Method for the hot-working of glass
AssigneeU.S. Philips Corporation
InventorsBerthold Frank, Bernhard Lersmacher, Hans-Jurgen Lydtin
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Abstract
The undulation of hot-moulded glass is avoided when the cooling of the glass edge layers in the first phase of the moulding operation is delayed and is accelerated after completed moulding. This is achieved by using a mould of a glassy carbon having a porous structure. Prior to the moulding, the pores are filled with a gas-forming liquid or a gas. The resulting gas film between the glass and the surface of the mould is removed ater completed moulding. The pores may subsequently be filled with a cooling agent.
Claims6
A method for the hot-working of glass by means of a mould which consists of glassy carbon at least at its surface contacting the heated glass, characterized in that the glassy carbon of the mould used has a porous structure, in which pore size and pore density (pore distribution) are adjusted so that during the moulding process the glass cannot penetrate into the surface, and the pores are accessible from the side of the mould remote from the heated glass, that prior to the moulding the pores are filled with a gas-forming liquid or a gas, and the resulting gas film between the glass and the surface of the mould is removed after completed moulding.
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