Manufacturing method of optical fiber ribbon, manufacturing device for optical fiber ribbon implementing said manufacturing method, and optical fiber ribbon manufactured with said manufacturing method
US9389386B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 15, 2013 |
| Grant date | Jul 12, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 9, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/4405
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A manufacturing method for an optical fiber ribbon, in which: a plurality of optical fibers are arranged in parallel and the neighboring optical fibers are partially coupled with each other at given intervals in a longitudinal direction to form a subunit; and the optical fibers positioned at side edges of the neighboring subunits are partially coupled with each other at a given intervals in the longitudinal direction, includes: sending out the optical fibers in a parallel manner with intervals provided therebetween, applying an uncured resin to the optical fibers, continuously changing positions at which the uncured resin is interrupted by a plurality of interrupt members, and forming coupled portions at which the optical fibers are coupled to each other by irradiating resin curing energy, wherein a moving period or phase of the interrupt members is changed for every arbitrary optical fibers.
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