Method and system for quenching, drying, and elevating glass compositions

A method of quenching molten glass compositions and drying the quenched glass and elevating the quenched and dried glass to a storage hopper comprising the steps for

• (a) discharging a stream of molten glass composition and a stream of quenching liquid directly into a reciprocating inclined conveyor which is not immersed having deep side and end walls such that the lower end holds overflowing quenching liquid and the upper end of the conveyor does not,
• (b) reciprocating the conveyor continuously to agitate the quenching liquid and to move the quenched glass up along the conveyor until it emerges from the quenching liquid,
• (c) feeding the quenched glass emerging from the inclined conveyor at its upper end onto a second vibrating conveyor,
• (d) irradiating at least a portion of the second conveyor with infrared radiation sufficient to complete the drying of the quenched glass, and
• (e) feeding the quenched and dried glass emerging from the second conveyor into a storage hopper.