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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2018
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Sean Thomas Anderson, Corning, NY (US);
Gilbert De Angelis, Lindley, NY (US);
Megan Aurora DeLamielleure, Corning, NY (US);
Miki Eugene Kunitake, Elmira, NY (US);
Derwin Lee Lamberson, Painted Post, NY (US);
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for reconditioning a glass manufacturing system includes establishing a reducing atmosphere in a glass melting vessel and draining a glass melt composition from the melting vessel while the reducing atmosphere is in the vessel. The pressure of the reducing atmosphere is greater than the pressure of the atmosphere surrounding the melting vessel and the reducing atmosphere is established by operating at least one combustion burner in the melting vessel in a fuel-rich condition.