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US 2022/0106222 A1Published application
System and method for manufacturing optical fiber
AssigneeMade In Space, Inc.
InventorsJan Clawson, Robert White, Nate Pickslay, Michael Snyder, Geoffrey York Powers, Noah Paul-Gin
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Abstract
A system for precoating a preform for drawing optical fiber including a diameter sensor to determine a diameter of pulled optical fiber, a cooling system to cool the optical fiber once it is pulled from a furnace, a coating system to apply a coating to the optical fiber once it has cooled and an ultra-violet lamp to cure the coating.
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A system for drawing optical fiber in a microgravity environment, the system comprising:
- a furnace comprising:
- at least one heated element, and
- a heat insulating element in contact with the at least one heated element;
- a controller to control heat from the at least one heating element;
- and
- at least one sensor to provide data to the controller used for controlling heat from the at least one heating element.
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A microgravity functional furnace system, the system comprising:
- a heating core;
- an insulator portion to limit heating of an ambient environment;
- an active proportional-integral-derivative loop controller to control temperature of the heating core;
- and
- at least one detector to detect temperature of the heating core and to provide the detected temperature to the controller.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.