Abstract: Methods of manufacturing a glass-based article include exposing a glass-based substrate to a molten salt bath including a first salt and a second salt. In aspects, the first salt includes a metal ion that has a larger ionic radii than an alkali metal of the glass-based substrate and a first anion, and the second salt dissolved in the molten salt bath includes the same metal ion as the first salt and a second anion different from the first anion. In aspects, the first salt is potassium nitrate, the second salt is potassium carbonate, and a concentration of the potassium carbonate remains at or below its solubility limit in the molten salt bath.

Abstract: A glass manufacturing apparatus includes a delivery apparatus defining a travel path extending in a travel direction. The delivery apparatus conveys a glass ribbon along the travel path in the travel direction of the delivery apparatus. The glass manufacturing apparatus includes a first forming roll and a second forming roll spaced apart from the first forming roll to define a gap. The first forming roll and the second forming roll receive the glass ribbon along the travel path within the gap. A drive apparatus is coupled to the first forming roll and the second forming roll. The drive apparatus moves one or more of the first forming roll independently of the second forming roll or the second forming roll independently of the first forming roll to change a width of the gap.

Abstract: The invention concerns a process for operating a fired furnace which is heated using a fuel gas stream and forming a combustion product stream, wherein heat of at least part of the combustion product stream is used in forming a steam stream. It is provided that at least a part of the steam stream is subjected to a high-temperature electrolysis to form a hydrogen-containing and an oxygen-containing material stream, and that at least a part of the hydrogen-containing material stream is used as the fuel gas stream. A corresponding arrangement is also the subject of the invention.

Abstract: The window molding apparatus for processing a member having first and second opposed, substantially flat sides and a bendable portion disposed therebetween, the apparatus includes a first molding part controlled to move in a substantially linear direction and a jig including a support surface on which the member is seated and a recess in the support surface to receive the bendable portion of the member and the first molding part.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein are directed to compositions, systems, and processes for strengthening glass articles, which also minimize the concentration of decomposition products in the molten salt baths used in ion exchange processes to extend salt bath life and maintain the chemical durability of strengthened glass articles over time. The salt bath compositions may generally include from 90 wt. % to 99.9 wt. % of one or more alkali or metal salts and from 0.1 wt. % to 10 wt. % of silicic acid aggregates based on the total weight of the salt bath composition.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to salt bath systems for strengthening glass articles including a salt bath tank defining a first interior volume enclosed by at least one sidewall; a salt bath composition including an alkali metal salt positioned within the first interior volume; a containment device defining a second interior volume enclosed by at least one sidewall and including a regeneration medium positioned within the second interior volume; and a circulation device positioned proximate to an inlet of the containment device, wherein the circulation device is operable to circulate the salt bath composition through the containment device. Methods for regenerating a molten salt are also disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed is an optical fiber processing apparatus comprising: an optical fiber machining head provided with a fiber proceeding tunnel, through which an optical fiber passes, and a plurality of processing rod insertion holes formed in the circumference of the proceeding tunnel in a direction perpendicular to the tunnel; a processing rod having a machining tip for processing the optical fiber in the proceeding tunnel through the processing rod insertion hole; and an actuator operating a processing drill.

Abstract: A method for forming glass ceramic articles includes heating a stack of glass sheets to a nucleation temperature to create a nucleated crystallizable stack of sheets; heating the nucleated crystallizable stack of glass sheets to a crystallization temperature; and maintaining the crystallization temperature for a predetermined period of time to produce the glass-ceramic articles. The stack of glass sheets has a mass index of less than or equal to 35.

Abstract: A submerged combustion melting system includes a furnace including a tank with a floor, a roof, a perimeter wall, and an interior, and burners to melt glass feedstock into molten glass, a batch inlet, a molten glass outlet, and an exhaust outlet. An exhaust system is in fluid communication with the interior of the tank, and includes a flue in fluid communication with the exhaust outlet. A refractory-lined hood may be in fluid communication with the flue, which may be fluid-cooled including fluid-cooled perimeter panels and lower and upper baffles. The hood may include a protrusion that protrudes into a downstream horizontal exhaust path and has an excurvate upper surface to streamline flow of exhaust gas through the hood to prevent gas recirculation and formation of condensate piles in the hood.

Abstract: An apparatus for molding a window, the apparatus includes: a first molding part; a jig disposed below the first molding part, the jig including a bottom surface and a plurality of side surfaces configured to support and seat a work piece to be processed into a window; and an second molding part disposed on the bottom surface, wherein the second molding part includes: a lower surface adjacent to the bottom surface; an upper surface facing the lower surface; a first cavity having a first curved surface generally concave in a direction facing the lower surface; a plurality of second cavities extending from the first cavity, the plurality of second-cavities having second curved surfaces; and a plurality of movable molds disposed on the second-cavities supported for movement along the second curved surfaces, respectively.

Abstract: A batch feeding apparatus, a submerged combustion melter, and method are disclosed. The batch feeding apparatus can include a batch feeding apparatus comprising a detachable feeder alcove for providing batch material to a melter, the feeder alcove including at least one side wall and a cover; and a batch feeder sealingly coupled to the cover, that feeds the batch material to the feeder alcove. The batch feeding apparatus may include an extendable panel that extends downwardly below a batch inlet of the feeder alcove to molten glass, and is configured to maintain contact with the molten glass to seal off a feeder alcove interior. Additionally, the batch feeding apparatus may include a heating device, a cleaning device, and/or a storage device.

Abstract: A cooling panel for a melter is disclosed that includes first and second outer walls and a plurality of side walls coupled to the first and second outer walls. The first and second outer walls and the plurality of side walls define an interior space. Each of the first and second outer walls, moreover, has a plurality of openings. The cooling panel further includes a plurality of baffles disposed in the interior space. The baffles include a plurality of projections. The respective openings of the outer walls and projections of the baffles fit together and are connected from outside of the cooling panel so that the outer walls and the baffles are fixed together, and the side walls are fixed to the outer walls so that the cooling panel is fluid-tight.

Abstract: A chemically toughened glass article is provided that has a thickness (t) of equal to or less than 0.4 mm, a first surface, a second surface, and a compressive stress region that is defined by a compressive stress (CS) of at least 100 MPa and at least one edge connecting the first surface and the second surface. The at least one edge has at least one chamfer with a chamfer width (A) and a chamfer height (B). The chamfer has a ratio of chamfer width/chamfer height (A/B) of between 1.5-20 and the chamfer has a ratio of chamfer width/glass thickness (A/t) of at least 0.5.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for manufacturing ultra-thin glass. The method includes: patterning, on a mother glass substrate comprising a plurality of display cells and a dummy area surrounding the display cells, a cutting line having a shape corresponding to the display cells; forming a mother glass protective film on the mother glass substrate; forming a through-hole which corresponds to the cutting line by etching the mother glass substrate; and cutting bridges which are formed by the mother glass substrate and connect the through-holes.

Abstract: A device and method for adjustable heat dissipation in a channel cooling section are provided. The device for heat dissipation may include: a plurality of flat tubes arranged adjacent to each other inside the channel cooling section. Each of the flat tubes may be surrounded by a heater on an outer ring. A side insulation structure may be provided on both sides of each of the flat tubes, and a top insulation structure may be provided at a top of each of the flat tubes. The method for heat dissipation may include performing a first disassembly on the each section of flat tube one by one in sequence.

Abstract: A method for producing ultra-thin glass sheets is provided that results in glass sheets with high edge strength. The method includes: hot forming a continuous glass ribbon with a glass thickness from molten glass; annealing the glass ribbon with an annealing rate chosen based on the glass thickness; producing a laser beam focus area that is longer than the glass thickness; introducing filamentary defects into the glass ribbon using the laser beam so that the filamentary defects extend from one face to the opposite face and are spaced apart from one another along the breaking lines to produce transverse breaking lines and longitudinal breaking lines with margins each comprising a thickened bead; separating the beads along the longitudinal breaking lines and separating glass sheets by severing along the transverse breaking lines.

Abstract: A tempered glass has a surface and a thickness, wherein a stress profile of the tempered glass includes a first peak at the surface, at which the compressive stress becomes a maximum, a first bottom at which the stress, which gradually reduces from the first peak in the depth direction, becomes a local minimum, a second peak at which the compressive stress, which gradually increases from the first bottom in the depth direction, becomes a local minimum, and a second bottom at which the tensile stress, which gradually reduces from the second peak in the depth direction, becomes a minimum. The compressive stress at the first peak is 500 MPa or more, the compressive stress at the second peak P2 is from 15 MPa to 250 MPa, and the depth of layer of the second peak is from 4% to 20% of the thickness.

Abstract: A quartz glass crucible 1 having a cylindrical side wall portion 10a, a bottom portion 10b, and a corner portion 10c connecting the side wall portion 10a and the bottom portion 10b to each other includes a transparent layer 11 made of quartz glass, and a bubble layer 12 made of quartz glass and formed outside the transparent layer 11. A ratio of an infrared transmittance of the corner portion 10c at a maximum thickness position of the corner portion 10c to an infrared transmittance of the side wall portion 10a is 0.3 or more and 0.99 or less, and an absolute value of a rate of change in infrared transmittance in a height direction along a wall surface of the crucible from a center of the bottom portion 10b toward an upper end of the side wall portion 10a is 3%/cm or less.

Abstract: Embodiments include an optical fiber cable comprising a length extending between a first end and a second end, a central cooling tube, a plurality of optical fibers disposed radially around the cooling tube, each optical fiber comprising a fiber core and a cladding disposed around the fiber core, an outer protective cover, and an inner thermal filler disposed between the outer protective cover and the central cooling tube and surrounding each of the optical fibers, wherein each of the central cooling tube, the outer protective cover, the inner thermal filler, and the plurality of optical fibers extend the length of the cable. Various systems and methods for removing imperfections from individual optical fibers and for distributing power across long distances using the optical fiber cable are also provided.

Abstract: A laminate sheet article including: a core including an electrical semi-conductor or an electrical conductor; and a continuous glass clad layer on at least four of six sides the core of the sheet article. Also disclosed is an apparatus for making a sheet laminate article as defined herein. Also disclosed is a method of making and using the article.