Drawing tower
A drawing tower produces a fine filament by heating the tip of a preform to melting temperature and pulling a strand of molten material downward.[1] Industrial drawing towers range in height from 30 to 45 meters.[2] A drawing tower is used in the production of fiber optic communication cables.
References
- ^ Harvey, Clarissa M.; Mühlberger, Korbinian; Oriekhov, Taras; Maniewski, Pawel; Fokine, Michael (2021). "Specialty optical fiber fabrication: fiber draw tower based on a CO laser furnace". Journal of the Optical Society of America B. 38 (12): F122. Bibcode:2021JOSAB..38F.122H. doi:10.1364/JOSAB.437667. S2CID 240084874.
- ^ "The optical fiber draw tower". Retrieved March 2, 2023.
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