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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2010
Johannes Antoon Hartsuiker, Eindhoven, NL;
Igor Milicevic, Helmond, NL;
Mattheus Jacobus Nicolaas Van Stralen, Tilburg, NL;
Eric Aloysius Kuijpers, Eindhoven, NL;
Johannes Antoon Hartsuiker, Eindhoven, NL;
Igor Milicevic, Helmond, NL;
Mattheus Jacobus Nicolaas Van Stralen, Tilburg, NL;
Eric Aloysius Kuijpers, Eindhoven, NL;
Draka Comteq B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Abstract
A method for manufacturing a primary preform for optical fibers using an internal vapor deposition process including the steps of providing a substrate tube having supply and discharge sides, surrounding at least part of the tube by a furnace, supplying glass-forming gases to the interior of the tube via the supply side, creating a reaction zone with conditions such that deposition of glass will take place on the inner surface of the tube, and moving the reaction zone back and forth along the length of the tube between reversal points near the supply and discharge sides to form one or more preform layers on the inner surface of the tube, wherein both reversal points are surrounded by the furnace.