Industrial Flat Glass Manufacturing Process

At the end of the course, students should be able to: 1. identify different methods of glass manufacturing processes; and 2. explain different methods of flat glass manufacturing processes as obtainable in the glass industry.

Flat glass manufacturing process; sheet glass Foucault method, Pittsburgh processes, lof-colbum method. Plate glass. Bithorax semi-continuous casting, PPG ring roll Process continuous horizontal rolling and polishing operations. Patterned glass manufacturing processes. Float glass. Hand production processes where applicable.