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Method for the manufacture of a preform for drawing glass fibers particularly infrared light waveguides for optical communications technology
Assignee: Siemens AG
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Filing: 1988-06-20
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Granted: 1989-06-27
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Expires: 2008-06-20
Abstract
Abstract A method for the manufacture of a preform of barium containing heavy metal fluoride glass comprising a core and a jacket for drawing infrared light waveguides for optical communications technology by casting molten glass onto a predetermined body of solid glass. Hitherto, such a method was executed such that molten core glass was cast into a tube of jacket glass. In order to achieve thicker preforms, one proceeds such here that a solid row of the core glass is surrounded with molten jacket glass. The boundary surface between core and jacket of the generated preform can be improved in the method disclosed herein that the surface of the solid rod is etched before being surrounded with the jacket glass. A nearly perfect boundary surface is obtained by etching with a ZrOCl 2 solution.
Inventors
- 👤 Hartmut Schneider
- 👤 Achim Schoberth
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 16:35
CPC Classifications
C; C03; C03B; C03B37/00; C03B37/01; C03B37/012; C03B37/01265; C03B37/01277; C03B37/01268; C03C; C03C13/00; C03C13/04; C03C13/041; C03C13/042; C03C15/00; C03C15/02; C03B2201/00; C03B2201/80; C03B2201/82; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S65/00; Y10S65/15; Y10S65/16
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
128 words
In a method for the manufacture of a preform comprising a core of core glass and a jacket of jacket glass for drawing glass fibers by casting molten glass onto a pre-defined body of solid glass, the improvement comprising etching the surface of a solid rod of said core glass and only then surrounding said solid rod of said core glass with molten jacket glass by introducing said solid rod into a cylindrical hollow form having a larger cross-section and composed of material having good thermal conductivity, filling out a resulting annular cavity between said rod and the surrounding hollow form with said molten jacket glass, allowing said molten jacket glass to solidify in said hollow form and subsequently removing the solidified cast member from the hollow form.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
128 words
In a method for the manufacture of a preform comprising a core of core glass and a jacket of jacket glass for drawing glass fibers by casting molten glass onto a pre-defined body of solid glass, the improvement comprising etching the surface of a solid rod of said core glass and only then surrounding said solid rod of said core glass with molten jacket glass by introducing said solid rod into a cylindrical hollow form having a larger cross-section and composed of material having good thermal conductivity, filling out a resulting annular cavity between said rod and the surrounding hollow form with said molten jacket glass, allowing said molten jacket glass to solidify in said hollow form and subsequently removing the solidified cast member from the hollow form.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
14 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein said hollow form is composed of metal.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
84 words
In a method for the manufacture of a preform comprising a core of core glass and a jacket of jacket glass for drawing glass fibers by casting molten glass onto a pre-defined body of solid glass, the improvement comprising surrounding a solid rod of said core glass with molten jacket glass by rotating said solid rod about its axis and casting molten jacket glass onto the circumferential surface of said solid rod, said casting there onto being in the form of a radial jet.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
84 words
In a method for the manufacture of a preform comprising a core of core glass and a jacket of jacket glass for drawing glass fibers by casting molten glass onto a pre-defined body of solid glass, the improvement comprising surrounding a solid rod of said core glass with molten jacket glass by rotating said solid rod about its axis and casting molten jacket glass onto the circumferential surface of said solid rod, said casting there onto being in the form of a radial jet.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
25 words
A method according to claim 3, wherein the molten jacket glass layer cast onto said solid rod is quenched by a stream of cooling gas.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
32 words
A method according to claim 4, wherein a gas selected from the group consisting of a fluorine-containing, hydrogen-free molecular gas and a chlorinated hydrocarbon is added to said stream of cooling gas.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
26 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein said solid rod of said core glass is produced by casting molten core glass into a cylindrical hollow form.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
51 words
A method according to claim 6, wherein said core glass and said jacket glass are composed of an oxygen-free, heavy metal fluoride glass; in that at least said core glass contains barium and the surface of said solid rod composed of said core glass is etched with a ZrOCl 2 solution.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
109 words
A method for the manufacture of a preform for drawing glass fibers comprising a core of core glass and a jacket of jacket glass comprising the steps of: etching a surface of a solid rod of said core glass; concentrically introducing said solid rod into a cylindrical hollow form having a cross section larger than that of said rod and being composed of material having good thermal conductivity; filling out a resulting annular cavity between said rod and said surrounding hollow form with said molten jacket glass; allowing said molten jacket glass to solidify in said hollow form; and subsequently removing the solidified cast member from the hollow form.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
109 words
A method for the manufacture of a preform for drawing glass fibers comprising a core of core glass and a jacket of jacket glass comprising the steps of: etching a surface of a solid rod of said core glass; concentrically introducing said solid rod into a cylindrical hollow form having a cross section larger than that of said rod and being composed of material having good thermal conductivity; filling out a resulting annular cavity between said rod and said surrounding hollow form with said molten jacket glass; allowing said molten jacket glass to solidify in said hollow form; and subsequently removing the solidified cast member from the hollow form.
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