PEELABLE BONDED RIBBON MATRIX MATERIAL OPTICAL FIBER BONDED ARIBBON ARRAYS CONTAINING SAME; AND PROCESS FOR PREPARING SAID OPTIAL FIBER BONDED RIBBON ARRAYS
Application 317/MAS/1996 published 2007-09-14, filed 1996-02-29
A one-part, cured, radiation-curable liquid matrix composition for affixing coated and inked optical fibers in a ribbon configuration which is peelable from the coated and inked fibers without damage to the integrity of itself or the fibers is disclosed. The composition comprises an aliphatic urethane acrylate oligomer; a reactive monomer having one or more acrylate or methacrylate moieties; a release agent; and an optional photoinitiator. Also disclosed are an optical fiber ribbon array prepared therefrom; a process for removing such matrix composition from inked and coated fibers; a process for preparing such ribbon array; and a radiation-curable coating composition generally applicable for coating a substrate.
Applicant
1)BORDEN,INC
:180 E BROAD STREET,COLUMBUS,OHIO 43215. U.S.A.
Inventor
1)PAUL J SHUSTACK
International Info
Classification: G02B 6/00
Priority Information
08/575,637 U.S.A. 1995-12-20