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Optical Fiber Coatings
 


OPTICAL FIBER COATINGS

Solutions for Optical Fiber Coatings

Basics & Application (Slide 1)

FIBER OPTICS ARE:

  • long, thin strands of very pure glass
  • about the diameter of a human hair,
  • arranged in bundles called  optical cables
  • and used to transmit light signals
    (telephone, TV, computer networks, local area networks)
Description of Technology (Slide 2)

Light wave in the fiber

---->Sheath
----->
Cladding
------>
Core
-------->
Signal 1 & 2

Description of Technology (Slide 3)

Optical Fiber Drawing Tower (drawing speed is > 2000m/min)

The glass for the preform is made by Modified Chemical Vapor Deposition. The preform blank gets lowered into a graphite furnace (2.000 Celsuis)

Solutions (Slide 4)

Preferred choice of industry leaders for:

  • primary coatings
  • secondary coatings
  • color marking
  • ribbon/matrix material

Solutions for Optical Fiber Coatings:

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