Automação e controle para fabricação de preformas VAD para fibras opticas de alta uniformidade geometrica / Automation and control for VAD preforms fabrication for optical fibers with high geometrical uniformity

AUTOR(ES)

Eduardo Ono

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2004

RESUMO

An advanced V AD (Vapor-phase Axial Deposition) technique has been developed at Laboratory of Integrated Quartz Cycle - LIQC - FEM - UNICAMP. It introduces a series of technological innovations with a greater economical viability over actual optical fiber manufacturing processes. For a high quality optical fiber production, several steps and process parameters must be carefully set. The geometrical uniformity of the preform during the deposition stage is one of the most important parameter for the final uniformity, which determines the characteristics of the final fiber in terms of attenuation and dispersion. To control the preform geometry during the deposition, a computer system based on Lab VIEW platform was developed, to act continuously and in real time on the deposition stage, in order to maintain constant the preform diameter. In its essence, the feedback system, based on PID controller, acts on the speed of the preform positioning mechanism, according to the value of the diameter detected in. the deposition region. This diameter is obtained through the image processing grabbed from a CCD video camera. Although, it was developed in a laboratorial scale, the system showed a good performance and stability, which can be applied on an industrial mass production scale for fiber optics. In this system, dimensional variations in the order of 0.3 mm on the preform diameter can be corrected, that corresponds to a precision about 5 times better than that achieved by conventional industrial systems, with a benefit of a lower incidence of production rejects and, therefore, a lower production cost

ASSUNTO(S)

fibras oticas automação vad (vapor-phase axial deposition) vapor - deposição optical fiber labview (computer program) automation controle automatico

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