METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING AN OPTICAL FIBRE CABLE AND CABLE SO MANUFACTURED
Undesired and unforeseeable shrinkage may occur in a tube of plastic material containing optical fibres following its manufacture, especially during storage when the tube is wound on a reel. As a result, there may be uncontrollable variations of the ratio between length of the tube and length of the...
Saved in:
Main Authors | , |
---|---|
Format | Patent |
Language | English French German |
Published |
09.07.2003
|
Edition | 7 |
Subjects | |
Online Access | Get full text |
Cover
Loading…
Summary: | Undesired and unforeseeable shrinkage may occur in a tube of plastic material containing optical fibres following its manufacture, especially during storage when the tube is wound on a reel. As a result, there may be uncontrollable variations of the ratio between length of the tube and length of the optical fibre contained therein ("excess fibre variation"). The present invention relates to a method and equipment for limiting the excess fibre variations in a plastic tube, by stretching the tube by a predefined amount during manufacturing. The present invention also relates to a plastic tube subjected to a predefined stretching, a cable comprising such a tube and the equipment suitable for manufacturing such tube. |
---|---|
Bibliography: | Application Number: EP19990958180 |