Method of cutting of glass strand and product produced thereby

Details Method of cutting of glass strand and product produced thereby Method of cutting of glass strand and product produced thereby

1975-12-19

1979-06-19

Lindsay, Jr., Robert L.

Glass manufacturing

Processes

Forming product or preform from molten glass

65 11R, 65113, 83913, 156 624, 156180, 156251, 156272, 219121LM, 428296, 428392, C03B 3700

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041585550

ABSTRACT:
A method of cutting glass fiber strands is disclosed wherein said strands are driven across the beam of an interruptable laser. The laser beam melts the strand at each pulse of the beam cutting the strand into short lengths. The cut strands can be immediately collected and packaged or can be further subjected to a drying procedure prior to packaging. The strands formed by this method have fused and comparitively even ends as opposed to the ragged uneven ends of mechanically chopped glass strands.

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patent: 2786637 (1957-03-01), Russell et al.
patent: 3322584 (1967-05-01), Welin-Berger
patent: 3369101 (1968-02-01), Curcio
patent: 3684474 (1972-08-01), Chisholm
patent: 3750049 (1973-07-01), Dowley et al.
patent: 3869268 (1975-03-01), Briar et al.
IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, vol. 18, #5, 10/1975, pp. 1426, 1427.

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