Glass manufacturing – Processes – Sol-gel or liquid phase route utilized
Patent
1998-06-18
2000-06-27
Vincent, Sean
Glass manufacturing
Processes
Sol-gel or liquid phase route utilized
65 174, 65414, C03B 2000
Patent
active
060792256
ABSTRACT:
In a known method, a quartz glass preform is produced by supplying a glass-forming base material in liquid form to an injection nozzle of a multi-nozzle flame deposition burner, vaporizing or gasifying the liquid glass-forming base material in the deposition burner, mixing the vaporized or gasified glass-forming base material with a gas containing oxygen under creation of SiO.sub.2 particles in a chemical reaction, deposition of the SiO.sub.2 particles on a substrate under creation of a porous preform and sintering of the preform. In this method, expensive devices such as pumps and ultrasonic vaporizers are needed for the vaporization of the liquid glass-forming base material; in addition, these devices are subject to mechanical wear and chemical attack and furthermore, they require extensive maintenance and due to their size result in a great height of construction. In order to avoid these disadvantages, a method is proposed according to the invention wherein a gas for the creation of a mist is fed to the deposition burner for the vaporization or gasification of the glass-forming base material, resulting in the creation of a low pressure in the area of the injection nozzle orifice. In an apparatus suitable for implementing the method, a vaporizing device comprises a vaporizing nozzle for the supply of a vaporizing gas, said nozzle being located adjacent to the injection nozzle and having an opening which, as seen in the direction of travel of the vaporizing gas, extends in a plane behind the injection nozzle opening.
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Ruppert Klaus
Steinkohl Anton
Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KG
Tiajoloff Andrew L.
Vincent Sean
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