1-7. (canceled)
8. A method for operating mechanically stressed, moving, components in which, in the operating state, an accumulation of damage is used to assess the influence of a load collective on the service life of the loaded components, wherein, in order to determine individual load collectives (6; 18), the moving components (1) are divided into a plurality of segments (5 to 10), and the respective individual load collectives are combined to form an individual stress collective, wherein at least one segment (6) of the component (1) having the highest measured stress collective is relieved of load by modulating an operating characteristic.
9. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the respective damage potential of said segments (5 to 10) is determined on the basis of the actual loadings.
10. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the maximum height (18) of the respective actual loading is measured as an operating characteristic therefor.
11. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the load cycle of the maximum occurring loading is additionally measured as an operating characteristic for the respective actual loading.
12. The method as claimed in claim 8, characterized in that torque, rotational speed, acceleration or speed of revolution are used as parameters of the individual load collectives.
13. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the modulation takes place by some of the load from the highest stress collective being distributed to one or more segments (5) loaded to a lesser extent.
14. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the load is distributed to selectable regions of toothing parts.
15. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein said components are rotating, said segments are circular segments, and wherein a torque or a rotational speed is modulated as said operating characteristic.
16. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the actual loading data are transmitted wirelessly to an electronic computer for calibration of said data.
17. The method claims claimed in claim 16, wherein the actual loading data of the components in the effect of said loading data as mechanical stress for the individual, metrological divided segments of the components are distributed approximately uniformly to individual segments or all of the segments in the manner of a balancing operation by calibration of said data via an electronic computer.
18. A mechanically loadable component, the service life of which is determined by a method as claimed in claim 8.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. (canceled)
2. The method as claimed in claim 16, wherein said adjusting step includes a step of moving the axis of the bar material in a direction being perpendicular to the rotational axis of the support member.
3. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein, in said moving step, the axis of the bar material is movable in two directions being perpendicular to each other.
4. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein said adjusting step further includes steps of:
rotating the bar material around the axis thereof; and
measuring a distance of the bar material from a reference point during said rotating step of said adjusting step.
5. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein said adjusting step includes a step of changing an inclination angle of the axis of the bar material with respect to the rotational axis of the support member.
6. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein said adjusting step further includes a step of maintaining the angle which is changed in said changing step.
7. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein said adjusting step further includes steps of:
rotating the bar material around the axis thereof; and
measuring a distance of the bar material from a reference point during said rotating step of said adjusting step.
8. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein plural distances are measured from respective reference points in said measuring step.
9. The method as claimed in claim 16, wherein said adjusting step includes a step of changing an inclination angle of the axis of the bar material with respect to the rotational axis of the support member.
10. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein said adjusting step further includes a step of maintaining the angle which is changed in said changing step.
11. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the axis of the bar material is freely inclinable with respect to the rotational axis of the support member in said changing step.
12. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the axis of the bar material is freely inclinable with respect to the rotational axis of the support member in at least two different direction in said changing step.
13. The method as claimed in claim 16, wherein said adjusting step includes a step of forming conical portions at both end portions of the base material, each of the conical portions having a rotational, axis being coincide with a center of a perfect circle on a core.
14. The method as claimed in claim 13, wherein said adjusting step further includes a step of forming an orientation fiat on at least one of conical portions.
15. The method as claimed in claim 16, further comprising steps of:
maintaining a position of the bar material for a predetermined period from reaching a sintering area up to a sintering temperature; and
starting a sintering process after said maintaining step.
16. A method for manufacturing a base material for an optical fiber, comprising steps of:
holding a bar material by a support member;
adjusting to reduce a difference between an axis of the bar material and a rotational axis of the support member; and
etching the base material wherein a direction of a maximum diameter of the base material with respect to a section perpendicular to the axis of the base material is perpendicular to a etchant surface.
17-49. (canceled)