DAY 24!

Day 24 began with us visting an optical fibre manufacturing plant. Woke up quite late as we were supposed to meet at 9.50 A.M. only. The plant was actually quite near to WUST and the ride only took around 15 minutes.


Boarding the bus.
The entrance to the plant.

The company which we visited. Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable Company LTD.

Statistics of the major shareholders of the company.

Mr Qian explaining the process of producing optical fibre.

Yangtze's milestone.

Mr Qian doing further explanations.

These glass tubes are used to make optical fibres. An amzing fact...One single glass tube like this can actually make optical fibres as long as 2000km.

Mr Chua doing translation for the benefit of the non-Chinese students.

Looking at the samples displayed at the main hall. Coloured optical fibres.

WHOLE Ngee Ann Group photo.

This trip was quite enriching. Learnt many things regarding the manufacturing of optical fibres. For example, I finally know that optical fibres are made of glass instead of wires =.= Also, a single glass tube can be made into optical fibres of length 2000km. That's right! 2000KM !! The glass tubes are first washed with distilled water. Then they would be heated until the semi-molten state. Next, they would be spin into many rolls. A single roll of optical fibre can actually hold 200km of optical fibre.

There were actually many more complicated steps and processes regarding the manufacture. However, the company did its best to share all the procedures they could with us. The rest had to be kept confidential due to commercial reasons. Hence, we were not allowed to take photos when we were walking through the production lines.

Had APPG theory test in the late afternoon. Surprisingly, it was quite okay. I think that I can at least pass this paper.

This video was taken when me and my friends were waiting for our food to be cooked. Obviously, the Chinese people here can play fireworks as and when they like. They were playing in a built-up area!! It could be really fun to play fireworks, BUT I think it could be dangerous at the same time. Do you know how many people were on the streets just now and there were so many buildings around! Well, at least the Chinese can enjoy themselves, unlike us Singaporeans..who can never play fireworks IN Singapore.