U.S. Philips Corporation

Hermann-Josef Broeckmann

Veit M Kolschbach

Hans-Joachim Schmitz

Joerg-Michael Schneider

The invention relates to a method of producing an optical cable in which at least one optical waveguide fed forward from a supply reel is provided with a loosely surrounding jacket by means of extrusion, whose length is subsequently reduced relative to the length of the optical waveguide travelling through the expander and is thereafter wound-up. The excessive length of the optical waveguide is consequently distributed uniformly along the overall length of the optical cable, because of the fact that the optical waveguides paid-out from the supply reel are stranded before they are fed into the extruder.

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Cologne, Germany

Hermann-Josef Broeckmann