Glass manufacturing process

Additionally, it is a source of sodium oxide and a fluidizing agent. The amount of sodium nitrate added in the glass manufacture process is up to 2 wt % of the total raw material. 

The float glass manufacturing process was developed by PHkington Brothers Ltd. of England in 1959. It starts with a large continuous tank furnace... 

It is apparent that although there are several similar steps in all glass-manufacturing processes, the forming operations arc the most diverse. 

Diffusion and solubility of water in melts was first studied in detail by Scholze and co-workers around 1960. Very little additional work was done in this area until recent years, when the replacement of air by pure oxygen in the firing of glass tanks resulted in a considerable increase in the hydroxyl content of commercial glasses. Replacement of air by oxygen for combustion reduces the formation of nitrous oxides, and thus reduces the air pollution created by the glass manufacturing process. 

THE INFLUENCE OF BORATE RAW MATERIAL CHOICE ON THE GLASS MANUFACTURING PROCESS... 

Influence of Borate Raw Material Choice on the Glass Manufacturing Process... 

For the glasses described in this section (6.1.6), the glass manufacturing processes described in Sec. 6.3 (glass melting), and many described in Sec. 6.4 (glass forming), will not be applicable. 

Batching, melting and fining operations are common to all glass manufacturing processes with some variations according to the furnace type. The forming and post-process depend on the end product. 

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