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Heathway/Controls Interface 4m Drawing Tower (UoA)
4m Fibre Draw Tower
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Description
Soft glass and polymer draw tower
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Related Information
A 4m soft glass drawing tower is currently used to draw preforms of 8 – 15mm diameter and up to 180mm lengths into canes of approximately 1mm outer diameter or fibres of 100 – 400µm outer diameter. The temperature range that can be reached in the centre of the hot zone of the RF furnace is approximately 200 – 900oC. Pressure and vacuum can be applied to the preform during caning and fibre drawing. A range of soft glasses and polymer can be drawn from this tower. In addition, the preform can be spun during fibre drawing. On-line coating of fibres with UV-curable polymer can also be performed.
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Tool Owner
Heathway/Controls Interface 6m Drawing Tower (UoA)
Hard glass draw tower
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Optofab
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Description
Silica type glass draw tower .
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Related Information
The 6m drawing tower enables the drawing of glass fibres in the temperature range of 1800-2200oC. In addition, this re-configurable and versatile tower will allow draw process modifications, as well as new research and commercial production opportunities of specialised optical fibres.
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