公开(公告)号：US20230312390A1

公开(公告)日：2023-10-05

申请号：US18207376

申请日：2023-06-08

Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATED

Inventor： Raymond David Groh ,  Joseph Leroy Morse ,  Bradley Kent Shepard ,  Ian Anthony Smith ,  Eric Wade Thornton

IPC: C03B37/012 ,  F27B5/00 ,  F27B5/13

CPC classification number: C03B37/01257 ,  C03B37/0124 ,  C03B37/0126 ,  F27B5/00 ,  F27B5/13

Abstract: A system and methods are described herein for preheating a preform in a preheater furnace and then transferring the preheated preform to a consolidation furnace for chemical treatment and sintering the preform into a clear glass which can be drawn into optical fiber. In addition, the preheater furnace is described herein which is configured to heat the preform per a predetermined heat-profile until the preform is uniformly heated to a temperature above 1000° C.

公开(公告)号：US11713272B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-01

申请号：US16799185

申请日：2020-02-24

Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATED

Inventor： Raymond David Groh ,  Joseph Leroy Morse ,  Bradley Kent Shepard ,  Ian Anthony Smith ,  Eric Wade Thornton

IPC: C03B37/012 ,  F27B5/00 ,  F27B5/13

CPC classification number: C03B37/01257 ,  C03B37/0124 ,  C03B37/0126 ,  F27B5/00 ,  F27B5/13

Abstract: A system and methods are described herein for preheating a preform in a preheater furnace and then transferring the preheated preform to a consolidation furnace for chemical treatment and sintering the preform into a clear glass which can be drawn into optical fiber. In addition, the preheater furnace is described herein which is configured to heat the preform per a predetermined heat-profile until the preform is uniformly heated to a temperature above 1000° C.

公开(公告)号：US20200283329A1

公开(公告)日：2020-09-10

申请号：US16799185

申请日：2020-02-24

Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATED

Inventor： Raymond David Groh ,  Joseph Leroy Morse ,  Bradley Kent Shepard ,  Ian Anthony Smith ,  Eric Wade Thornton

IPC: C03B37/012

Abstract: A system and methods are described herein for preheating a preform in a preheater furnace and then transferring the preheated preform to a consolidation furnace for chemical treatment and sintering the preform into a clear glass which can be drawn into optical fiber. In addition, the preheater furnace is described herein which is configured to heat the preform per a predetermined heat-profile until the preform is uniformly heated to a temperature above 1000° C.