Corning Incorporated

Yunfei Shao

Nikolaos Pantelis Kladias

Chunfeng Zhou

Xiaoyong Wang

Chungfeng Zhou

A fiber draw furnace includes a heated section configured to contain and heat a glass source from which an optical fiber is drawn. A lower extended muffle having a first end and a second end. A gas screen is coupled to the second end of the lower extended muffle configured to allow a gas to flow into the lower extended muffle. A reclaim cylinder is coupled to the lower extended muffle including an outer housing defining a reclaim chamber. A plurality of reclaim ports are tangentially coupled to the outer housing and an inner housing is positioned within the outer housing.

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Beijing, China

Yunfei Shao