摘要:
The present invention is to provide a molten glass producing apparatus realizing simultaneously the production of a glass article of high quality and save-energy in producing molten glass, a molten glass producing method employing the molten glass producing apparatus and a method for producing a glass article.In the molten glass producing apparatus having a vacuum degassing apparatus, the melting tank is provided with a separating means for separating the area for circulating the molten glass in the melting tank into an upstream circulation flow and a downstream circulation flow, the distance from the separating means to the downstream end of the molten glass flow path in the melting tank is from 0.1 LE to 0.45 LF where LF represents the length of the molten glass flow path in the melting tank, a wide portion is formed in a first conduit structure at a upstream side in the flowing direction of molten glass, the width of the wide portion being larger than another area of the conduit structure and means for cooling the molten glass passing through the wide portion is disposed in the wide portion.
摘要:
A vacuum degassing apparatus having a throughput of at least 200 tons/day without causing problems such as a stagnation of molten glass flow in the molten glass flow path, an increment of flow rate of the molten glass flow in a local area, an excessive increment of pressure loss of the molten glass flow.A vacuum degassing apparatus comprises a vacuum degassing vessel, and an uprising pipe and a downfalling pipe which are connected with the vacuum degassing vessel, wherein the vacuum degassing vessel includes a wide portion for providing a molten glass flow path, and in the wide portion, the proportion W1/L1 of the breadth of molten glass flow path W1 to the length of molten glass flow path L1 is at least 0.2 and that in the vacuum degassing vessel, the breadth of molten glass flow path W2 of the portion connected with the uprising pipe and the breadth of molten glass flow path W3 of the portion connected with the downfalling pipe are narrower than the breadth of molten glass flow path W1 in the wide portion, and the position of the bottom of molten glass flow path of the portion connected with the uprising pipe and the position of the bottom of molten glass flow path of the portion connected with the downfalling pipe are lower than the position of the bottom of molten glass flow path of the wide portion.