Apparatus and method for forming a glass article

    公开(公告)号:US11319234B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-03

    申请号:US16328068

    申请日:2017-08-24

    摘要: A melting apparatus is disclosed, the melting apparatus including a melting vessel with a back wall, a front wall, a first side wall, a second side wall and a longitudinal centerline extending therebetween and a width between the first and second side walls orthogonal to the centerline. The melting vessel further includes a first feed screw including a first axis of rotation and a second feed screw including a second axis of rotation, the first axis of rotation positioned between the longitudinal centerline and the first side wall and the second axis of rotation positioned between the longitudinal centerline and the second side wall. The positions of either one or both the first and second axes of rotation are located from a respective side wall a distance that is equal to or less than about 15% of the width of the melting vessel.

    APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FORMING A GLASS ARTICLE

    公开(公告)号:US20200262731A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-20

    申请号:US16347395

    申请日:2017-11-08

    IPC分类号: C03B5/185 C03B5/04 C03B3/00

    摘要: An electrically boosted refractory melting vessel including a back wall, a first side wall, a second side wall, a front wall and a bottom wall, the melting vessel comprising a longitudinal center line extending from the back wall to the front wall and an overall width orthogonal to the longitudinal center line extending between an inside surface of the first side wall and an inside surface of the second side wall. The melting vessel also includes a length L between the back wall and the front wall, and a width W between the first side wall and the second side wall orthogonal to the center line. A plurality of electrodes extend into an interior of the melting vessel through a bottom wall of the melting vessel, and L/W is in a range from about 2.0 to about 2.4.

    Methods and apparatus for material processing using plasma thermal source
    4.
    发明授权
    Methods and apparatus for material processing using plasma thermal source 有权
    使用等离子体热源进行材料加工的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US09550694B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-01-24

    申请号:US14231008

    申请日:2014-03-31

    摘要: Methods and apparatus provide for: feeding glass batch material into a plasma containment vessel in such a way that the glass batch material is dispensed as a sheet of glass batch material particles; directing one or more sources of plasma gas into the inner volume of the plasma containment vessel in such a way that the plasma gas enters the plasma containment vessel as at least one sheet of plasma gas; and applying an alternating electric field to facilitate production of a plasma plume within the inner volume of the plasma containment vessel, where the plasma plume is of dimensions sufficient to envelope the sheet of glass batch material particles, and is of sufficient thermal energy to cause the glass batch material to react and melt thereby forming substantially homogeneous, spheroid-shaped glass intermediate particles.

    摘要翻译: 方法和装置提供:将玻璃批料材料输送到等离子体容纳容器中,使得玻璃批料材料作为玻璃批料材料颗粒片分配; 将一个或多个等离子体气体源引导到等离子体容纳容器的内部容积中,使得等离子气体作为至少一片等离子体气体进入等离子体容纳容器; 以及施加交变电场以促进在等离子体容纳容器的内部体积内产生等离子体羽流,其中等离子体羽流的尺寸足以包围玻璃批料材料颗粒片,并且具有足够的热能以引起 玻璃批料材料进行反应和熔融,从而形成基本均匀的球状玻璃中间体颗粒。

    ENERGY EFFICIENT HIGH-TEMPERATURE REFINING
    5.
    发明申请
    ENERGY EFFICIENT HIGH-TEMPERATURE REFINING 有权
    能源有效的高温精炼

    公开(公告)号:US20130279532A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-10-24

    申请号:US13879590

    申请日:2011-10-13

    IPC分类号: C03B5/185 C03B5/02

    摘要: An energy-efficient device for refining a glass melt to produce a glass and/or a glass ceramic is provided. The device includes a refining crucible defined at least by lateral walls with a metallic lining as a melt contact surface, so that a melt refining volume is defined by a base surface, a top surface and a circumferential surface; at least one heating device that conductively heats the lining by an electric current in the lining, so that the melt is heated through the lining, the heating device and the lining are connected to one another by a feeding device. The feeding device establishes contact with the lining so that an electric current runs from the top surface to the base surface or from the base surface to the top surface, at least in sections of the lining.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种用于精炼玻璃熔体以生产玻璃和/或玻璃陶瓷的节能装置。 该装置包括至少由具有金属衬里作为熔体接触表面的侧壁限定的精炼坩埚,使得熔化物精炼体积由基面,顶表面和圆周表面限定; 至少一个加热装置,其通过衬里中的电流导电地加热衬里,使得熔体通过衬里加热,加热装置和衬里通过馈送装置彼此连接。 馈送装置与衬里建立接触,使得至少在衬里的部分中电流从顶表面延伸到基面或从基面到顶表面。

    Method and apparatus for manufacturing high melting point glasses with
volatile components
    6.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for manufacturing high melting point glasses with volatile components 失效
    用于制造具有挥发性组分的高熔点玻璃的方法和设备

    公开(公告)号:US6085551A

    公开(公告)日:2000-07-11

    申请号:US54294

    申请日:1998-04-02

    摘要: In the manufacturing of high melting point glasses with volatile components, in particular of glasses from the group of boron glasses and borosilicate glasses, a furnace is provided that has a superstructure, fossil fuel burners, and a melting tank. In front of a conditioning zone and a throat leading to an extraction zone, a step-shaped raised area in the bottom is provided which is formed continuously over the complete width of the melting tank. In order to suppress segregation or, respectively, phase separation, to protect the furnace construction materials and to enable problem-free operation, a temperature of at least 1600.degree. C. is produced in the superstructure by means of oxygen-rich oxidation gas, a raised area is provided in the form of a refining bank with a step in front of it, the step being at least 150 mm high and from which at least one row of booster electrodes projects upwards, before the step, the melt flows over at least one row of bubblers located in the bottom, and behind the step, the glass flows in a highly heated state over the refining bank for a distance of 800 mm to 2000 mm, the upper side of said bank being at a maximum distance "T" of 300 mm from the glass bath surface.

    摘要翻译: 在具有挥发性成分的高熔点玻璃的制造中,特别是来自硼玻璃和硼硅酸盐玻璃的玻璃中,提供了具有上层结构,化石燃料燃烧器和熔化槽的炉。 在调节区域和通向提取区域的喉管前方,提供了在熔池的整个宽度上连续形成的底部的台阶形凸起区域。 为了抑制偏析或相分离,为了保护炉结构材料并使其无故障运行,通过富氧氧化气体在上层结构中产生至少1600℃的温度, 凸起区域以其前面的台阶形式提供为精制库,该步骤至少为150mm高,并且至少一排增压电极向上突出,在步骤之前,熔体至少流过至少 位于底部的一排起泡器,并且在台阶之后,玻璃在高度加热状态下在精炼库上流动800mm至2000mm的距离,所述堤的上侧处于最大距离“T” 距玻璃浴表面300毫米。

    Method of manufacturing glass
    7.
    发明授权
    Method of manufacturing glass 失效
    制造玻璃的方法

    公开(公告)号:US4929266A

    公开(公告)日:1990-05-29

    申请号:US188553

    申请日:1988-04-29

    摘要: A method for manufacturing glass wherein raw material is fed as a batch to a continuous glass-melting tank furnace, melted in a melting tank and passed to a refining tank via a submerged throat. The melt is heated in the refining tank to de-gas it, and then molten refined glass is delivered to a conditioning tank where it is brought to a desired working temperature. The refining tank is divided into upstream and downstream refining cells by a transverse sill. The melt in the upstream refining cell is heated to create a spring zone located towards the downstream end of that cell and a circulation of melt in that cell which feeds the spring zone.

    摘要翻译: 一种制造玻璃的方法,其中将原料以批料形式供给到连续的玻璃熔炉炉中,熔融在熔化槽中并通过浸没的喉部通入精炼罐。 熔融物在精炼罐中被加热以使其脱气,然后将熔融的精制玻璃输送到调节罐中,在该调节罐中达到所需的工作温度。 精炼罐通过横向门槛分为上游和下游精炼细胞。 上游精炼池中的熔体被加热以产生朝向该电池的下游端的弹簧区,以及在该电池中的弹簧循环,其供给弹簧区。

    Method and apparatus for electrically heating molten glass
    9.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for electrically heating molten glass 失效
    电加热熔融玻璃的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US4741753A

    公开(公告)日:1988-05-03

    申请号:US24956

    申请日:1987-03-12

    摘要: A method and apparatus for continuously melting and refining molten glass are disclosed which comprises the steps of applying a preponderance of heat to a molten glass mass by Joule effect heating and pulsating a portion of the heat applied to the molten glass mass such that the temperature of the surface molten glass is increased and the temperature of the molten glass being withdrawn is reduced and the total energy supplied to the furnace is reduced. An electric circuit means comprising at least two interconnected electrodes is pulsated on and off at predetermined time intervals in order to establish the desired temperature profile within the molten glass mass.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种用于连续熔融和熔融玻璃熔炼的方法和装置,该方法和装置包括以下步骤:通过焦耳效应加热并使一部分施加到熔融玻璃块上的热量脉动地向熔融玻璃物质施加热量, 表面熔融玻璃增加,被抽出的熔融玻璃的温度降低,并且提供给炉的总能量降低。 包括至少两个互连的电极的电路装置以预定的时间间隔脉动地打开和关闭,以便在熔融玻璃体内建立所需的温度曲线。

    Electric melter for high electrical resistivity glass materials
    10.
    发明授权
    Electric melter for high electrical resistivity glass materials 失效
    电熔胶用于高电阻率玻璃材料

    公开(公告)号:US4737966A

    公开(公告)日:1988-04-12

    申请号:US2577

    申请日:1987-01-12

    CPC分类号: C03B5/225 C03B5/031 C03B5/185

    摘要: An electric melting furnace is described for melting high electrical resistivity glass, such as E-glass, within a melting chamber surrounded by a relatively low electrically resistivity refractory, such as chromic oxide refractory, by utilizing interconnected peripherally positioned batch electrodes at substantially the same potential as the chromic oxide walls and centrally positioned electrodes which are immersed a greater distance than the batch electrodes. A quiescent zone is formed adjacent a lower portion of the melting chamber and the batch blanket and effective hydrostatic head of the molten bath are adjusted by controlling the immersion of the batch electrodes within the molten bath.