Corning Incorporated

Eliot Geathers

Daniel Warren Hawtof

Elias Panides

Gaozhu Peng

Chunfeng Zhou

Randy Lee Rhoads

Adam Charles Berkey

Yuriy Yurkovsky

Kashyap Harshadlal Shah

Jiandong Meng

Douglas Edward McElheny

Yuriy Yurkovskyy

A glass tube manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing glass tubing includes a glass delivery tank with molten glass. The glass delivery tank has a bottom opening. A bell has an upper portion with an outer diameter located at the bottom opening. A heating apparatus is at least partially disposed around the bell. The heating apparatus includes a heated portion and a muffle portion located below the heated portion. A lower extended muffle structure extends downwardly from the muffle portion. The lower extended muffle structure extending about the glass tubing on all sides to manage convective airflow therethrough.

Method and apparatus for controlling glass tube taper

A method and apparatus for manufacturing glass are provided. The apparatus is configured to draw a glass ribbon and includes an evaporator unit having a liquid reservoir configured to receive a working liquid. The apparatus further includes a heat transfer element configured to be placed in thermal contact with the working liquid received in the liquid reservoir. The heat transfer element is configured to cool the glass ribbon being drawn from the glass manufacturing apparatus by receiving radiant heat from the glass ribbon and transferring the heat to the working liquid received in the liquid reservoir, thereby transforming an amount of the working liquid to a vapor. The method includes drawing the glass ribbon, cooling the glass ribbon by radiating heat from the glass ribbon to the heat transfer element, and then transferring heat from the heat transfer element to the working liquid.

Apparatus and methods for manufacturing glass

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Painted Post, NY, United States of America

Eliot Geathers