Asahi Glass Company, Limited

Takeo Endo

Kuniaki Hiromatsu

Masanobu Shirai

Junichi Miyashita

Tomohiro Yonemichi

An area S (m) of a facing surface of each of injectors which faces a glass ribbon is set so as to satisfy: S&#x2266;(0.0116&#xd7;P&#xd7;Cg&#xd7;T)/{&#x3b5;&#xd7;F&#xd7;&#x3c3;(T&#x2212;T)}, wherein P is an output (ton/day) of the glass ribbon; Cg is a specific heat (J/(kg&#xb7;&#xb0; C.)) of the glass; T is an acceptable temperature drop (&#xb0; C.); &#x3b5; is radiation factor; F is a surface-to-surface view factor; &#x3c3; is Boltzmann's constant; Tis a temperature (K) of the glass ribbon represented by K=(T+T)/2 where Tand Tare measured values of the glass ribbon at the inlet and outlet of the injector, respectively; and Tis a temperature (K) of the facing surface of the injector.

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