outward from the tension member 2 in the radial direction of the optical fiber cable 1.
  • each of the ribs 40-43 is not collapsed. More specifically, each of the tips of the ribs 40 to 43 facing the cable jacket 5 is not tilted in the circumferential direction D1 of the optical fiber cable 1. As shown in FIG.
  • the ribs 40-43 are arranged at intervals of 90° along the circumferential direction D1.
  • the ribs 40, 42 face each other and are arranged on the same straight line.
  • the ribs 41 and 43 face each other and are arranged on the same straight line. Ribs 40 and 42 are perpendicular to ribs 41 and 43 .
  • the spacer 4 is made of a flame-retardant resin material (for example, flame-retardant polyethylene).
  • Each of the grooves S1 to S4 is helically twisted along the Z-axis direction of the spacer 4.
  • S twist, Z twist, or SZ twist in which S twist and Z twist are alternately used may be employed. Since the grooves S1 to S4 are helically twisted along the Z-axis direction of the spacer 4, the optical fiber units 3 accommodated in the grooves S1 to S4 are also helically twisted along the Z-axis direction. ing. Thus, since the optical fiber unit 3 is helically twisted along the Z-axis direction, the bending loss of the optical fiber core wire included in the optical fiber unit 3 is sufficiently reduced when the optical fiber cable 1 is bent. can be reduced.
  • the cross-sectional areas of the grooves S1-S4 are substantially the same. Therefore, there is no variation in the mountable area of the optical fiber core wire (hereinafter referred to as the fiber mountable area) in each of the grooves S1 to S4.
  • each optical fiber unit 3 has a plurality of (for example, 12) optical fiber tape core wires 35 .
  • Each optical fiber tape core wire 35 has a plurality of optical fiber core wires 31 arranged in parallel.
  • the optical fiber core wire 31 has a glass fiber and a resin coating covering the glass fiber.
  • a glass fiber has at least one core through which signal light propagates and a clad covering the core.
  • the refractive index of the core is greater than that of the cladding. 1 and 2, the solid line indicating the optical fiber unit 3 indicates that a plurality of optical fiber tape core wires 35 are grouped together.
  • the optical fiber unit 3 may be composed only of a plurality of optical fiber tape core wires 35 that are twisted together. Also, the optical fiber unit 3 may be composed of a plurality of optical fiber tape core wires 35 and a tube or tape covering the plurality of optical fiber tape core wires 35 .
  • the optical fiber ribbon 35 is formed by, for example, intermittently bonding at least some of the adjacent optical fiber core wires among the plurality of optical fiber core wires 31 arranged in parallel along the axial direction (Z-axis direction). It may be an intermittent adhesive type optical fiber ribbon. In other words, in the intermittently bonded optical fiber ribbon, all adjacent optical fiber ribbons 31 may be bonded intermittently, or some of all adjacent optical fiber ribbons 31 may be bonded intermittently. may be adhered intermittently. In each optical fiber unit 3, a plurality of optical fiber tape core wires 35 may be helically twisted along the axial direction.
  • the intermittently bonded optical fiber ribbon may be produced by any method as long as the optical fibers 31 adjacent to each other along the axial direction are intermittently bonded.
  • each optical fiber unit 3 includes a plurality of intermittently bonded optical fiber tape core wires
  • handling of the optical fiber core wires 31 is facilitated when taking out each optical fiber core wire 31 from the optical fiber cable 1.
  • the optical fibers 31 can be housed in the grooves S1 to S4 at high density.
  • a plurality of optical fiber tape core wires 35 are included in each optical fiber unit 3, but instead of the plurality of optical fiber tape core wires 35, a plurality of single-core optical fiber core wires 31 are included in each optical fiber unit 3. It may be included in the optical fiber unit 3 .
  • each of the grooves S1 to S4 is provided with a plurality of (two in this example) water absorbing yarns 8 and water absorbing tapes 6 .
  • a water absorbing tape 6 is provided in each of the grooves S1 to S4 so as to cover the plurality of optical fiber units 3 and the water absorbing yarns 8.
  • the water absorbing tape 6 is wound around the bundle of the plurality of optical fiber units 3, for example, vertically.
  • the water-absorbing tape 6 is, for example, a base fabric made of polyester or the like which has undergone water-absorbing processing by adhering water-absorbing powder thereto.
  • the cable jacket 5 is formed so as to cover the spacer 4 and the plurality of optical fiber units 3.
  • the cable jacket 5 functions as a protective layer that imparts weather resistance, heat resistance, and water resistance to the optical fiber cable 1 .
  • the cable jacket 5 is integrally formed with the spacer 4 .
  • the cable jacket 5 and the spacer 4 are integrally formed at the same time by extrusion using an extruder.
  • the cable jacket 5 is made of the same material as the spacer 4 (for example, flame-retardant resin such as flame-retardant polyethylene).
  • the optical fiber cable 1 for example, four cable cores each composed of a plurality of optical fiber units 3, water absorbing yarns 8, and water absorbing tapes 6 are first prepared. The four cable cores and the tension member 2 are then inserted into the extruder. After that, the cable jacket 5 and the spacer 4 are simultaneously formed by extrusion molding using a die of an extruder.
  • the cross-sectional shape of the hollow portion of the mold installed in the extruder matches the combination of the cross-sectional shape of the spacer 4 and the cross-sectional shape of the cable jacket 5 .
  • the spacer 4 and the cable jacket 5 are integrally formed, it is possible to preferably prevent the ribs 40 to 43 of the spacer 4 from collapsing during the manufacturing process of the optical fiber cable 1 . Therefore, since the cross-sectional areas of the grooves S1 to S4 are substantially constant, it is possible to preferably prevent the fiber mountable areas from varying in the grooves S1 to S4.
  • the fiber mountable area of some grooves is reduced.
  • the fiber mountable area of the groove S3 becomes smaller than the fiber mountable area of the groove S4.
  • the mounting density of the optical fiber core wires 31 accommodated in the grooves in which the fiber mountable area is reduced becomes excessively high, resulting in an increase in the transmission loss of the optical fiber core wires 31 accommodated in the grooves.
  • the optical fiber cable 1 according to this embodiment can preferably prevent such a situation.
  • the spacer 4 and the cable jacket 5 are formed simultaneously by an extruder, so the spacer 4 and the cable jacket 5 are made of the same material.
  • the spacer 4 and the cable jacket 5 are made of flame-retardant polyethylene, the flame-retardancy of the entire optical fiber cable 1 can be improved.
  • the number of ribs provided on the spacer 4 is four, but the number of ribs is not particularly limited. In this regard, the number of ribs provided on spacer 4 is preferably four or less.
  • the fiber mountable area in the optical fiber cable 1 is large, so more optical fiber units 3 (or optical fiber core wires 31) can be mounted in the optical fiber cable 1. becomes. Moreover, it becomes easy to accommodate a plurality of optical fiber units 3 in each groove of the spacer 4 .
  • the spacer 4 and the cable jacket 5 are formed in the same process by an extruder, so it is possible to reduce the number of man-hours in the manufacturing process of the optical fiber cable 1. Furthermore, since the spacer 4 and the cable jacket 5 are integrally formed by an extruder, the ribs of the spacer 4 are preferably prevented from collapsing. As a result, it is possible to prevent an increase in transmission loss of the optical fiber cable 31 mounted on the optical fiber cable 1 .
  • Optical fiber cable 2 Tension member 3: Optical fiber unit 4: Spacer 5: Cable jacket 6: Water absorbing tape 8: Water absorbing yarn 31: Optical fiber core wire 35: Optical fiber tape core wire 40-43: Rib S1- S4: Groove D1: Circumferential direction

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