公开(公告)号：US20230020260A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-19

申请号：US17930007

申请日：2022-09-06

申请人： SCHOTT AG

发明人： Volker OHMSTEDE ,  Michael HAHN ,  Günter WEIDMANN ,  Hildegard RÖMER ,  Peter FRANKE ,  Frank-Thomas LENTES ,  Wolfgang SCHMIDBAUER ,  Rainer Erwin EICHHOLZ

IPC分类号： C03B5/02 ,  C03B5/03

摘要： A method and an apparatus for melting down glass are provided. The method includes using microwave radiation for at least part of the energy supply for melting for transforming a batch into a glass melt. The microwave radiation captures at least part of the transition between batch and primary melt. The method and apparatus include melting assembly with a melting tank which has walls within which both the batch for melting and the molten batch can be accommodated as a glass melt, where above the batch and above the glass melt there is at least one microwave-emitting source disposed.