摘要:
Vacuum-insulated glass (VIG) windows (10) that employ glass-bump spacers (50) and two or more glass panes (20) are disclosed. The glass-bump spacers are formed in the surface (24) of one of the glass panes (20) and consist of the glass material from the body portion (23) of the glass pane. Thus, the glass-bump spacers are integrally formed in the glass pane, as opposed to being discrete spacer elements that need to be added and fixed to the glass pane. Methods of forming VIG windows are also disclosed. The methods include forming the glass-bump spacers by irradiating a glass pane with a focused beam (112F) from a laser (110). Heating effects in the glass cause the glass to locally expand, thereby forming a glass-bump spacer. The process is repeated at different locations in the glass pane to form an array of glass-bump spacers. A second glass pane is brought into contact with the glass-bump spacers, and the edges (28F, 28B) sealed. The resulting sealed interior region (40) is then evacuated to a vacuum pressure of less than one atmosphere.
摘要:
The disclosure teaches methods of forming at least one bump in a glass substrate having a surface and a body portion. The method includes performing a first irradiation of a portion of the glass substrate to form in the glass surface the at least one bump having bump height. The method also includes performing thermal annealing of at least a portion of the glass substrate that includes the first irradiated portion. The method then includes performing a second irradiation of the bump to increase the bump height.
摘要:
A method of cutting a glass sheet that has been thermally or chemically strengthened along a predetermined line, axis, or direction with high speed and with minimum damage on the cut edges. The strengthened glass sheet may be cut into at least two pieces, one of which having a predetermined shape or dimension. At least one damage line is formed within the strengthened glass sheet. The at least one damage line is formed outside the strengthened compressive stress surface layers and within the tensile stress layer of the strengthened glass sheet. The at least one damage line may be formed by laser treatment. A crack is initiated in the strengthened glass sheet and propagated along the at least one damage line to separate the strengthened glass sheet along the predetermined line, axis, or direction into at least two pieces.
摘要:
A method of cutting a glass sheet that has been thermally or chemically strengthened along a predetermined line, axis, or direction with high speed and with minimum damage on the cut edges. The strengthened glass sheet may be an aluminoborosilicate glass material having at least one alkali metal oxide modifier, and the ratio Al 2 O 3 ( mol % ) + B 2 O 3 ( mol % ) ∑ modifiers ( mol % ) > 1. At least one damage line is formed within the strengthened glass sheet. The at least one damage line is formed outside the strengthened compressive stress surface layers and within the tensile stress layer of the strengthened glass sheet. The at least one damage line may be formed by laser treatment. A crack is initiated in the strengthened glass sheet and propagated along the at least one damage line to separate the strengthened glass sheet along the predetermined line, axis, or direction into at least two pieces.
摘要翻译:一种切割沿着预定的线,轴或方向被热或化学强化的玻璃板的方法,该切割边缘具有高速度和最小的损伤。 强化玻璃板可以是具有至少一种碱金属氧化物改性剂的铝硼硅酸盐玻璃材料,并且Al 2 O 3(摩尔百分比)+ B 2 O 3(摩尔百分比) 在()玻璃板内形成至少一条损伤线。 至少一条损伤线形成在加强的压应力表面层之外和加强玻璃板的拉伸应力层之内。 至少一条损伤线可以通过激光治疗形成。 在强化的玻璃板中开始裂纹,沿着至少一条损伤线传播,将强化的玻璃板沿预定的线,轴或方向分离为至少两片。
摘要:
A method of cutting a glass sheet that has been thermally or chemically strengthened along a predetermined line, axis, or direction with high speed and with minimum damage on the cut edges. The strengthened glass sheet may be an aluminoborosilicate glass material having at least one alkali metal oxide modifier, and the ratio Al 2 O 3 ( mol % ) + B 2 O 3 ( mol % ) ∑ modifiers ( mol % ) > 1. At least one damage line is formed within the strengthened glass sheet. The at least one damage line is formed outside the strengthened compressive stress surface layers and within the tensile stress layer of the strengthened glass sheet. The at least one damage line may be formed by laser treatment. A crack is initiated in the strengthened glass sheet and propagated along the at least one damage line to separate the strengthened glass sheet along the predetermined line, axis, or direction into at least two pieces.
摘要翻译:一种切割沿着预定的线,轴或方向被热或化学强化的玻璃板的方法,该切割边缘具有高速度和最小的损伤。 强化玻璃板可以是具有至少一种碱金属氧化物改性剂的铝硼硅酸盐玻璃材料,并且Al 2 O 3(mol%)+ B 2 O 3(mol%)Σ (摩尔加倍%)> 1。在加强玻璃板内形成至少一条损伤线。 至少一条损伤线形成在加强的压应力表面层之外和加强玻璃板的拉伸应力层之内。 至少一条损伤线可以通过激光治疗形成。 在强化的玻璃板中开始裂纹,沿着至少一条损伤线传播,将强化的玻璃板沿预定的线,轴或方向分离为至少两片。
摘要:
Methods and apparatus (100,200) for estimating the gravity-free shape of a flexible object (140) such as a thin sheet of glass are provided. In certain embodiments, an estimate of the gravity-free shape is produced using a bed-of-nails (BON) gauge (100) and then the shape is measured at a higher spatial resolution using a second gauge (200), with the theoretical sag between the pins (110) of the BON gauge being subtracted from the shape measured by the second gauge. In other embodiments, shape measurements are performed on both sides of the object (140) and used to estimate the reliability of the gravity-free shape estimate. In further embodiments, the bed-of-nails gauge (100) uses a least squares minimization procedure in adjusting the heights of the pins (110).