Method and apparatus for manufacturing an optical fibre cable and cable so manufactured
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Dec 7, 2004
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Jul 25, 2002
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Jun 28, 2001
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Dec 29, 1998
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Undesired and unforeseeable shrinkage may occur in a tube of plastic material containing optical fibres following its manufacture, especially during storage when the tube is wound on a reel. As a result, there may be uncontrollable variations of the ratio between length of the tube and length of the optical fibre contained therein ('excess fibre variation'). A method and equipment for limiting the excess fibre variations in a plastic tube, by stretching the tube by a predefined amount during manufacturing are described. The present invention also relates to a plastic tube subjected to a predefined stretching, a cable made of such a tube and the equipment suitable for manufacturing such a tube.
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