Float glass production technology and equipment

Author: Zhang Zhanying, Jiang Hong, Huang Diyu, Liu Jin
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Publish Date: 2005-06-01
Features: This book systematically describes the float glass production process, covering technological processes and operational procedures from glass composition design, raw material preparation, batch weighing and mixing, glass melting, glass forming, glass tempering to protective gas preparation. It provides detailed introductions to the structures of the three major thermal equipment (glass furnace, tin bath, and tempering furnace) and cold-end equipment, as well as related design calculations. The book also elaborates on the causes and prevention of glass defects, as well as the types and selection of refractory materials used in glass furnaces. This book can serve as a reference for engineering technicians engaged in float glass production, design, and research, and can also be used as a teaching material for relevant university majors. This book systematically describes the float glass production process, covering technological processes and operational procedures from glass composition design, raw material preparation, batch weighing and mixing, glass melting, glass forming, glass tempering to protective gas preparation. It provides detailed introductions to the structures of the three major thermal equipment (glass furnace, tin bath, and tempering furnace) and cold-end equipment, as well as related design calculations. The book also elaborates on the causes and prevention of glass defects, as well as the types and selection of refractory materials used in glass furnaces. This book can serve as a reference for engineering technicians engaged in float glass production, design, and research, and can also be used as a teaching material for relevant university majors.