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Two-die assembly for the extrusion of glasses with dissimilar thermal properties for fibre optic preforms

Two-die assembly for the extrusion of glasses with dissimilar thermal properties for fibre optic preforms
Two-die assembly for the extrusion of glasses with dissimilar thermal properties for fibre optic preforms
Extrusion of a preform based on core and cladding glasses with different thermal properties is demonstrated. The core glass (50BaO-8B) exhibits refractive index of 1.594 and softening temperature of 650 °C. Due to the softer nature of the core glass compared to the cladding glass, a novel two-die assembly method is employed for extrusion. The results show that the core glass flows through the cladding glass and be extruded first before stabilising to enable the extrusion of a cane of core and cladding glasses.
extrusion, two-die assembly, fibre preform, glass
0924-0136
325-329
Lee, E.T.Y.
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Taylor, E.R.M.
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Lee, E.T.Y.
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Taylor, E.R.M.
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Lee, E.T.Y. and Taylor, E.R.M. (2007) Two-die assembly for the extrusion of glasses with dissimilar thermal properties for fibre optic preforms. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 184 (1-3), 325-329. (doi:10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2006.11.115).

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Extrusion of a preform based on core and cladding glasses with different thermal properties is demonstrated. The core glass (50BaO-8B) exhibits refractive index of 1.594 and softening temperature of 650 °C. Due to the softer nature of the core glass compared to the cladding glass, a novel two-die assembly method is employed for extrusion. The results show that the core glass flows through the cladding glass and be extruded first before stabilising to enable the extrusion of a cane of core and cladding glasses.

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Published date: 2007
Keywords: extrusion, two-die assembly, fibre preform, glass

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Local EPrints ID: 46867
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/46867
ISSN: 0924-0136
PURE UUID: 1bc16c54-8bf5-4d7d-9a60-80f2322f47ae

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Date deposited: 23 Jul 2007
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 09:27

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Author: E.T.Y. Lee
Author: E.R.M. Taylor

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