Corning Incorporated

Craig Marshall Phenes

Allan Mark Fredholm

Stephane Poissy

Robert Wendell Sharps

Nils Paul Fornell

Nicholas Leon Susch

James Tollef Gramstad

Misha Andre Gerschel

Ching-Han Ho

Lianggong Wen

Steven Marshall Eversole

Muhammad Haider Ali Basit

Methods of processing a viscous ribbon include supplying a molten material from a supply vessel. Methods include forming the molten material into the viscous ribbon. The viscous ribbon travels along a travel path. Methods include receiving thermal light energy produced from the viscous ribbon. Methods include generating an image of the viscous ribbon from the thermal light energy. Methods include detecting a defect of the viscous ribbon from the image.

Methods of processing a viscous ribbon

Systems and methods for automated, sequential processing of a continuous glass ribbon by conveying the glass ribbon in a ribbon travel direction, forming a score line in the glass ribbon, separating a glass sheet from the glass ribbon at the score line while supporting the glass sheet with a transfer device, lowering the glass sheet onto a conveyor, and conveying the glass sheet in a sheet travel direction differing from the ribbon travel direction. By transferring and then conveying the glass sheet in a direction differing from the ribbon travel direction (e.g., a 90 degree turn) immediately after glass sheet separation, the systems and method of the present disclosure are conducive to streamlined production of glass sheets utilizing a unique production floor footprint.

Systems and methods for processing a glass ribbon

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Craig Marshall Phenes