Tension control in glass manufacturing apparatuses

A method of manufacturing a glass ribbon is provided. The method includes providing a first pull roll device located in a draw zone of the glass manufacturing apparatus. The first pull roll device draws a glass ribbon from a forming device. A second pull roll device located in a catenary zone of the...

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Main Authors ABURADA, TOMOHIRO, AMADON, JEFFREY ROBERT, ZHANG, RUI, KUDVA, GAUTAM NARENDRA, NISHIMOTO, MICHAEL YOSHIYA, KOGGE, CHRIS SCOTT
Format Patent
LanguageChinese
English
Published 01.01.2017
Subjects
CHEMISTRY
GLASS
MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
METALLURGY
MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
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Summary:A method of manufacturing a glass ribbon is provided. The method includes providing a first pull roll device located in a draw zone of the glass manufacturing apparatus. The first pull roll device draws a glass ribbon from a forming device. A second pull roll device located in a catenary zone of the glass manufacturing apparatus is provided downstream from the first pull roll device. The second pull roll device isolates tension of the glass ribbon in the draw zone from a free loop of the glass ribbon that is downstream of the catenary zone.
Bibliography:Application Number: TW20165115367