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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2004
Werner Kiefer, Mainz, DE;
Hildegard Römer, Flörsheim, DE;
Frank-thomas Lentes, Bingen, DE;
Guido Räke, Rümmelsheim, DE;
Volker Ohmstede, Mainz, DE;
Karin Naumann, Ober-Olm, DE;
Michael Leister, Budenheim, DE;
Gerhard Nuessle, Jena, DE;
Erich Rodek, Mainz, DE;
Wolfgang Schmidbauer, Mainz, DE;
Werner Kiefer, Mainz, DE;
Hildegard Römer, Flörsheim, DE;
Frank-Thomas Lentes, Bingen, DE;
Guido Räke, Rümmelsheim, DE;
Volker Ohmstede, Mainz, DE;
Karin Naumann, Ober-Olm, DE;
Michael Leister, Budenheim, DE;
Gerhard Nuessle, Jena, DE;
Erich Rodek, Mainz, DE;
Wolfgang Schmidbauer, Mainz, DE;
Schott AG, Mainz, DE;
Abstract
A method for melting inorganic materials, preferably glasses and glass-ceramics, in a melting unit with cooled walls is provided. The method includes selecting the temperature of at least one region of the melt is selected in such a way as to be in a range from T−20% to T+20%, where the temperature Tis given by the temperature at which the energy consumption per unit weight of the material to be melted is at a minimum, with the throughput having been selected in such a way as to be suitably adapted to the required residence time.