发明名称 |
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CORRECTING CROSS-SECTION OF OBJECT |
摘要 |
The transverse cross section of a body (20) is modified by the steps of: a) determining the extent to which the body (20) has material in excess of a desired shape at a plurality of points, b) exposing the body (20) to a local heat source (10) having a temperature sufficiently high to remove material from the surface of the body (20), and c) moving the surface of the body (20) in relation to the source (10) at a speed which decreases in regions where the body (20) has material in excess of the desired shape so as to remove more material from such regions than from other regions. In a preferred embodiment, the body (20) is an optical fiber preform (20), the local heat source (10) is the fireball (12) of a plasma torch (10), and the body (20) is moved relative to the torch (10) by rotating the preform (20) at a controllable angular velocity while the torch (10) is translated along the length of the preform (20). <IMAGE> |
申请公布号 |
JPH04349134(A) |
申请公布日期 |
1992.12.03 |
申请号 |
JP19910274908 |
申请日期 |
1991.09.27 |
申请人 |
AMERICAN TELEPH & TELEGR CO <ATT> |
发明人 |
JIEEMUZU UIRIAMU FUREMINGU JIYUNIA;ADORUFU HENRII MOOSURU JIYUNIA;FURETSUDO POORU PAATASU |
分类号 |
C03B23/043;C03B23/057;C03B29/02;C03B37/012;C03B37/014;C03B37/018;G02B6/00 |
主分类号 |
C03B23/043 |
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