O/y Kyro A/b Tamglass

Tamglass Oy

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Tamglass Ltd. Oy

O/y Kyro A/b

Kyro A/b Tamglass

Pauli T Reunamaki

Erkki P Yli-Vakkuri

Kauko K Anttonen

Jarvinen

Arto O Jantunen

Jouko K Jarvinen

A method for heating LowE glass panels in a tempering furnace ( ) provided with rollers. LowE glass panels are carried on a conveyor constituted by rollers ( ) into the tempering furnace and then the discussed glass panels are set in an oscillating motion within the tempering furnace for the duration of a heating cycle. This is followed by delivering the discussed glass panels into a tempering station ( ). In the tempering furnace, the glass panels are heated by means of top and bottom radiation heating elements ( ), as well as by top and bottom convection heating elements ( ). In the early stage of a heating cycle the top glass surface is subjected to convection heating more powerful than that applied to the bottom surface and in the final stage of a heating cycle the bottom glass surface is subjected to convection heating more powerful than that applied to the top surface.

Method for heating LowE glass panels in a tempering furnace

Positioning device for glass bending oven

Glass bending mold

Heating, bending and cooling system for glass

A drive mechanism (32) for a roller conveyor (28) of a furnace (12) for heating flat glass sheets includes a primary drive loop (34) received by primary drive wheels (36) and also includes a plurality of secondary drive loops (50) each of which is associated with a pair of conveyor rolls (30). Internal teeth (42) of the primary drive loop (34) and external teeth (52) of the secondary drive loops (50) are engaged to provide a driving relationship therebetween, while internal teeth (54) of the secondary drive loops (50) drive gears (56) secured to the conveyor rolls (30). A plurality of idler gears (64) mesh with the external teeth (54) of the secondary drive loops (50) to maintain tensioning that prevents backlash and provides uniform reversal of all conveyor rolls as the driving changes from one direction to the other as well as allowing the conveyor rolls to be positioned with their high sides aligned so as to maintain planarity during the conveyance. The primary drive loops (34) has a metal core (70) and an elastomeric covering (72) that forms its internal teeth (42). Engagement rollers (80) of the drive mechanism maintain engagement between inclined faces (42a,52a) of the internal teeth 42 of the primary drive loop (34) and the external teeth (52) of the secondary drive loops (50).

Drive mechanism for glass sheet roller conveyor of furnace

A preheater (12) preheating flat glass sheets prior to further heating to a higher temperature is disclosed as including a conveyor (18) and a pair of opposed forced convection heaters (20) that each include a plurality of elongated housings (22) having a baffle (30) that extends diagonally between the housing ends (26) and is spaced from outlets (28) of the housing to provide a mixing chamber (32) that results in mixing of hot gas supplied from opposite directions to plenum of the housing. This mixing provides a uniform flow of hot gas through the outlets (28) between the housing ends and thereby provides uniform preheating of the glass sheet over its entire extent.

Preheater for flat glass sheets

A glass bending and tempering apparatus including a bending and tempering section, a deformable glass support device and a device for quenching a glass sheet is disclosed. The deformable glass support device is deformable from a substantially flat configuration to a configuration having a desired curvature. The device for quenching a glass sheet is conformable to the curvature of the support device during deformation of the support device. The apparatus also includes a mechanism for blowing air that is vertically movable relative to the support device.

Method of and apparatus for bending and tempering glass sheets

The invention relates to an assembly in the annealing section of a glass tempering apparatus, comprising a glass sheet supporting rollers and cooling air blow boxes disposed above and below a glass sheet. A blast pressure applied to the bottom surface of a glass sheet may tend to pick up a glass sheet and float the sheet off contact with the rollers. In order to correct the situation without changing the cooling effects on the opposite surfaces of glass, the radiation absorption factor of surfaces below a glass sheet is higher than the absorption factor of surfaces above on the thermal radiation wavelengths of glass. Thus, the blast pressure on a top surface of the glass sheet has been increased with respect to the blast pressure on a lower surface of the glass sheet.

Assembly in the annealing section of a glass tempering apparatus

The invention relates to an adjusting device for the blast pressure in cooling nozzles of a glass tempering apparatus, said device comprising at least two blowers each with its own vane adjuster, blast ducts between the blowers and an air-distribution chamber, and a bypass duct linking the blast ducts. Between blast duct and air-distribution chamber downstream of by-pass duct there is fitted a throttle valve, which is in a throttle position when one blower is running with its vane adjuster partly or completely open. Thus, merely by adjusting said vane adjusters it is possible to cover a pressure range of 5-7000 Pa which is sufficient for glass thicknesses of 4-19 mm.

Adjusting device for the blast pressure in the cooling nozzles of a

The invention relates to a method of bending a glass sheet to be tempered as well as to a glass sheets bending and tempering apparatus. An array of conveyor rollers in a glass sheets bending and tempering section is adapted to be curved around an axis of curvature transverse to the traveling direction in a manner that, beginning from a horizontal plane, the plane of a roller line curves with a continuously diminishing radius of curvature until the final radius of curvature is reached. During the curving process, the tangent of the mid-portion of a curved conveyor section is maintained substantially in a horizontal plane. Thus, each point in a glass sheet curves substantially at the same rate over the entire glass sheet area and, hence, local rapid deformations do not occur. During the curving process, a glass sheet is maintained in motion by means of the rollers of a curved roller conveyor.

The invention relates to a method of carrying glass sheets during heating and tempering as well as to a tempering apparatus for glass sheets, in which the method is applied. During heating, glass sheets are oscillated in a furnace (2) back and forth in a manner that the traveling distance forward on at least some of the reciprocating strokes is longer than the traveling distance backwards, whereby the transportation of each load of glass sheets from the upstream end of a furnace to the downstream end of a furnace occurs by means of the combined effect of several forward-directed long strokes. Shifting of a load of glass sheets from furnace into tempering section is effected by extending the forward-directed stroke of a load of glass sheets at the downstream end of said furnace while at the same time other loads of glass sheets in the furnace reverse for a backwards-directed stroke. Therefore, the downstream end of a furnace is provided with an intermediate conveyor (8), adapted to travel along with furnace conveyor (7) or tempering section conveyor (9) depending on which one of said conveyors (7 or 9 ) has a greater speed.

Method of and apparatus for carrying glass sheets during heating and

The invention relates to a flow barrier in the annealing section of a glass tempering apparatus, said annealing section being provided with glass sheet supporting rollers (7) and cooling air blow boxes (1, 3) are disposed above and below a glass sheet, in addition to which there are, above the glass sheets, 'false rolls' (8) in the form of a downward open trough, extending crosswise to the traveling direction of said glass sheets. The purpose of 'false rolls' (8) is to increase a pressure applied to the top surface of a glass sheet in order to reduce the risk of a glass sheet becoming afloat. A flow along the trough, which increases towards the ends of the trough, results in a non-uniform tempering. The flow is cut off by fitting the trough with partitions (9) spaced from each other.

Flow barrier in the annealing section of a glass tempering apparatus

The invention relates to an end cap for a ceramic spool as well as to a method of and device for mounting it on the end of such a spool. The quill portion (5) of an end cap is divided by means of slits (9) into strips (10), the first ends of which are rigidly connected to a ring (12) formed by the open quill end and the other ends are rigidly connected to a flange (13) closing the other quill end, with a stub axle (6) projecting from said flange. Provided in the middle of strips (10) are threaded holes (11). The annular jacket (7) of said auxiliary device (3) can be fitted around said end cap quill (5) with a small annular clearance remaining therebetween. The annular jacket (7) is circumferentially provided with holes (17) with screws (18) extending therethrough and engageable in threaded holes (11). By turning screws (18), said strips (10) can be bent outwards so as to fit the spool end (4) inside quill (5). When screws (18) are unscrewed, strips (10) return elastically inwards and squeeze around the spool end (4).

End cap for a ceramic spool

The invention relates to a support frame for a resistor element in a heating furnace for glass sheets, said flame providing a substantially continuously extending, elongated rest surface for a resistor element. The support frame elements consist of trough-like castings and are fastened to each other in an articulated manner. The short frame elements are easy to cast and can be assembled into long continuous support frames for resistor elements, the thermal stresses of said frames not passing over the link points. A long continuous support frame structure makes it accordingly possible to employ resistor elements that are long and continuous and thus readily replaceable.

Support frame for resistor elements in a heating furnace for glass sheets

The invention relates to a resistor element assembly for a glass sheet heating furnace and to a method of replacing a resistor element. A resistor element is built by placing successively in longitudinal direction ceramic elements, with a resistance wire wound therearound. Between the ceramic elements are fitted ceramic spacer blocks whose diameter exceeds that of the resistance wire coils. The resistor element is carried by a support frame upon the spacer blocks. A problem to be resolved is to provide a long resistor element, wherein the major variations in length between the components of various materials caused by major temperature variations do not produce deformations in resistance wires. This problem has been resolved by fitting between one end of the support frame and the corresponding end of the resistor element a tensioned spring which compresses the resistor element at all operating temperatures against a limit stop at the other end of the support frame. The resistor element can be replaced by releasing said spring from the support frame and by pulling the resistor element out of a furnace by utilizing a core pin extending through the entire resistor element, whereby the ceramic elements remain subjected to compression stress. By using an auxiliary spring between the end of said core pin and the end of said resistor element, the compression holding the resistor element together can be maintained also during transportation and installation.

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Tampere, Finland

Pauli T Reunamaki