PHYSICAL PROPERTIES

Property Value
Thickness, mm 2 - 20
Coefficient of thermal expansion, 9.5
ppm/K, 100-300˚C
Density (at 20˚C), g/cm3 2.53
Refractive Index, at 20˚C 1.520
Shear modulus, GPa 29.8
Heat capacity J/mol-K(at 20˚C) 48
Hardness (Mohs Scale) 6
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 0.7 – 1.3
EQUIPMENT USED
Furnace – The purpose of an industrial
furnace is to attain a higher processing
temperature in comparison to open-air
systems, as well as the efficiency gains of
a closed system. Industrial furnaces
typically deal with temperatures higher
than 400 degrees Celsius.
An industrial furnace is an equipment
used to provide heat for a process or can
serve as reactor which provides heats of
reaction. Furnace designs vary as to its
function, heating duty, type of fuel and
method of introducing combustion air.
Heat is generated by an industrial furnace
by mixing fuel with air or oxygen, or from
electrical energy. The residual heat will
exit the furnace as flue gas.
Float Bath or Tin Bath – molten glass
from the melting furnace is poured onto
the surface of an enclosed bath of molten
tin in a controlled atmosphere of nitrogen
and hydrogen. the glass pours through
the canal area and flows atop a bath of
molten tin, on which it “floats”.

Annealing Lehr - The job of the lehr is to

cool the glass at a controlled rate in order
to ensure proper stresses are put into the
glass so it can be cut easily and
accurately.

Glass Cutting Machine – used to cut or

split the glass into the desired shape and
size
EQUIPMENT USED

Scribe or automated plotter

Sanding belt

Autoclave