摘要:
A method includes indirectly engaging a surface of a moving ribbon of inorganic material with a non-contacting support unit. The ribbon is severed with a thermal separating unit while the non-contacting support unit is indirectly engaged with the ribbon.
摘要:
A method for severing a glass sheet includes preferentially heating a region of the glass sheet to form a softened region. A slit is formed in the softened region of the glass sheet to form a slit region. The slit extends at least partially into a thickness of the glass sheet. Heat is preferentially applied to the slit region of the glass sheet.
摘要:
An improved method and an improved apparatus are provided for producing a thin glass ribbon, which provide borders at the edges of the ribbon. The edges formed are of high mechanical quality and a formation of new secondary borders after the severing or at least the thickness of such secondary borders is reduced compared to the original borders. The method includes drawing the thin glass ribbon from a molten glass or from a preform, severing the borders, and cooling the resulting glass ribbon. The severing is effected at a location along the moving direction of the thin glass ribbon and at a time at which during the cooling of the thin glass ribbon the viscosity of the glass is in a range from 107 dPa·s to 1011 dPa·s, so that the edges of the thin glass ribbon newly produced by the severing of the borders are rounded off.
摘要:
A process for the vertical drawing of glass tubes, optionally with safety strips, sealed bottoms, and, if desired, a pressure equalizing aperture wherein specific tube lengths are severed in succession from a continuous glass tube rod. The glass tube rod, closed at its beginning and exiting through a feeder head from a vessel which contains molten glass, is introduced, being under atmospheric pressure in the interior of the glass tube rod, in the still plastic condition into a pressure tank located downstream of the feeder head where the glass tube rod is exposed to a defined pressure and is conducted on a non-plastic condition out of the pressure tank by drawing. Thereafter, by heating the glass tube rod at an interval after leaving the pressure tank, a specific tube length is severed from the continuous glass tube rod essentially simultaneously with the formation of bottoms that seal the melted-off tube length and the continuous glass tube rod.
摘要:
This application teaches a method of producing an article of glass by cutting it out of a sheet of flat glass. Flat glass is formed in a glass ribbon forming apparatus and is discharged therefrom at a temperature in excess of 1000.degree.F. The hot flat glass is moved under at least a pair of focused laser beams which cut patterns in the glass having a common starting and ending point. In such a manner, a glass article is cut from the ribbon. The article is removed from the remaining portion of the ribbon and cooled in a controlled manner to produce a final glass article. The cooling operation may be rapid or slow so as to produce a tempered or an annealed article.
摘要:
A method for producing perforated work pieces from glass, glass ceramics, or semiconductors in a stress-relieving manner is provided. The method includes heating the work piece up to the glass transition temperature and perforating the work piece using a high-voltage electric field of suitable frequency or pulse shape. Then, the perforated work piece is allowed to cool down from the transition temperature range to room temperature at a rate at which the mechanical stresses generated by the perforation process relax.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a float process for manufacturing glass sheets, in which molten glass is poured onto a liquid support denser than the glass and then the continuous ribbon which forms is advanced toward the downstream end, this process being characterized in that the thickened edges of the ribbon are trimmed continuously in the forming zone. This process makes it possible to obtain thin glass sheets, such as sheets of film glass, with good flatness, particularly in small plants. The invention also relates to a plant for implementing the process and to the products obtained. FIG. 1.
摘要:
A method of making an at least one hole in an optically transparent body comprises the following steps: (i) providing an ultrashort pulse laser for producing a laser output with a wavelength λ, the laser output having a subpicosecond laser pulse duration; (ii) providing a laser output focusing lens for focusing the laser output, the focusing lens having a numerical aperture NA; (iii) providing an optically transparent body, the optically transparent body having a transparency at λ of at least 90%/cm; (iv) providing a liquid filled container situated proximate to the optically transparent body, such that the optically transparent body is in direct contact with the liquid; and (v) directing the laser output through the focusing lens to produce a focused laser output with a subpicosecond laser pulse duration proximate the optically transparent body, wherein the focused laser output traces at least one hole track pattern through the transparent glass body while the optically transparent body and said focused laser output move relative to one another in X-Y-Z directions. The at least one hole track pattern is in contact with the liquid and the focused laser output, in conjunction with the liquid, creates at least one hole in the optically transparent body.
摘要翻译:在光学透明体中制造至少一个孔的方法包括以下步骤:(i)提供用于产生具有波长λ的激光输出的超短脉冲激光器,所述激光输出具有亚皮秒激光脉冲持续时间; (ii)提供用于聚焦激光输出的激光输出聚焦透镜,聚焦透镜具有数值孔径NA; (iii)提供光学透明体,所述光学透明体具有λ至少为90%/ cm 2的透明度; (iv)提供位于光学透明体附近的液体填充容器,使得光学透明体与液体直接接触; 和(v)通过聚焦透镜引导激光输出以产生具有邻近光学透明体的亚皮秒激光脉冲持续时间的聚焦激光输出,其中聚焦激光输出通过透明玻璃体追踪至少一个孔迹图案,而光学 透明体并且所述聚焦激光输出在XYZ方向上相对于彼此移动。 所述至少一个孔迹图案与液体接触并且聚焦的激光输出与液体一起在光学透明体中产生至少一个孔。