METHOD FOR PRODUCING OPTICAL FIBER

METHOD FOR PRODUCING OPTICAL FIBER

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide methods for producing an optical fiber along nonlinear paths in the production of the optical fiber.SOLUTION: The methods for producing an optical fiber along nonlinear paths include a step of incorporating a plurality of fluid bearings 216. The one optical fiber is...

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Hauptverfasser: FILLIPPOV ANDREY V, THOMAS JOHN C, COSTELLO JOHN J III, FALER JAMES H, REDING BRUCE W, GREGORSKI STEVEN J
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
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GLASS
MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
METALLURGY
MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
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Zusammenfassung:PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide methods for producing an optical fiber along nonlinear paths in the production of the optical fiber.SOLUTION: The methods for producing an optical fiber along nonlinear paths include a step of incorporating a plurality of fluid bearings 216. The one optical fiber is drawn from one preform along a first pathway, brought into contact with a fluid cushion region of one of the fluid bearings 216, and redirected along a second pathway as the fiber is drawn across the fluid cushion region.