VERSATILE GLASS FORMING AND PROCESSING SYSTEM WITH 3-D VACUUM FORMING CAPABILITY

VERSATILE GLASS FORMING AND PROCESSING SYSTEM WITH 3-D VACUUM FORMING CAPABILITY

Various embodiments of methods and related equipment are provided, comprising: delivering a molten material into a forming and sizing assembly, processing the molten glass via the at least one pair of forming and sizing rollers to form a glass ribbon having a width and a thickness; imparting, at lea...

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Hauptverfasser: SCHULTES, Joel Andrew, SONNER, Thomas Matthew, UHLIG, Kevin William, BRESSLER, Douglas Dale, DENEKA, David Alan, LOCK, William Edward
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:
CHEMISTRY
GLASS
MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
METALLURGY
MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
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Zusammenfassung:Various embodiments of methods and related equipment are provided, comprising: delivering a molten material into a forming and sizing assembly, processing the molten glass via the at least one pair of forming and sizing rollers to form a glass ribbon having a width and a thickness; imparting, at least one pinch region into the cross-sectional thickness of the glass ribbon to provide a pinched glass ribbon, rolling a pressure roller over the pinched glass ribbon on the sequentially spaced mold surfaces to impart a characteristic into the pinched glass ribbon to form a glass ribbon product.