Abstract: Methods for cutting of raw glass slabs into a number of glass cuttings include determining the supply of uncut or partially cut raw glass slabs, continuously detecting incoming cutting orders and processing of the cutting orders, continuously determining an optimized processing order and optimized cutting patterns of raw glass slabs based on determined values, processing cutting orders according to the determined optimized processing order and optimized cutting patterns, and storing the glass cuttings in assigned compartments of an intermediate storage. An increased productivity with minimized waste of material can be achieved by the continuous optimizing method in regards to the temporal sequence and cutting patterns of the glass cuttings.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for cutting of raw gas slabs into a number of glass cuttings. The method includes determining the supply of uncut or partially cut raw glass slabs, continuously detecting incoming cutting orders and processing of the cutting orders, continuously determining an optimized processing order and optimized cutting patterns of raw glass slabs based on determined values, processing cutting orders according to the determined optimized processing order and optimized cutting patterns, and storing the glass cuttings in assigned compartments of an intermediate storage. An increased productivity with minimized waste of material can be achieved by the continuous optimizing method in regards to the temporal sequence and cutting patterns of the glass cuttings.

Abstract: A method of dividing glass plates for the purpose of reducing the required space in an interim buffer (80) reducing the transit times of different kinds of glasses, comprises generating a sequence of sub-plates (T) from the glass plates (P) stored in a blank plate storage (12), the consecutive sub-plates (T) of the sequence of sub-plates exhibiting identical or different material properties. Each sub-plate (T) is subdivided further by scribing and breaking-off until a desired cut piece has been attained. The generated cut pieces are deposited in a predetermined order in the interim buffer (80) and as called for are processed further. Equipment dividing glass plates into cut pieces accordingly entails that different cutting and breaking-off systems are preceded by at least one intermediate storage receiving at least two glass plates exhibiting different material properties and delivering a programmed sequence of sub-plates, the consecutive sub-plates exhibiting identical or different material properties.

Abstract: In order to very considerably reduce the required space in an interim buffer (80) and entailed in a method for dividing glass plates (P) into cut pieces, and in order to clearly reduce the transit times of different kinds of glasses, a sequence of sub-plates (T) is generated from the glass plates (P) stored in a blank plate storage (12), the consecutive sub-plates (T) of said sequence of sub-plates exhibiting identical or different material properties. Each sub-plate (T) is subdivided further by scribing and breaking-off until a desired cut piece has been attained. The generated cut pieces are deposited in a predetermined order in the interim buffer (80) and as called for are processed further.