Asahi Glass Company, Limited

Toshihito Kamioka

Yasuo Sato

Yoshihiro Tsuchimoto

Tsunehiro Saito

Masaaki Yoshikawa

Yukio Yoskikawa

Manabu Nito

A plunger supporting mechanism includes a bottom mold into which a gob is loaded; a plunger which is arranged above the bottom mold, and which is lowered to pressure the gob in the bottom mold to press the gob into a glass product, the plunger having an upper portion provided with a flange; a floating unit which supports the flange in a floating manner to support the plunger so as to be movable in a horizontal direction; and a press machine for raising and lowering the plunger through the floating unit; wherein the floating unit is supported so as to be tiltable with respect to the press machine, or the plunger is supported so as to be tiltable with respect to the flange.

Plunger supporting mechanism

A direct current magnetic field is applied to a molten metal bath to control the movement of molten metal. A glass ribbon is formed on the molten metal bath to have a predetermined thickness and is moved on the surface of the molten metal bath controlled by the magnetic field, during which the glass ribbon is cooled.

Method for manufacturing float glass

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Matsudo, Japan

Toshihito Kamioka