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Method for manufacturing an optical-fiber buffer tube

US9188754B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

Draka Comteq B.V. · NL

Inventors

Brian G. Risch · Granite Falls, US
Denise Collado · Huntersville, US
Don Parris · Merate, IT

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 15, 2013
Grant date	Nov 17, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 15, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B6/4479
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method for manufacturing an optical-fiber buffer tube uses a prewetting agent possessing excellent surface affinity, wetting, and interfacial adhesion with optical-fiber coatings. The prewetting agent does not pool within or leak from the resulting buffer tubes during storage or vertical installation.

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