GB896888A - Improvements in and relating to liquid level determination and or regulation - Google Patents

Improvements in and relating to liquid level determination and or regulation

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GB896888A
GB896888A GB41551/58A GB4155158A GB896888A GB 896888 A GB896888 A GB 896888A GB 41551/58 A GB41551/58 A GB 41551/58A GB 4155158 A GB4155158 A GB 4155158A GB 896888 A GB896888 A GB 896888A
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feeder
probe
glass
molten glass
level
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GB41551/58A
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Owens Corning
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Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
    • C03B—MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
    • C03B5/00—Melting in furnaces; Furnaces so far as specially adapted for glass manufacture
    • C03B5/16—Special features of the melting process; Auxiliary means specially adapted for glass-melting furnaces
    • C03B5/24—Automatically regulating the melting process
    • C03B5/245—Regulating the melt or batch level, depth or thickness
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
    • C03B—MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
    • C03B37/00—Manufacture or treatment of flakes, fibres, or filaments from softened glass, minerals, or slags
    • C03B37/08—Bushings, e.g. construction, bushing reinforcement means; Spinnerettes; Nozzles; Nozzle plates
    • C03B37/081—Indirect-melting bushings
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G05—CONTROLLING; REGULATING
    • G05D—SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES
    • G05D9/00—Level control, e.g. controlling quantity of material stored in vessel
    • G05D9/12—Level control, e.g. controlling quantity of material stored in vessel characterised by the use of electric means

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  • Automation & Control Theory (AREA)
  • Sampling And Sample Adjustment (AREA)

Abstract

896,888. Automatic control systems. OWEN-CORNING FIBERGLAS CORPORATION. Dec. 23, 1958 [Dec. 30, 1957], No. 41551/58. Class 38 (4). [Also in Group XXXVI] The level of an electrically-conductive liquid is determined by the current flow through the liquid to a stationary probe of low resistance having a short tapered tip immersed in the liquid, but otherwise of constant cross-section. In Fig. 1 continuous filaments 13 obtained through orifices in the bottom of a feeder 10 containing molten glass are supplied with size through a tube 15, gathered together by a member 14, and formed into a package 17 by a winder 19. Variations in the level of molten glass in feeder 10 vary the depth of immersion of a conically-tipped electric probe 42, and consequential variations in the alternating current passed through the probe and the molten glass from a source 51 are effective through a transformer 55, amplifier 43, and saturable reactor 41, to control the electric resistance heating of a pre-melting unit 30, fed with glass marbles from a hopper 35, so that the rate of supply of glass in a stream 33 is adjusted to correct the level in feeder 10. The temperature of the molten glass in feeder 10 is maintained constant by a thermocouple 22 which controls, through an amplifier 23 and a saturable reactor 21, the electric resistance heating of feeder 10. In a modification the variation of current to probe 42 controls an electric motor regulating the rate of feed of glass marbles directly to feeder 10.
GB41551/58A 1957-12-30 1958-12-23 Improvements in and relating to liquid level determination and or regulation Expired GB896888A (en)

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US896888XA 1957-12-30 1957-12-30

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GB896888A true GB896888A (en) 1962-05-23

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Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2180347A (en) * 1985-07-31 1987-03-25 Wiederaufarbeitung Von Kernbre Method and apparatus for the continuous measurement of the depth of fill of a radioactive glass melt
GB2303213A (en) * 1995-07-11 1997-02-12 Nicholas Roe Simple fluid detector circuit

Families Citing this family (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3730695A (en) * 1971-03-23 1973-05-01 Owens Corning Fiberglass Corp Level control means for glass fiber making process
CN108840559B (en) * 2018-08-14 2023-10-31 台安益莎玻璃纤维有限责任公司 Automatic feeder of glass microfiber kiln and control method

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2180347A (en) * 1985-07-31 1987-03-25 Wiederaufarbeitung Von Kernbre Method and apparatus for the continuous measurement of the depth of fill of a radioactive glass melt
GB2180347B (en) * 1985-07-31 1989-11-15 Wiederaufarbeitung Von Kernbre Method and apparatus for the continuous measurement of the depth of fill of a radioactive glass melt
GB2303213A (en) * 1995-07-11 1997-02-12 Nicholas Roe Simple fluid detector circuit
GB2303213B (en) * 1995-07-11 2000-01-12 Nicholas Roe Simple fluid detector circuit

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