摘要 |
A method of manufacturing a multi-ribbon optical fiber structure which contains optical fibers, and which can be separated into at least two optical fiber ribbons, said method including: a first step in which a multi-ribbon structure is formed, containing the optical fibers disposed side-by-side, mutually parallel, substantially in the same plane which defines the faces of the multi-ribbon structure, and embedded in a common matrix, by coating the fibers making up the multi-ribbon structure with at least one covering layer, and then by thermosetting the layer; and a second step in which at least one longitudinal score line is formed between two adjacent optical fibers, the score line comprising at least one score in the covering layer, extending parallel to the axis X of the optical fibers of the multi-ribbon structure, and situated in a plane that is perpendicular to the faces of the multi-ribbon structure, and that lies substantially midway between said adjacent optical fibers, the score line being formed by scoring apparatus for scoring at least one of the faces of the multi-ribbon structure.
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