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Mirror Production
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Production from
sand to glass
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Raw materials : weighing,
mixing and supplying
Furnace :heating rawu materials to > 1560°C
Refining oven : cooling liquid
glass down to 1100-1300°C +
removing light bubbles and impurities
Tin bath : glass mass onbath of liquid tin in correct
thicknessPerfect
planimetry.
Cooling :take away
tension and distortion +
slowly cooling down
to 600°Ctill ± 200°C
Cutting :cut cooled glass
to sizeProcessing : tempering,
bowing, sandblasting…
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Bron : Pilkington
Raw materials for glass production :Weighing and mixing + Supply to the glass oven
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Raw materials to the glass oven :Mixed raw materials are pushed to the glass oven
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Glass oven :
Raw materials melted with gassburners to liquidglass
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From oven to tin bath :Liquid glass mass is pulled on a bath of liquid tin
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Harding process :Liquid glass mass is pulled over a bath of liquid tinPerfect planimetry - Determination of thickness by edge rolls on the side.
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Cooling section :Glass (+- 600°C) is cooled down to about 200°C.Internal tensions are removed.
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Control
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Glas cutting to right size
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Glass transport to customer
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