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Method of flame finishing optical fiber preforms

US5192350A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 1, 1991
Grant dateMar 9, 1993
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Expiry dateFeb 1, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC03B37/01876
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A cylindrical piece of glass (4) is subjected to heating passes on a glassmaker's lathe. Possible opto-geometrical defects of said piece of glass are detected and measured and then said defects are corrected by machining the outside surface thereof during a correction pass performed on the same glassmaker's lathe.

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