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.
Claims20
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.
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;
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- a laminate winding unit configured to wind the laminate into a laminate roll.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.