CH254502A - Process for the manufacture of glass, and installation for carrying out the process. - Google Patents

Process for the manufacture of glass, and installation for carrying out the process.

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CH254502A
CH254502A CH254502DA CH254502A CH 254502 A CH254502 A CH 254502A CH 254502D A CH254502D A CH 254502DA CH 254502 A CH254502 A CH 254502A
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glass
bath
installation
electrode
manufacture
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Electroverre Romont S A
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Electroverre Romont Sa
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    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C03GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
    • C03BMANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
    • C03B5/00Melting in furnaces; Furnaces so far as specially adapted for glass manufacture
    • C03B5/16Special features of the melting process; Auxiliary means specially adapted for glass-melting furnaces
    • C03B5/18Stirring devices; Homogenisation
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C03GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
    • C03BMANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
    • C03B5/00Melting in furnaces; Furnaces so far as specially adapted for glass manufacture
    • C03B5/16Special features of the melting process; Auxiliary means specially adapted for glass-melting furnaces
    • C03B5/225Refining

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Description

  

  Procédé pour la fabrication du verre, et installation pour la mise en     aeuvre    du procédé.    La présente invention comprend un pro  cédé pour la fabrication du verre, permettant  d'effectuer l'affinage du verre de façon par  ticulièrement rapide et     efficace.     



  Comme on<B>la</B>     ,sait,    l'affinage du verre     est          l'opération    par laquelle on provoque le ras       semblement    et le dégagement     des    bulles ga  zeuses contenues dans le verre à la fin de la  fusion des     matières        premières.     



  Le procédé que comprend l'invention     :est     caractérisé en ce que l'on soumet le bain de  verre, pour son affinage, à l'action d'au  moins un élément que l'on immerge dans le  dit bain, cet élément étant à la fois un corps  chauffant et un     corps    que l'on fait vibrer.  L'invention comprend aussi une     installation     pour la mise en     azuvre    du procédé, caracté  risée en ce qu'elle comporte une cuve destinée  à contenir le verre à affiner et présentant  au moins une     électrode    amenant un courant  électrique dans le verre contenu dans la cuve,  cette électrode étant munie de moyens per  mettant de la faire vibrer.  



  On produit alors dans le verre, dans des  zones de volume réduit,     qui    sont celles: si  tuées au voisinage immédiat des     éléments,    à  la fois une forte élévation de     température    et  une     mise    :en     vibration.     



  La titulaire a :constaté que, dans ces con  ditions     et    pour une dépense .d'énergie qui peut  être modérée, on     obtenait    un affinage rapide  de la masse entière du     bain.     



  Ce résultat peut s'expliquer par le fait    que     .dans    les     zones    qui sont au voisinage     des     éléments, d'une part, sous     l'influence        d'une     température élevée le verre devient extrême  ment fluide,     tandis    que, :d'autre part, ce même  verre, sous l'influence des vibrations, est sou  mis à une     agitation    et à     des        variations    de       pression        particulièrement        aptes    à rassembler  les bulles     entre:

      elles pour faciliter leur départ  du bain.  



  Par ,suite de     l'existence    du     point    chaud  créé :dans la masse de verre par     l'élément     chauffant, il s'établit dans cette masse :des       courants    de     convection        prenant    leur origine  en ce point et     entraînant    un renouvellement  constant du verre au voisinage de ce     point.     de sorte que     pratiquement,    au     bout    d'un cer  tain temps, la totalité du verre du bain     -se.     trouve être passée au voisinage de     cette    zone  active.  



  Par cette     localisation    et     nette        superposi-          tion    des effets de     température    et de vibra  tion, on     obtient        ainsi    des résultats     qui        d6-          passent    do beaucoup     ceux    que l'on     obtient    en  dépensant la même     quantité    d'énergie totale       d'origine    thermique ou vibratoire,

   mais     ré-          partie    d'une manière     uniforme    dans l'ensem  ble de la masse de verre.  



  Dans     une    mise en     oeuvre        particulièrement     avantageuse du procédé, on     utilise    :comme  élément     chauff    ont et vibrant des électrodes  qui amènent un courant électrique     :dans:

      le  verre et dont la     section    de contact avec le       bain    est suffisamment faible pour que la den-           sité    du     courant        électrique    dans, le     verre        soit     élevée au     voisinage    de     ces    électrodes et en  gendre, par     suite,    dans     cette    zone du     bain          une    forte élévation de     température,

      ces élec  trodes     étant    par ailleurs     mises    en     vibration     par tout moyen approprié.  



  Le dessin, qui comprend une seule figure,       représente        ,schématiquement    et à titre d'exem  ple, une forme     d'exécution    de l'installation  que comprend l'invention.  



  La lettre A désigne la cuve réfractaire  d'un four de     verrerie    qui contient une cer  taine masse de     verre    à fondre et à     affine@r-B,     au moyen     -d'un    courant     électrique    amené par  une électrode C.

       Cette    électrode traverse la  paroi latérale -du four par l'intermédiaire       d'une    protection D et est munie à son extré  mité extérieure d'un élément vibreur E,     cet     élément     vibreur    pouvant être un appareil     pro-          duisant        des    ondes ultrasonores, par exemple  par     magnétostriction,    .ou toute autre vibra  tion qui sera jugée propre au     but    recherché.  



  Le verre B, au voisinage de l'électrode,  sera alors soumis à des vibrations     représen-          tées    par les traits ondulés,     ces    vibrations se  répandant     dans    la masse et devenant de  moins en mains     intenses    au fur et     à-mesure     que l'op     s'éIoigne    de l'électrode.

   ,  Comme, d'autre part, au voisinage même  de l'électrode qui distribue l'énergie électri  que     dans    le bain de verre, la température est       plus    élevée, donc la fluidité     plus    grande,     ces     vibrations ont pour effet de faire monter       beaucoup    plus rapidement les bulles conte  nues     dans    le verre et désignées par     F,        car    le  dégazage     est    facilité par ]-es ondes. vibra  toires.

      D'ailleurs, au lieu d'une électrode d'amenée  de courant, on pourrait aussi     avoir        un        résister     immergé dans le bain de verre au tout autre  moyen propre à dégager à la fois de la cha  leur et -des     vibrations,,    tel que, par exemple,       des    tubes     parcourus    par des flammes ou par  des     courants        d'un    fluide porté à une tempé  rature élevée et munis de moyens     permettant     de les faire vibrer. .  



  On pourrait également utiliser des corps       conducteurs    parcourus par des courants-     élec-          triques    d'induction à basse ou à haute fré  quence. Dans ce     dernier    cas, la vibration du       corps    chauffant     pourrait    être obtenue égale  ment par la source     inductive    à     haute    fré  quence.  



  Quant aux vibrations, elles pourront avoir  des     fréquences    diverses, -c'est-à-dire être soit       des        vibrations    sonores ou -bien ultrasonores.



  Process for the manufacture of glass, and installation for the implementation of the process. The present invention comprises a process for the manufacture of glass, making it possible to carry out the refining of the glass in a particularly fast and efficient manner.



  As we know, glass refining is the operation by which the gaseous bubbles contained in the glass are brought together and released at the end of the melting of the raw materials.



  The method that the invention comprises: is characterized in that the glass bath is subjected, for its refining, to the action of at least one element which is immersed in said bath, this element being at both a heating body and a body that is made to vibrate. The invention also comprises an installation for implementing the method, characterized in that it comprises a tank intended to contain the glass to be refined and having at least one electrode bringing an electric current into the glass contained in the tank, this electrode being provided with means making it possible to make it vibrate.



  One then produces in the glass, in zones of reduced volume, which are those: if killed in the immediate vicinity of the elements, at the same time a strong rise in temperature and a setting: in vibration.



  The licensee has: noted that, under these conditions and for an energy expenditure which may be moderate, a rapid refining of the entire mass of the bath was obtained.



  This result can be explained by the fact that in the zones which are in the vicinity of the elements, on the one hand, under the influence of a high temperature, the glass becomes extremely fluid, while,: on the other hand , this same glass, under the influence of vibrations, is subjected to agitation and to pressure variations which are particularly apt to collect the bubbles between:

      them to facilitate their departure from the bath.



  As a result of the existence of the hot point created: in the mass of glass by the heating element, it is established in this mass: convection currents taking their origin at this point and causing a constant renewal of the glass in the vicinity from this point. so that practically, after a certain time, all of the glass in the bath is lost. found to have passed in the vicinity of this active zone.



  By this localization and clear superimposition of the effects of temperature and vibration, we thus obtain results which greatly exceed those obtained by spending the same amount of total energy of thermal or vibratory origin.

   but distributes uniformly throughout the mass of glass.



  In a particularly advantageous implementation of the method, use is made: as a heated and vibrating element of electrodes which bring an electric current: in:

      glass and of which the section of contact with the bath is sufficiently small so that the density of the electric current in the glass is high in the vicinity of these electrodes and, consequently, in this zone of the bath, there is a strong rise in temperature,

      these electrodes being moreover set in vibration by any suitable means.



  The drawing, which comprises a single figure, represents, schematically and by way of example, an embodiment of the installation which the invention comprises.



  The letter A designates the refractory vessel of a glass furnace which contains a certain mass of glass to be melted and refined @ r-B, by means of an electric current supplied by an electrode C.

       This electrode passes through the side wall of the furnace by means of a protection D and is provided at its outer end with a vibrating element E, this vibrating element possibly being an apparatus producing ultrasonic waves, for example by magnetostriction, .or any other vibration which will be judged specific to the desired goal.



  The glass B, in the vicinity of the electrode, will then be subjected to vibrations represented by the wavy lines, these vibrations being diffused in the mass and becoming less intense as the op s 'away from the electrode.

   , As, on the other hand, in the very vicinity of the electrode which distributes the electric energy than in the glass bath, the temperature is higher, therefore the fluidity greater, these vibrations have the effect of raising much more quickly the bubbles contained in the glass and designated by F, because degassing is facilitated by] -es waves. vibra tories.

      Moreover, instead of a current supply electrode, one could also have a resistor immersed in the glass bath to any other means suitable for releasing both heat and vibrations, such as , for example, tubes traversed by flames or by currents of a fluid brought to a high temperature and provided with means making it possible to make them vibrate. .



  It would also be possible to use conductive bodies through which low or high frequency induction electric currents can pass. In the latter case, the vibration of the heating body could also be obtained by the inductive high frequency source.



  As for the vibrations, they can have various frequencies, that is to say be either sound or ultrasonic vibrations.

 

Claims (1)

REVENDICATIONS 1. Procédé pour la fabrication du verre, ca ractérisé en ce que l'on soumet le bain de verre, pour son affinage, à l'action d'au moins un élément que l'on immerge dans ledit bain, cet élément étant à la fois un corps chauffant et un corps que l'on fait vibrer. II. CLAIMS 1. Process for the manufacture of glass, ca ractérisé in that the glass bath is subjected, for its refining, to the action of at least one element which is immersed in said bath, this element being both a heating body and a body that is made to vibrate. II. Installation pour la mise en #uvre du procédé selon la revendication I, caractérisée en ce qu'elle comporte une cuve destinée à contenir le verre à affiner et présentant au moins une électrode amenant un courant élec trique dans le verre contenu dans la cuve, cette électrode étant munie de moyens per mettant de la faire vibrer. Installation for carrying out the method according to Claim I, characterized in that it comprises a tank intended to contain the glass to be refined and having at least one electrode bringing an electric current into the glass contained in the tank, this electrode being provided with means for making it vibrate.
CH254502D 1945-06-01 1946-09-17 Process for the manufacture of glass, and installation for carrying out the process. CH254502A (en)

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US10081565B2 (en) 2010-06-17 2018-09-25 Johns Manville Systems and methods for making foamed glass using submerged combustion
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US3128169A (en) * 1953-11-25 1964-04-07 Heraeus Schott Quarzschmelze Process for making quartz glass casings
US10081565B2 (en) 2010-06-17 2018-09-25 Johns Manville Systems and methods for making foamed glass using submerged combustion
US10472268B2 (en) 2010-06-17 2019-11-12 Johns Manville Systems and methods for glass manufacturing
US9957184B2 (en) 2011-10-07 2018-05-01 Johns Manville Submerged combustion glass manufacturing system and method
US9926219B2 (en) 2012-07-03 2018-03-27 Johns Manville Process of using a submerged combustion melter to produce hollow glass fiber or solid glass fiber having entrained bubbles, and burners and systems to make such fibers
EP2903940A4 (en) * 2012-10-03 2016-06-08 Johns Manville Methods and systems for destabilizing foam in equipment downstream of a submerged combustion melter
US10392285B2 (en) 2012-10-03 2019-08-27 Johns Manville Submerged combustion melters having an extended treatment zone and methods of producing molten glass
US10246362B2 (en) 2016-06-22 2019-04-02 Johns Manville Effective discharge of exhaust from submerged combustion melters and methods
US10301208B2 (en) 2016-08-25 2019-05-28 Johns Manville Continuous flow submerged combustion melter cooling wall panels, submerged combustion melters, and methods of using same
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