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US 8,783,064 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for removing the glass mould joints including polishing the joints, and glass product machined thereby
AssigneeZwiesel Kristalliglas AG
InventorKlaus Lesche
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Abstract
The method for polishing glass products, comprises the following steps: specifying a contour or form or shape of the glass product; detecting the location or position of the glass product; calculating a path for a laser beam on the basis of the contour of the glass product and the location of the glass product; and scanning the path with the laser beam for polishing the glass product in order to fuse mold joints together or smoothen/polish them.
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A method for polishing glass products, comprising:
- specifying a contour of a glass product;
- transporting the glass product on a conveyor belt;
- continuously moving the conveyor belt;
- detecting the location of the glass product on the conveyor belt;
- calculating a path for a laser beam on the basis of the contour of the glass product and the location of the glass product;
- scanning the path with the laser beam for polishing the glass product;
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- loading the contour of the glass product into a computer as a CAD file.
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A method for polishing glass products, comprising:
- passing a glass workpiece along a transport system, the workpiece having a predetermined path on the surface of the surface of the workpiece;
- controlling targeting of a radiation emitting device that is fixed relative to the transport system, including varying a direction of emitted radiation according to tracked motion of the workpiece passing along the transport system and according to the predetermined path on the surface of the workpiece;
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- emitting radiation from the radiation emitting device in the varying direction to cause heating of the workpiece along the predetermined path while the workpiece passes along the transport system, wherein emitting the radiation comprises emitting the radiation at a varying angle of incidence to the workpiece.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.