ZA752407B - Improvements in or relating to optical fibre manufacture - Google Patents

Improvements in or relating to optical fibre manufacture

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Publication number
ZA752407B
ZA752407B ZA00752407A ZA752407A ZA752407B ZA 752407 B ZA752407 B ZA 752407B ZA 00752407 A ZA00752407 A ZA 00752407A ZA 752407 A ZA752407 A ZA 752407A ZA 752407 B ZA752407 B ZA 752407B
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South Africa
Prior art keywords
relating
optical fibre
fibre manufacture
manufacture
optical
Prior art date
Application number
ZA00752407A
Inventor
P Black
J Irven
Original Assignee
Int Standard Electric Corp
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Publication date
Application filed by Int Standard Electric Corp filed Critical Int Standard Electric Corp
Publication of ZA752407B publication Critical patent/ZA752407B/en

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    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C03GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
    • C03BMANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
    • C03B37/00Manufacture or treatment of flakes, fibres, or filaments from softened glass, minerals, or slags
    • C03B37/01Manufacture of glass fibres or filaments
    • C03B37/012Manufacture of preforms for drawing fibres or filaments
    • C03B37/014Manufacture 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]
    • C03B37/018Manufacture 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
    • C03B37/01861Means for changing or stabilising the diameter or form of tubes or rods
    • C03B37/01869Collapsing
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C03GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
    • C03BMANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
    • C03B37/00Manufacture or treatment of flakes, fibres, or filaments from softened glass, minerals, or slags
    • C03B37/01Manufacture of glass fibres or filaments
    • C03B37/012Manufacture of preforms for drawing fibres or filaments
    • C03B37/014Manufacture 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]
    • C03B37/018Manufacture 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
    • C03B37/01807Reactant delivery systems, e.g. reactant deposition burners
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C03GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
    • C03BMANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
    • C03B37/00Manufacture or treatment of flakes, fibres, or filaments from softened glass, minerals, or slags
    • C03B37/01Manufacture of glass fibres or filaments
    • C03B37/02Manufacture of glass fibres or filaments by drawing or extruding, e.g. direct drawing of molten glass from nozzles; Cooling fins therefor
    • C03B37/025Manufacture 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
    • C03B37/027Fibres composed of different sorts of glass, e.g. glass optical fibres
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C03GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
    • C03CCHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF GLASSES, GLAZES OR VITREOUS ENAMELS; SURFACE TREATMENT OF GLASS; SURFACE TREATMENT OF FIBRES OR FILAMENTS MADE FROM GLASS, MINERALS OR SLAGS; JOINING GLASS TO GLASS OR OTHER MATERIALS
    • C03C13/00Fibre or filament compositions
    • C03C13/04Fibre optics, e.g. core and clad fibre compositions
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C03GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
    • C03BMANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
    • C03B2201/00Type of glass produced
    • C03B2201/06Doped silica-based glasses
    • C03B2201/30Doped silica-based glasses doped with metals, e.g. Ga, Sn, Sb, Pb or Bi
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C03GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
    • C03BMANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
    • C03B2205/00Fibre drawing or extruding details
    • C03B2205/12Drawing solid optical fibre directly from a hollow preform
    • C03B2205/16Drawing solid optical fibre directly from a hollow preform the drawn fibre consisting of circularly symmetric core and clad

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  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Geochemistry & Mineralogy (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Materials Engineering (AREA)
  • Organic Chemistry (AREA)
  • General Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • General Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Chemical Kinetics & Catalysis (AREA)
  • Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Manufacture, Treatment Of Glass Fibers (AREA)
  • Glass Compositions (AREA)
ZA00752407A 1974-05-15 1975-04-16 Improvements in or relating to optical fibre manufacture ZA752407B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB21488/74A GB1487371A (en) 1974-05-15 1974-05-15 Optical fibre manufacture

Publications (1)

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ZA752407B true ZA752407B (en) 1976-03-31

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ZA00752407A ZA752407B (en) 1974-05-15 1975-04-16 Improvements in or relating to optical fibre manufacture

Country Status (8)

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CH (1) CH618409A5 (en)
DE (1) DE2521270A1 (en)
ES (1) ES437631A1 (en)
FR (1) FR2271588B1 (en)
GB (1) GB1487371A (en)
IT (1) IT1060724B (en)
NL (1) NL7505282A (en)
ZA (1) ZA752407B (en)

Families Citing this family (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CA1106710A (en) * 1977-06-22 1981-08-11 Michael G. Blankenship Method of making optical devices
DE3031160A1 (en) * 1980-08-18 1982-04-01 Siemens AG, 1000 Berlin und 8000 München Cleaning of glass surfaces by etching with gas - esp. where mixt. of oxygen and sulphur hexa:fluoride is used to clean bore of quartz tube used to make blank for mfg. optical fibres

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FR2271588A1 (en) 1975-12-12
IT1060724B (en) 1982-08-20
NL7505282A (en) 1975-11-18
FR2271588B1 (en) 1981-09-25
AU8078175A (en) 1976-11-04
ES437631A1 (en) 1977-05-16
GB1487371A (en) 1977-09-28
CH618409A5 (en) 1980-07-31
DE2521270A1 (en) 1975-11-27

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