METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING GLASS FINE PARTICLE DEPOSIT AND GLASS BASE MATERIAL

摘要

One object of the present invention is to provide manufacturing methods of a glass-fine-particle-deposited body and a glass base material, the methods being capable of improving an adhering efficiency of the produced glass fine particles on a starting rod or a glass-fine-particle-deposited body. In the method for manufacturing a glass-fine-particle-deposited body, at least a part of a gas supplying pipe 25 from a temperature controlled booth 24 to a burner 18 for cladding is temperature-controlled so that the temperature at the burner side becomes high and temperature gradient becomes 5°C/m or more. The temperature control is performed so that the temperature gradient becomes preferably 15°C/m or more, more preferably 25°C/m or more. Specifically, the part is controlled to the predetermined temperature gradient by winding a tape heater 26 that is a heating element on the outer circumference of the gas supplying pipe 25 from the temperature controlled booth 24 to the burner 18 for cladding and temperature-controlling the tape heater 26.