Method for manufacturing intermittently-fixed optical fiber ribbon

Abstract

A method for manufacturing an intermittently-fixed optical fiber ribbon includes: collectively coating a plurality of optical fibers with a coating material by applying an uncured coating material that intrudes between the plurality of optical fibers and curing the intruded uncured coating material; and cutting the coating material positioned between the plurality of optical fibers at a predetermined interval in a longitudinal direction of the optical fibers with a plurality of rotary blades disposed side by side in a width direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction, while delivering the collectively-coated optical fibers at a velocity V1 in the longitudinal direction. The velocity V1 is greater than a peripheral velocity V2 of the plurality of rotary blades.

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