Methods and apparatuses for fabricating glass articles

A glass ribbon machine for forming glass articles, the glass ribbon machine comprising:

• rollers for forming a glass ribbon having a substantially planar topside and a substantially planar underside;
• a conveyor for conveying the glass ribbon;
• blowheads for forming parisons in the glass ribbon, the parisons being attached to the glass ribbon at an aperture formed in the glass ribbon, such that the parisons are hollow with an opening at the aperture of the glass ribbon and extends from the underside of the glass ribbon;
• paste molds for shaping the parisons into glass articles, the glass articles attached to the glass ribbon at an attachment region, the attachment region comprising an area proximate the edges of the aperture, the attachment region defining an edge of the glass article;
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• a laser separation system comprising a focal line of a laser beam contacting the attachment region, the focal line substantially perpendicular to a plane of the glass ribbon with sufficient intensity to spontaneously separate the glass article from the glass ribbon at the attachment region.