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    Drawing tower

    Topic: Engineering

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    Short description: Drawing optical fiber

    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. A drawing tower is used in the production of fiber optic communication cables. The preform is a multi-layered cylinder typically 20 cm in diameter, and 2 m long.[2]

    References

    1. ↑ 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. doi:10.1364/JOSAB.437667. Bibcode: 2021JOSAB..38F.122H. 
    2. ↑ "The optical fiber draw tower". https://www.cersa-mci.com/products/optical-fibers/optical-fiber-draw-tower/. 



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