Roll-to-roll glass lamination system and method of laminating glass
AssigneeCorning Incorporated
InventorsEuiHo Kim, ChaHyun Ku
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Abstract
A roll-to-roll glass lamination system includes: a glass unwinding unit configured to unwind a glass ribbon from a glass roll; a film feeding unit configured to unwind the film from a film roll; a lamination unit configured to laminate the film on the glass ribbon to create a laminate, the lamination unit including an air injection device configured to blow air onto a second surface of the glass ribbon in a lamination space such that the first surface of the glass ribbon is in contact with the film; and a laminate winding unit configured to wind the laminate.
Claims18
A roll-to-roll glass lamination system comprising:
- a glass unwinding unit configured to unwind a glass ribbon from a glass roll, the glass ribbon having a first surface and a second surface;
- a film feeding unit configured to unwind the film from a film roll;
- a lamination unit configured to laminate the film on the first surface of the glass ribbon to create a laminate, the lamination unit including an air injection device configured to blow air onto the second surface of the glass ribbon in a lamination space such that the first surface of the glass ribbon is in contact with the film;
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- a laminate winding unit configured to wind the laminate into a laminate roll, wherein:
- the air injection device is configured such that air having a predetermined pressure is injected downward through a plurality of injection holes;
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- the lamination unit is configured such that the glass ribbon passes through the lamination space under the air injection device while the second surface of the glass ribbon faces the air injection device and the first surface of the glass ribbon faces the film.
A roll-to-roll glass lamination system for lamination of a film onto a glass ribbon, comprising:
- a glass unwinding unit configured to unwind the glass ribbon from an initial glass roll;
- a film feeding unit configured to unwind the film from a film roll;
- a lamination unit configured to laminate the film on a first surface of the glass ribbon in a non-contact manner to create a laminate, the lamination unit including an air injection device configured to blow an pressurized air onto a second surface of the glass ribbon, opposite to the first surface of the glass ribbon, in a lamination space;
- a laminate winding unit configured to wind the laminate into a laminate roll;
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- a nip roller detachably arranged downstream of the air injection device along a movement path of the glass ribbon, wherein the lamination unit is configured such that the laminate passes through the nip roller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.