Corning Incorporated

Jeffrey Robert Amadon

Gautam Narendra Kudva

Tomohiro Aburada

Michael Yoshiya Nishimoto

Gary Edward Merz

Eric Lee Miller

Rohit Rai

Douglas Edward Brackley

Matthew Daniel Trosa

Rui Zhang

Adam Charles Berkey

Ian David Tracy

Chris Scott Kogge

Norman Bradley Dunning

Terrence Richard Horsfall

Seung Hee Won

Romain Jeanson

Antoine Gaston Denis Bisson

A method of continuously processing glass ribbon having a thickness &#x2264;0.3 mm. The method includes providing a glass processing apparatus having a first processing zone, a second processing zone and a third processing zone. The glass ribbon is continuously fed from the first processing zone, through the second processing zone to the third processing zone. The feed rate of the glass ribbon is controlled through each processing zone using a global control device. A first buffer zone is provided between the first processing zone and the second processing zone in which the glass substrate is supported in a first catenary between two, spaced-apart, payoff positions. A second buffer zone is provided between the second processing zone and the third processing zone in which the glass substrate is supported in a second catenary between two, spaced-apart, payoff positions.

Continuous processing of flexible glass ribbon

A glass manufacturing apparatus comprises a forming device configured to produce a glass ribbon and a control device configured to independently operate a first pull roll apparatus and a second pull roll apparatus such that the first pull roll apparatus rotates with a substantially constant torque the second pull roll apparatus rotates with a substantially constant angular velocity. The control device is further configured to adjust the substantially constant torque of the first pull roll apparatus based on an operating condition of at least one of the first pull roll apparatus and the second pull roll apparatus. In further examples, methods of manufacturing a glass ribbon are provided.

Glass manufacturing apparatus and methods

Methods for producing a glass ribbon include the step of drawing a glass ribbon from a quantity of molten glass and detecting an instability in the glass ribbon. In response to the detected instability, the method can further include the step of automatically adjusting an operating variable for each of a plurality of stabilizing elements simultaneously with a controller to at least partially counter the detected instability.

Methods for producing a glass ribbon

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Lexington, KY, United States of America

Jeffrey Robert Amadon