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EP 1030823 A4 20001227 - DRAW CONSTANT DOWNFEED PROCESS

Title (en)

DRAW CONSTANT DOWNFEED PROCESS

Title (de)

KONSTANTES UNTERZIEHVERFAHREN

Title (fr)

PROCEDE DE DISTRIBUTION SUPERIEURE CONSTANTE PAR ETIRAGE

Publication

EP 1030823 A4 20001227 (EN)

Application

EP 98946905 A 19980910

Priority

  • US 9818785 W 19980910
  • US 5966297 P 19970925

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO9915470A1] Optical fiber (14) is drawn from a preform (10) that is fed to a furnace at a constant downfeed rate. The optical fiber (14) is drawn by a tractor (20) at a rate of at least 10 meters per second and the tractor (20) is allowed to vary the draw speed of the fiber (14) based on the fiber diameter as measured by a diameter monitor (15) during the draw processing in order to maintain a relatively constant fiber diameter. Maintaining the preform downfeed rate constant even at high draw rates in excess of 20 meters per second does not adversely effect the draw process and is believed to reduce or eliminate oscillations in the draw control loop that can cause variations in the core shape during fiber formation, resulting in reduced PMD and improved MFD uniformity.

IPC 1-7

C03B 37/027; C03B 37/07

IPC 8 full level

C03B 37/025 (2006.01); C03B 37/027 (2006.01); G02B 6/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP KR)

C03B 37/02 (2013.01 - KR); C03B 37/0253 (2013.01 - EP); C03B 2205/06 (2013.01 - EP); C03B 2205/40 (2013.01 - EP); C03B 2205/42 (2013.01 - EP); C03B 2205/44 (2013.01 - EP); C03B 2205/72 (2013.01 - EP)

Citation (search report)

  • [XY] DE 4412563 A1 19951019 - SIECOR FERTIGUNGSGESELLSCHAFT [DE]
  • [PXPY] DE 19716133 A1 19971211 - SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD [KR]
  • [A] EP 0795520 A1 19970917 - ALCATEL FIBRES OPTIQUES [FR]
  • [YA] PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 15, no. 96 7 March 1991 (1991-03-07)
  • [YA] PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 15, no. 52 7 February 1991 (1991-02-07)
  • [YA] PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 18, no. 575 4 November 1994 (1994-11-04)
  • [X] PAEK U C ET AL: "FIBER DRAWING FROM 7.5 CM DIAMETER PREFORMS AT HIGH SPEED", OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION CONFERENCE (OFC), US, NEW YORK, IEEE, vol. CONF. 11, 25 January 1988 (1988-01-25), pages 222 - 225, XP000011691, ISBN: 1-55752-022-4
  • See references of WO 9915470A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE ES FI FR GB IT NL

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 9915470 A1 19990401; AU 738625 B2 20010920; AU 9381798 A 19990412; BR 9812674 A 20000822; CA 2301033 A1 19990401; CN 1119301 C 20030827; CN 1271334 A 20001025; EP 1030823 A1 20000830; EP 1030823 A4 20001227; ID 24850 A 20000824; JP 2001517598 A 20011009; KR 20010024306 A 20010326

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 9818785 W 19980910; AU 9381798 A 19980910; BR 9812674 A 19980910; CA 2301033 A 19980910; CN 98809377 A 19980910; EP 98946905 A 19980910; ID 20000757 A 19980910; JP 2000512784 A 19980910; KR 20007003205 A 20000324