Glass manufacturing – Processes – Glass preform treating
Patent
1979-05-18
1980-11-04
Kellogg, Arthur D.
Glass manufacturing
Processes
Glass preform treating
65120, C03B 2900, C03B 3200
Patent
active
042317789
ABSTRACT:
This invention relates to a process for strengthening glass articles immediately after their formation and prior to annealing to remove stresses, and more specifically to increasing the strength of glass containers in terms of internal pressure retention as well as in thermal shock and impact resistance. The process involves allowing the newly-formed glass containers to cool down to a limited extent immediately subsequent to their formation, subjecting the defect-bearing exterior surfaces of the glass containers, which contain surface checks or cracks, to an elevated temperature for a brief period of time to physically alter the crack geometry of the defects and partially heal the same, and then annealing the glass containers to remove stresses therefrom. The glass containers then exhibit a strengthening of at least 10 to 20 percent, and in some cases as much as a 50 percent increase over their average untreated strength based on internal pressure strength tests which are indicative of overall strengthening of glass surfaces.
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Graham Paul W. L.
Moore, Jr. Thomas W.
Click M. E.
Holler E. J.
Kellogg Arthur D.
Owens--Illinois, Inc.
Wilson D. H.
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