公开(公告)号：US20240150217A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-09

申请号：US18376195

申请日：2023-10-03

Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATED

Inventor： Kirk Patton Bumgarner ,  Stephen Mitchell Carlton ,  Elena Alekseevna Chizhova-Notkina ,  Robert James Davis ,  Nikolay Anatolyevich Panin ,  Bradley Kent Shepard

IPC: C03B37/018

CPC classification number: C03B37/01884

Abstract: A lathe system for producing an optical fiber preform, the lathe system including a rotating bait rod, a burner box configured to deposit silica-containing soot on the rotating bait rod, a hood configured to direct airflow within the lathe system through an exhaust, and a perforated floor configured to expel air within the lathe system as a plurality of air jets from a bottom portion of the lathe system to a top portion of the lathe system.