Apparatus and method for controlling molten glass flow through a forehearth
Apparatus for controlling rate of molten glass flow through a forehearth (16) chat includes a flume (28) disposed in the forehearth for restricting the width of the forehearth to glass flow, such that there is a difference in level of molten glass in the forehearth upstream and downstream of the flu...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Apparatus for controlling rate of molten glass flow through a forehearth (16) chat includes a flume (28) disposed in the forehearth for restricting the width of the forehearth to glass flow, such that there is a difference in level of molten glass in the forehearth upstream and downstream of the flume. Sensors (44, 46) measure the level of molten glass upstream and downstream of the flume, and a controller (54) is responsive to the sensors for determining rate of molten glass flow through the forehearth as a function of a difference in molten glass level between the sensors. Rate of glass flow through the foreheatth is controlled as a function of the difference in glass level across the flume as compared with a desired flow rate set by an operator. |
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