The invention provides a method for preparing a material special for
polybutylene terephthalate (PBT)
optical fiber loose tubes. The method comprises the following steps of: uniformly mixing a
solid additive required by the production of the PBT
optical fiber loose tubes and 1,4-
butanediol, conveying and metering by using a
gear pump, adding into a
slurry preparation tank in a proportion, allowing the obtained
slurry and
slurry which is prepared from 1,4-
butanediol and
terephthalic acid to enter an
esterification reaction kettle, and thus obtaining a PBT base material for
optical fiber loose tubes by a direct esterification and continuous condensation production technology; and ensuring that the PBT base material continuously enters a
solid-phase
system through metering, preheating and crystallizing, entering a
solid-phase reactor for tackification at the temperature of 170 to 210 DEG C for 15 to 20 hours, cooling a product obtained after tackification, dedusting, conveying, and packaging to obtain the material special for the PBT optical
fiber loose tubes. By the method, a color value of the product can be effectively controlled, the special additive is uniformly mixed in the product, the PBT product for the optical
fiber loose tubes has relatively stable quality, and the high-speed development tendency of the
machining process of the loose tubes is met.