摘要:
In a glass processing method and apparatus according to the invention, in the case of performing chemical vapor deposition or diameter shrinkage of a substrate glass tube (G) by relatively moving a heating furnace (20) comprising a heating element (21) for annularly enclosing the circumference of the substrate glass tube in a longitudinal direction of the substrate glass tube (G) with respect to the substrate glass tube (G) in which an outer diameter is 30 mm or more and a wall thickness is 3 mm or more and is less than 15 mm and an ovality of the outer diameter is 1.0 % or less using a glass processing apparatus (1), a temperature of at least one of the heating element (21) and the substrate glass tube (G) is measured and the amount of heat generation of the heating element (21) is adjusted based on the measured temperature. The glass tube, processed by the method, of reduced ovality is also claimed.
摘要:
Method and apparatus for producing glass products of predetermined shape. In the method, a preform is introduced into a furnace and heated to a temperature above the softening point of the glass. The heated portion is subjected to tensile forces and drawn from the furnace through an outlet opening. During processing, inert gas is fed into the furnace. According to the invention, the concentration of gaseous impurities in the furnace is maintained on the same level as in the inert gas fed into the oven. To prevent inflow of undesired gaseous components from the ambient air, a diffusion barrier is established by generating a barrier flow of inert gas in the inlet or outlet openings. This barrier flow has a direction of flow, which is opposite to the direction of the diffusion. The invention provides non-contacting sealing between the furnace the preform while optimizing the consumption of protective gas. The invention also allows for simultaneous rotation of the preform.
摘要:
A resistance furnace known per se comprises a tubular heating element (2) with a vertical longitudinal axis (3), said element having a lateral surface that is delimited by an upper and lower side and surrounding a furnace chamber. The element is connected by means of at least two electric connections, the latter enabling a heating current to be introduced at current supply points into the heating element. The aim of the invention is to develop this known furnace to obtain an electric resistance furnace, in particular a high-performance resistance furnace, which is characterised by low production and maintenance costs, in addition to high operational reliability and permits an axially and radially homogeneous temperature profile to be set inside the furnace. To achieve this, the current connections have an upper annular collar (7), located in the vicinity of the upper side (11) and a lower annular collar (8), located in the vicinity of the lower side (12).
摘要:
Disclosed is a high efficiency burner 230 and an apparatus for over-cladding an optical fiber pre-form using the same. The high efficiency burner 230 heating an optical fiber pre-form includes burner covers 231, burner bodies 232 arranged between the burner covers 231, and fuel dischargers 233, 234 arranged in at least two rows between the burner bodies 232, and divided by a partition 235, respectively.
摘要:
Disclosed are an optical fiber preform manufacturing apparatus and method in which processes for shrinking and closing a deposited tube are conducted using a device suitable for those processes, which device is other than the device used in a deposition process for forming the deposited tube on the inner surface of a preform tube, thereby reducing the processing time while reducing the amount of OH penetrated from the preform tube into a vitreous component of the deposited tube, thereby achieving a reduction in OH loss. In accordance with the optical fiber preform manufacturing apparatus and method, operations are conducted which involve setting the heating temperature of a circular heater to a temperature lower than the softening point of a deposited tube, exhausting contaminants existing in the interior of the deposited tube while moving the circular heater at a desired temperature, setting the heating temperature of the circular heater to a temperature not lower than the softening point of the deposited tube, and shrinking and closing the deposited tube while moving the circular heater to a desired temperature.
摘要:
A glass preform (1) is preheated and then subjected to a flame abrasion by oxyhydrogen flame (4). A surface of the glass preform (1) thus abrased has no crack during the cooling after the flame abrasion.
摘要:
A glass preform for use in the fabrication of an optical fiber having a low transmission loss is produced by inserting a glass rod as a core material in a glass tube as a cladding material having a lower refractive index than that of the core material, and heating the so formed composite of the glass rod and the glass tube from the outside after filling a mixed gas containing a halogen-containing gas and oxygen gas in a space between the glass rod and the glass tube to fuse them together to produce the glass preform. Formation of bubbles in the glass preform is thereby suppressed.