发明名称 |
Method and apparatus for tensile testing and rethreading optical fiber during fiber draw |
摘要 |
A method and apparatus for automatic threading and winding of optical fiber onto various components in a fiber draw system, as well as methods and apparatus for conducting online tensile screening of optical fiber at high speeds. In a preferred embodiment, the fiber is tensile tested during fiber draw and wound directly onto a shipping spool to be shipped to a customer. The tensile stress can be imparted to the fiber during the draw process by feeding the fiber through a screener capstan, which works in conjunction with another capstan to impart the desired tensile stress to the fiber during the draw process. Another aspect is a method and apparatus for threading or rethreading of a moving length of fiber through a fiber draw or fiber testing process, in which fiber is wound onto a spool, comprising activating an aspirator to obtain the fiber at a first location and moving said aspirator in at least two dimensions to thereby move the fiber to a second location and thread the fiber through or onto at least one component in the fiber draw or testing process.
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申请公布号 |
US2002069675(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2002.06.13 |
申请号 |
US20000733352 |
申请日期 |
2000.12.08 |
申请人 |
BUMGARNER KIRK P.;ROBERTS KENNETH W.;TUCKER DAVID A. |
发明人 |
BUMGARNER KIRK P.;ROBERTS KENNETH W.;TUCKER DAVID A. |
分类号 |
G01N3/00;B65H54/88;B65H67/048;C03B37/03;C03B37/10;G01M11/00;G01M11/08;G01N3/02;G01N3/08;G02B6/00;(IPC1-7):G01N23/00 |
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G01N3/00 |
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