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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2022
Schott Ag, Mainz, DE;
Stefan Knoche, Mainz, DE;
Matthias Kaffenberger, Mainz-Ebersheim, DE;
Stefan Bauer, Hüffelsheim, DE;
Stefan Schmitt, Stadecken-Elsheim, DE;
Michael Hahn, Hohenstein, DE;
Volker Ohmstede, Bingen, DE;
Ralph Seuwen, Schwabenheim, DE;
SCHOTT AG, Mainz, DE;
Abstract
A method of making a glass product includes the steps of: melting a batch of a plurality of glass raw materials in a melting tank to form a glass melt; heating at least one of the plurality of glass raw materials and the glass melt using at least one fuel burner by reacting hydrogen and oxygen; withdrawing the glass melt from the melting tank; obtaining a glass product, the glass product having an Feto Feratio of less than 0.2 or less than 0.05 and having at least one of less than 80 bubbles in a size range of from 0.1 mm to 0.2 mm per 10 kg of glass and less than 2 bubbles of a size larger than 0.2 mm per 10 kg of a glass.