摘要:
An optical communication cable includes a jacket having an interior surface that defines a cable jacket internal cross-sectional area and a plurality of optical fibers, wherein less than 60% of the cable jacket internal cross-sectional area is occupied by the cross-sectional area of the plurality of optical fibers. A scaffolding structure is provided adjacent to and supporting the jacket such that when the jacket is subjected to a burn and melts, the melted jacket material bonds to the scaffolding structure rather than sloughing off.
摘要:
An optical fiber coating apparatus that provides increased gyre stability and reduced gyre strength, thereby providing a more reliable coating application process during fiber drawing includes a cone-only coating die having a conical entrance portion with a tapered wall angled at a half angle α, wherein 2°≤α≤25°, and a cone height L1 less than 2.2 mm, and a cylindrical portion having an inner diameter of d2, wherein 0.1 mm≤d2≤0.5 mm and a cylindrical height of L2, wherein 0.05 mm≤L2≤1.25 mm; a guide die having an optical fiber exit, the guide die disposed adjacent the cone-only coating die such that a wetted length (L5) between the optical fiber exit of the guide die and the entrance of the cone-only coating die is from 1 mm to 5 mm; and a holder for holding the cone-only coating die and the guide die in a fixed relationship defining a coating chamber between the guide die and the cone-only coating die, the coating chamber having an inner radius L6 from the optical fiber axis to an inner wall of the holder that is from 3 mm to 10 mm.
摘要:
The invention relates to a device for processing optical fibers, comprising: a pair of pulleys (1, 2) arranged to receive in a space between them a first optical fiber element (4), and a drive mechanism. In order to obtain a device capable of efficiently and reliably processing optical fibers the first pulley (1) in the pair of pulleys comprises a circumferential first groove (5) in a circumferential contact surface (6) for receiving the first optical fiber element (4), the first groove (5) being shaped to accommodate the first optical fiber element (4) such that less than half of the cross sectional surface area of the first optical fiber element (4) protrudes out of the first groove (5), and a second pulley (2) in the pair of pulleys comprises a circumferential contact surface (7) contacting a surface of the first optical fiber element (4).
摘要:
A method of coloring optical fibers during the optical fiber drawing that includes the steps of feeding a natural fiber coating material and a colorant to a mixer; mixing the natural fiber coating material and the colorant in the mixer to obtain a colored coating material; and supplying the colored coating material to a coating die. The feeding step includes exerting on the natural fiber coating a first gas pressure variable with at least one fiber drawing parameter; and exerting on the colorant a second gas pressure variable with at least one fiber drawing parameter.
摘要:
A method and an arrangement in a coating line for a fibre-like product or fibre-like products, in which the fibre-like product is directed from output means to a press head, by means of which a tube is formed around the fibre-like product. The fibre-like product is directed from the coating line to a feed unit in a preparatory position at the side. When the coating process of a previous product has terminated, the feed unit is shifted to the coating line and the fibre-like product is fed into the press head and is accelerated to the speed of the tube by means of the feed unit. The feed unit is detached from the fibre-like product, when measurement parameters associated with the fibre-like product and/or the tube reach the predetermined values and is shifted back to the preparatory position at the side of the coating line.
摘要:
A method for coating an optical fiber (1) has the optical fiber (1) exiting the longitudinal direction through a coating nozzle (10) from a volume (11) which is filled with a liquid hardenable coating material (6). The surface of the fiber is spaced from the wall (12) of the coating nozzle (10). The viscosity of the coating material (6) at room temperature is greater than 2500 mPa.multidot.s and the temperature of the coating material (6) is adjusted high enough for the coating material (6) to have a viscosity of less than 2000 mPa.multidot.s.
摘要:
In a resin coating applicator, a holder 14 is fixed on a base 15 fitted to a drawing machine, and in the holder 14, hot water can be circulated from an inlet 18. The inner circumferential surface of the holder 14 is formed into a tapered shape so that the outer circumferential surface of a cup-like member 4 of a cartridge type coating sub-assembly 1 is fitted to the holder 14. The respective outer circumferential surfaces of a nipple 2 and a coating die 3 are cylindrical so as to be fitted to the inner circumferential surfaces of an inner cylindrical member 6, and they are positioned by a step portion. Further, they are pressed from the upper and lower sides by the bottom portion of the cup-like member 4 and a lid member 5. The lid member 5 is fastened to the cup-like member 4 integrally by a thread.
摘要:
An apparatus and method for coating an optical wave guide fiber with a liquid polymer coating includes pressurizing a chamber with a process fluid and venting the process fluid along, and in a direction opposite the direction of travel of, the incoming fiber, to strip particles from the incoming fiber before the particles enter the die assembly.
摘要:
The present invention relates to an optical fiber coating method and an apparatus therefor which can form high quality coating layer on an optical fiber (12) by preventing non-concentricity of a coating resin (14) applied on the optical fiber (12) and admixing of bubble. The optical fiber coating apparatus according to the present invention includes at least one pair of an illumination light introducing window (39) and an optical fiber monitoring window (40) formed facing each other with the resin pool between in a side wall portion of a die holder (17), opposing a resin pool (27), a light source (41) opposing to the illumination light introducing window (39) and projecting an illumination light toward the center portion of the resin pool (27), an image pick-up device (42) opposing the optical fiber monitoring window (40) for monitoring at least a contact portion between the optical fiber (12) and the coating resin (14) and in the vicinity thereof, and coating condition modifying means for modifying a coating condition of the coating resin (14) with respect to the optical fiber (12) on the basis of the result of observation of the image pick-up device (42).
摘要:
An improved method of coating an optical fiber is disclosed. A transducer is submerged in a container of liquid coating material and activated so that it causes the formation of a wave of coating material within the container. The optical fiber is then drawn through the container and through the wave, the wave counterbalancing the negative meniscus produced by drawing the fiber through the container. A curved housing also may be placed in the container and surrounding the transducer for controlling the size, amplitude, shape, or direction of the wave. A plurality of transducers also advantageously may be used.