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Raw material storage
Reasonable storage for material (Approx. 2 month) |
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Productive storeroom
Storeroom for 1-5 days consumption |
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Batch: weighing, mixing with cullet
High accuracy weighing system. Various materials mixed with some cullet
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Feeder
Feed qualified material into furnace, start to heat.
highest heating temperature is 1600 ℃ |
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Combustion
Options for fuel: Heavy oil, natural gas, coal gas.
Provide furnace with heat to melt glass . |
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Melting
Melt the material into eligible glass liquid. |
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Beat up
Beat up and clarify to glass liquid. |
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Flow into tin bath
Glass liquid flows into tin bath through canal. |
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Protective gas
H2and N2 are used in tin bath to avoid chemical
reaction between high temperature tin and oxygen. |
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Molding
Pulling the glass liquid to ribbon with equipments
such as top roller, electric heating element and so
on in the tin bath. |
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Annealing
Eliminate heat stress in molding. 600 ℃ to 70 ℃. |
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Testing
Test glass ribbon, classification.
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Cutting
Cut eligible ribbon into adequate size.
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Cold end
Cutting, stacking glass |
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Packing
Take glass sheet off from production line with
machine or manual, packing into crate or case. |
