摘要:
Apparatus and methods of separating a glass ribbon are provided. In one embodiment, an apparatus for severing glass ribbon includes a plurality of manufacturing components arranged into a travel path, a glass cutting device, and a severing zone positioned in a downstream direction from the glass cutting device, where the severing zone comprising a targeted separation region along the travel path. The apparatus also includes an acoustic transmitter positioned in a first direction from the targeted separation region, an acoustic receiver positioned in a second direction from the targeted separation region opposite the first direction, and a manufacturing component positioned along the travel path in the downstream direction from the targeted separation region.
摘要:
In one embodiment, an angle measurement device for measuring an angle between a web of material and a conveyance direction includes a mounting bracket, a shaft rotatably coupled to the mounting bracket such that the shaft is rotatable with respect to the mounting bracket, a caster portion coupled to a first end of the shaft and positioned to contact a surface of the web of material being drawn over a web conveyance pathway, where the caster portion is spaced apart from an axis of rotation of the shaft, and an angular displacement sensor coupled to the mounting bracket and positioned to detect an angular orientation of the shaft with respect to the mounting bracket, where the angular displacement sensor outputs a signal indicative of the angular orientation of the shaft with respect to the mounting bracket.
摘要:
Methods and apparatus provide for sourcing a glass web, the glass web having a length and a width transverse to the length; moving the glass web from the source to a destination in a transport direction along the length of the glass web; cutting the glass web, at a cutting zone, along the length of the glass web into at least first and second glass ribbons as the glass web is moved in the transport direction from the source to the destination, such that respective first and second edge surfaces are produced on the first and second glass ribbons; and optically inspecting at least one of the first and second edge surfaces in real-time as the first and second glass ribbons of the glass web are moved in the transport direction to the destination.
摘要:
APPARATUSES FOR STEERING FLEXIBLE GLASS WEBS AND METHODS FOR USING THE SAME In one embodiment a method of steering a glass web (102) includes directing the glass web (102) in a conveyance direction on a web conveyance pathway, contacting at least one surface (104) of the glass web with at least one wheel (117) of at least one idler roller (108), the at least one wheel (117) of the at least one idler roller (108) having an axis of rotation parallel to a surface of the glass web (102), detecting an angle (135) between a centerline (107) of the glass web (102) and the conveyance direction with an angle measurement device (110), and modifying an orientation of the at least one idler roller (108) and the at least one wheel (117) about an axis of rotation substantially orthogonal to the web conveyance pathway to shift the glass web (107) based on a detected angle (135) between the centerline(107) of the glass web (102) and the conveyance direction (x) of the web conveyance pathway.