Manville Corporation

Mark P DeLong

A bushing plate for use in the production of glass fibers has an array of nozzle tips. Each nozzle tip is formed to have a frusto-conical body with a central aperture. The walls of the nozzle tips have a constant thickness such that the diameter of the central aperture varies over the elongate dimension of the tip. The feature of constant sidewall thickness allows the glass filament size to be selected by trimming the height of the tip such that the appropriate aperture diameter is obtained. The nozzle tips are formed by progressive punching of preformed embossments on a bushing plate.

Method of forming bushing plate for forming glass filaments with forming

A bushing plate for use in the production of glass fibers has an array of nozzle tips. The bushing plate is formed by successive cold forming operations from a starting plate of precious metal alloy. The starting plate is first indexed through a press which coins embossments raised from one side of the plate. The plate is then indexed through another press in which bores are extruded through the embossments to form the nozzle tips. The ends of the tips are then finished in an operation such as EDM wire finishing.

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Sylvania, OH, United States of America

Mark P DeLong