摘要:
A fiber drawing device (1) has a fiber drawing furnace (11), a heating furnace (21) and a resin curing unit (31). An He gas supply passage (15) from a supply unit (14) is connected to a furnace tube (13) of the fiber drawing furnace (11), for supplying an He gas. An optical fiber (3) heat-drawn in the fiber drawing furnace (11) is fed to a heating furnace (21), and a preset portion of the optical fiber (3) is gradually cooled at a preset cooling speed. An N2 gas supply passage (25) from an N2 gas supply unit (24) is connected to a furnace tube (23) of the heating furnace (21), for supplying an N2 gas. Later, a UV resin (39) is applied to the optical fiber (3) by a coating die (38) and then is cured at the resin curing unit (31) to produce an optical fiber strand (4).
摘要:
A method and a device for manufacturing a glass tube, the method wherein a diameter expanding member is inserted into a hole in a tubular glass material to increase the diameter of the hole while maintaining a glass material temperature at the softening point or higher of the glass material, the tubular glass material may be purchased or manufactured, and the diameter of the hole in the glass material may be increased while supporting the diameter increasing material at least at the rear end thereof or while supporting the diameter increasing material at both ends thereof; the device comprising a means for moving the diameter expanding member and the glass material relative to each other so that a heating member for heating the tubular glass material from the periphery, the diameter expanding member insertable into the glass material, a support member for supporting both ends of the diameter expanding member, and the diameter expanding member can be inserted into the hole in the glass material.
摘要:
A drawing device (1) has a drawing furnace (11), a protective tube (21) and a resin curing section (31). Disposed between the drawing furnace (11) and the protective tube (21) is a buffer chamber (41), having a length (L1) as seen in the drawing direction of optical fibers (3). The buffer chamber (41) is composed of a first buffer chamber (42) and a second buffer chamber (45). The inner space of the buffer chamber (41) contains a mixture of He gas which is the atmosphere gas in the drawing furnace (11) and air which is the atmosphere gas in the protective tube (21). The optical fibers (3) heated and drawn in the drawing furnace (11) are fed into the protective tube (21) and their predetermined regions are slowly cooled at a predetermined cooling rate. Thereafter, a UV resin liquid (63) is applied to the optical fibers (3) by a coating die (62), the UV resin (63) being cured in the resin curing section (31); the optical fibers become an optical fiber strand (4).
摘要:
A wire drawing device (1) has a wire drawing furnace (11), a heating furnace (21) and a resin curing unit (31). An optical fiber (3) heat-drawn in the wire drawing furnace (11) is fed to a heating furnace (21), and a preset portion of the optical fiber (3) is slowly cooled at a preset cooling speed. A heater (22) temperature in the heating furnace (21) is so set that a furnace center temperature is within a range of 1200 to 1600 DEG C. Then, the optical fiber (3) is coated with a UV resin liquid (52) by a coating die (51), and the UV resin (52) is cured at the resin curing unit (31) to form an optical fiber strand (4).
摘要:
A fiber drawing device (1) has a drawing furnace (11) provided with a carbon heater (13), for heat-drawing an optical fiber preform (2). The carbon heater (13) has a heating portion at least 280 mm in length in a drawing direction, and emits heat so that a maximum temperature on the surface of the optical fiber preform (2) in the furnace (11) is lower than 1800 DEG C. When the preform (2) is drawn with the temperature of a furnace tube (12) of the furnace (11) kept below 1800 DEG C, an atomic arrangement in the preform (2) is comparatively adjusted and is kept minimized in disorderedness. Whereby, it is possible to provide the optical fiber (3) lowered in Rayleigh scattering intensity and in transmission loss, reflecting a lowered atomic arrangement disorderedness in the drawn optical fiber (3).
摘要:
A method of manufacturing an optical fiber base material, comprising forming a soot body by spray-depositing fine glass particles, which are synthesized by a burner (2), onto an outer circumferential surface of a starting member (3), which is prepared by fusing a dummy rod to both end portions of a core base material, while moving the starting member (3) reciprocatingly in the axial direction thereof relatively with respect to the burner, characterized in that gauge marks (11, 12) are set in positions which are a predetermined distance away from interfaces of the core base material and dummy rod toward the dummy rod, the relative reciprocating movement of the starting member being made by reversing the direction of the relative movement at instants at which the burner (2) reaches turning points (15, 16) existing in end portions distant from the gauge marks (11, 12), a raw glass material being fed from a raw material supply unit (5) only when the burner (2) is positioned between the gauge marks (11, 12).