METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING A GLASS PRODUCT AND CORRESPONDING GLASS PRODUCT

A method of making a glass product includes: melting a batch of raw materials to form a glass melt in a melting tank; heating the batch and/or the glass melt using two or more electrodes, the electrodes including an electrode material and heating the batch and/or the glass melt includes operating th...

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Hauptverfasser: Eichholz, Rainer Erwin, Axt, Werner, Wurm, Reinhard, Ohmstede, Volker, Hofmann, Kim Oliver, Sattler, Patrick, Strobel, Alexander Uwe, Rasp, Josef, Schmidbauer, Wolfgang, Doss, Roland
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A method of making a glass product includes: melting a batch of raw materials to form a glass melt in a melting tank; heating the batch and/or the glass melt using two or more electrodes, the electrodes including an electrode material and heating the batch and/or the glass melt includes operating the electrodes at a current frequency of at least 1,000 Hz and at most 5,000 Hz; withdrawing the glass melt from the melting tank; and forming the glass melt into the glass product.