Method of and apparatus for controlling batch thickness and glas

Details Method of and apparatus for controlling batch thickness and glas Method of and apparatus for controlling batch thickness and glas

1980-12-15

1982-01-26

Kellogg, Arthur D.

Glass manufacturing

Processes

With measuring, sensing, inspecting, indicating, or testing

65134, 65136, 65160, 65162, 65335, C03B 300

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043126588

ABSTRACT:
A method of and apparatus for controlling the thickness of a blanket of batch floating on a body of molten glass in a glass melting furnace comprising feeding batch to the surface of the blanket of batch, sensing the radiation reflected from a sidewall of the furnace above the blanket of batch and controlling the feed rate of the batch in response to the sensed radiation to maintain the blanket of batch at a predetermined thickness.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2262070 (1941-11-01), Turk
patent: 4002448 (1977-01-01), Griffith et al.
patent: 4194077 (1980-03-01), Canfield et al.

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