OPTICAL FIBER MANUFACTURING METHOD AND OPTICAL FIBER MANUFACTURING APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20240228359A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-11

    申请号:US18561500

    申请日:2022-03-31

    申请人: Fujikura Ltd.

    发明人: Tomoyasu Honda

    IPC分类号: C03B37/012

    摘要: An optical fiber manufacturing method includes supplying power to a drawing furnace to cause T/V to decrease to Ttarget/Vtarget along a quadratic function having a value of the Ttarget/Vtarget at an apex with lapse of time, where T is a tension applied to an optical fiber when an optical fiber preform is heated by the drawing furnace and the optical fiber is drawn, V is speed of withdrawing the optical fiber when the optical fiber is heated by the drawing furnace and the optical fiber is drawn, Ttarget is a target value of the tension, and Vtarget is a target value of the speed.

    Methods and apparatus for drawing optical fiber
    4.
    发明申请
    Methods and apparatus for drawing optical fiber 审中-公开
    拉丝光纤的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20020078715A1

    公开(公告)日:2002-06-27

    申请号:US10035330

    申请日:2002-01-04

    IPC分类号: C03B037/029

    摘要: A drawing apparatus 1 has a drawing furnace 11 for heating and drawing an optical fiber preform 2, and a carbon heater 13 is disposed in this drawing furnace 11. The carbon heater 13 has a heating portion the length of which in a drawing direction is set to not less than 280 mm. The carbon heater 13 heats the preform so that a maximum temperature on the surface of the optical fiber preform 2 in the drawing furnace 11 becomes below 1800null C. The optical fiber preform 2 is drawn in a state in which the temperature of the muffle tube 12 of the drawing furnace 11 is kept below 1800null C., so that atomic arrangement in the optical fiber preform 2 becomes relatively aligned in a state of reduced randomness of atomic arrangement. This permits the optical fiber 3 to be drawn as reflecting the reduced randomness state of atomic arrangement, whereby the optical fiber 3 can be obtained with reduced Rayleigh scattering intensity and lowered transmission loss.

    摘要翻译: 拉伸装置1具有用于加热和拉伸光纤预制棒2的拉丝炉11,并且在该拉拔炉11中设置碳加热器13.碳加热器13具有设置在拉伸方向上的长度的加热部分 至不小于280毫米。 碳加热器13加热预制件,使得拉丝炉11中的光纤预制棒2的表面上的最高温度变得低于1800℃。将光纤预制棒2拉制成马弗管的温度 拉丝炉11的12被保持在1800℃以下,使得光纤预制棒2中的原子排列在原子排列的随机性降低的状态下变得相对对准。 这允许光纤3被拉伸以反映原子排列的随机性降低的状态,从而可以获得具有降低的瑞利散射强度和降低的传输损耗的光纤3。

    OPTICAL FIBER PREFORM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL FIBER

    公开(公告)号:US20170283301A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-10-05

    申请号:US15631442

    申请日:2017-06-23

    IPC分类号: C03B37/012 G02B6/02

    摘要: An optical fiber preform includes: a columnar portion having an approximately constant radius of r; and a taper portion located adjacent to the columnar portion in a lengthwise direction and having a radius decreasing along the lengthwise direction. The taper portion includes: a first taper portion including a portion having a radius varying between 0.9r and 0.6r; and a second taper portion including a portion having a radius varying between 0.4r and 0.15r. A diameter of the first taper portion in the portion having the radius varying between 0.9r and 0.6r decreases so as to form a maximum angle θ1 between 40 degrees and 60 degrees with respect to the columnar portion, a diameter of the second taper portion in the portion having the radius varying between 0.4r and 0.15r decreases so as to form an average angle θ2 between 5 degrees and 30 degrees with respect to a central axis in the lengthwise direction, and a volume of the taper portion is smaller than or equal to 45% of a volume of a column having a same outer diameter as a maximum outer diameter of the taper portion and having a same length as the taper portion.

    OPTICAL FIBER DRAWING METHODS AND DRAWING FURNACES
    8.
    发明申请
    OPTICAL FIBER DRAWING METHODS AND DRAWING FURNACES 有权
    光纤绘图方法和绘图法

    公开(公告)号:US20090241604A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-10-01

    申请号:US12408854

    申请日:2009-03-23

    IPC分类号: C03B37/025 C03B37/02

    摘要: Drawing methods and drawing furnaces for drawing an optical fiber with small non-circularity by simple drawing system are provided. An optical fiber preform is received into a muffle tube and heated by a primary heater placed to surround the muffle tube. The optical fiber preform is heated such that a starting position of a meniscus portion is higher in its position than the top of the primary heater, wherein the meniscus portion is created at the bottom portion of the optical fiber preform.

    摘要翻译: 提供了绘制方法和绘图炉,用于通过简单的绘图系统绘制具有小非圆形度的光纤。 光纤预制件被接纳到马弗管中,并通过放置在围绕马弗管的主加热器加热。 加热光纤预制件,使得弯月面部分的起始位置在其比初级加热器的顶部更高的位置,其中弯月面部分在光纤预制件的底部产生。

    Optical fiber drawing methods and drawing furnaces
    9.
    发明授权
    Optical fiber drawing methods and drawing furnaces 有权
    光纤拉丝方法和拉丝炉

    公开(公告)号:US08141392B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-03-27

    申请号:US12408854

    申请日:2009-03-23

    IPC分类号: C03B37/02 C03B37/025

    摘要: Drawing methods and drawing furnaces for drawing an optical fiber with small non-circularity by simple drawing system are provided. An optical fiber preform is received into a muffle tube and heated by a primary heater placed to surround the muffle tube. The optical fiber preform is heated such that a starting position of a meniscus portion is higher in its position than the top of the primary heater, wherein the meniscus portion is created at the bottom portion of the optical fiber preform.

    摘要翻译: 提供了绘制方法和绘图炉,用于通过简单的绘图系统绘制具有小非圆形度的光纤。 光纤预制件被接纳到马弗管中,并通过放置在围绕马弗管的主加热器加热。 加热光纤预制件,使得弯月面部分的起始位置在其比初级加热器的顶部更高的位置,其中弯月面部分在光纤预制件的底部产生。

    Optical fiber drawing apparatus and control method therefor
    10.
    发明申请
    Optical fiber drawing apparatus and control method therefor 审中-公开
    光纤拉丝装置及其控制方法

    公开(公告)号:US20030024272A1

    公开(公告)日:2003-02-06

    申请号:US10108456

    申请日:2002-03-29

    IPC分类号: C03B037/07

    摘要: After the start of the control operation of a drawing apparatus, the operation control of a line speed being the drawing-in speed of an optical fiber is performed by a line speed control unit (19), and an optical-fiber feed speed control is performed by a preform feed speed control unit (22), in order that an optical fiber outside diameter measured by an optical-fiber outside diameter measurement unit (8) may become a target outside diameter. By way of example, in a case where the distal end of an optical fiber preform is not in a shape steadily melted in a heating furnace, the preform speed control unit (22) controls the feed speed of the optical fiber preform in the three stages of an optical-fiber-preform initial feed speed control, an acceleration-associated preform feed speed control and a line speed-associated preform feed speed control. In a case where the distal end of the optical fiber preform is in the steadily melted shape, the unit (22) controls the preform feed speed in two stages in which the acceleration-associated preform feed speed control is omitted from the three stages. In optical fiber drawing, troubles such as the breaking of the optical fiber can be suppressed even during the acceleration of the line speed.

    摘要翻译: 在绘图装置的控制操作开始之后,通过线速度控制单元(19)执行作为光纤的绘制速度的线速度的操作控制,并且光纤馈送速度控制是 由预成型件进给速度控制单元(22)执行,以便由光纤外径测量单元(8)测量的光纤外径可以成为目标外径。 作为示例,在光纤预制棒的前端不是在加热炉中不稳定地形成的形状的情况下,预成型体速度控制单元(22)将光纤预制件的进给速度控制在三个阶段 光纤预制件初始进给速度控制,加速相关的预成型件进给速度控制和与线速度相关的预成型件进给速度控制。 在光纤预制件的远端处于稳定熔融状态的情况下,单元(22)在三级中省略加速度相关的预成型件进给速度控制的两个阶段来控制预成型件进给速度。 在光纤拉丝中,即使在线速度加快的情况下,也能够抑制光纤的断裂等故障。