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AssigneeSchott AG
InventorsAndreas Langsdorf, Juergen Thuerk, Aurel Kunz, Ulrich Lange, Joachim Kuester, Bernd Loeffelbein, Marcus Meinefeld, Uwe Rothhaar, Axel Ohlinger
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The invention proposes a process for the production of a container made from glass, in the form of a hollow body open on both ends for pharmaceutical and medical applications, in particular in the form of a syringe barrel, where a glass drop (14) is dispensed from a melting unit, is placed into a mold (12) that is driven to rotate, and is formed by the effect of the centrifugal force, the mold being driven at a rotational speed of at least 5000 rpm, preferably approximately 50000 rpm.
A process of producing a container from glass, comprising the steps of:
A process of producing a container from glass, comprising the steps of:
A container made from a Type I glass in the shape of a hollow body open on both ends, said container comprising a cylindrical area having a wall thickness tolerance of maximally ±0.2 mm, where the boron content of the container, at all its surfaces, drops by less than 60%, relative to a nominal boron content value.
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