Systems and methods for processing optical fiber
AssigneeCorning Incorporated
InventorsBruce Warren Reding, Pushkar Tandon
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Abstract
A system for processing an optical fiber includes: a draw furnace, the draw furnace containing an optical fiber preform; a bare optical fiber drawn from the optical fiber preform, the bare optical fiber extending from the draw furnace along a process pathway; and a slow cooling device operatively coupled to and downstream from the draw furnace, the slow cooling device exposing the bare optical fiber to a slow cooling device process temperature in the range from 1000° C. to 1400° C., wherein the bare optical fiber passes through the slow cooling device at least two times.
Claims10
A system for processing an optical fiber comprising:
- a draw furnace, said draw furnace containing an optical fiber preform;
- a bare optical fiber drawn from said optical fiber preform, said bare optical fiber extending from said draw furnace along a process pathway;
- a slow cooling device operatively coupled to and downstream from said draw furnace, said slow cooling device exposing said bare optical fiber to a slow cooling device process temperature in the range from 1000° C. to 1400° C.;
- at least one fluid bearing device operatively coupled to and downstream from said draw furnace, the at least one fluid bearing device redirecting said bare optical fiber to reenter the slow cooling device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.