Journal of the Semiconductor & Display Technology (반도체디스플레이기술학회지)

The Korean Society Of Semiconductor & Display Technology (한국반도체디스플레이기술학회)
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Numerical Study of Secondary Coating Die Geometry Effects on High Speed Optical Glass Fiber Coating Process

광섬유 2차 코팅다이 형상 변화에 따른 유리섬유 고속 코팅공정 영향성 해석연구

  • Kim, Kyoungjin (Department of Mechanical System Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology) ;
  • Park, Joong-Youn (Department of Mechanical System Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology)
  • 김경진 (금오공과대학교 기계시스템공학과) ;
  • 박중윤 (금오공과대학교 기계시스템공학과)
  • Received : 2019.08.08
  • Accepted : 2019.09.23
  • Published : 2019.09.30
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Abstract

The protective double layer polymer coatings on silica optical fibers are realized by wet-on-wet liquid coating process and they play an important role in final quality of mass produced optical fibers. This numerical study aims to analyze the effects of secondary coating die design parameters by employing two dimensional axisymmetric model of coating cup and coating die geometry and computational fluid dynamics simulations which include temperature dependent viscosity of polymer coating liquids and viscous dissipation heating. Under high speed fiber drawing conditions and pressurized coating liquid supply, the effects of converging die angle are investigated in order to appreciate the change of coating liquid flow patterns such as flow recirculation zone near coating die as well as primary and secondary coating layer thicknesses. The auxiliary coating die to converging coating die is also tested and the results find that this concept is advantageous in achieving stable double layer coatings on silica glass fiber.

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