Japanese Inventors Develop Molten Glass Degassing Apparatus

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  May 31, 2008 ;     314 words ......Ito, all from Yokohama, Japan, have developed a molten glass degassing method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A conduit for molten glass, a molten glass degassing method and a sub-atmospheric apparatus...

Zirconia coatings for jet engines.(AEROSPACE)

Advanced Ceramics Report;  July 1, 2008 ;     498 words ......to the ceramic, turn to molten calcium--magnesium--aluminosilicate...researchers, who were led by Nitin Padture, a professor of materials...the zirconia so that the molten glass cannot erode the ceramic...aluminium and titanium turns molten glass into a stable crystal...are ...

Glass Dancer

Minnesota Monthly;  May 1, 2008 ;   Rosengren, John;   533 words ......Casanova makes magic with heat, light, and molten glass Walk through the door of Pat Casanova...one end in a crucible of honey-like molten glass. Extracting a softball-sized blob, he...earth expressed in a dance with hot molten glass on the end of a hollow pipe." The danger...

Japanese Inventors Develop Molten Glass Supply Device

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 21, 2006 ;     374 words ......all from Otsu, Japan, have developed a molten glass supply device, a glass formed product...S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A molten glass supply device is provided, which can...in connection with the conventional molten glass supply device for high viscosity glass...

Japanese Inventors Develop Molten Glass Vacuum Degassing Apparatus

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 18, 2006 ;     298 words ......developed a vacuum degassing apparatus for a molten glass. According to the U.S. Patent &...Office: "A vacuum degassing apparatus for molten glass includes: a vacuum housing which is...in the vacuum housing to vacuum-degas molten glass as the molten glass flows ...

A TOUCH OF GLASS FOUNDER OF FITCHBURG DESIGN CENTER WAS LOOKING FOR SEA...

The Capital Times (Madison, WI);  April 11, 2006 ;   Williams-Masson, Ellen;   649 words ......Ribbons of fiery orange swirl through molten glass, expanding as life is breathed into...something in a computer. Brooke blows molten glass into functional glassware like pitchers...easier and some people don't, he said. Molten glass just behaves in a certain way and there...

NSW: Molten glass leak at a western Sydney factory

AAP General News (Australia);  August 3, 2006 ;     88 words ......General News (Australia) 08-03-2006 NSW: Molten glass leak at a western Sydney factory Molten glass is leaking from a tank at a containers...crews are currently working to cool the molten glass in order to stop the flow .. and then...

Bottle Maker Puts a Cap on Sags.(Brief Article)

Plant Engineering;  September 1, 2001 ;     413 words ......then cut into ingots. The ingots of hot molten glass are gravity-fed into molding machines...controllers to shut down; sometimes, molten glass flowed out of the furnace onto the factory...When this happened, chaos ensued. The molten glass cooled quickly, destroying the sand...

Georgia, South Carolina Inventors Develop Glass Melter Apparatus...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 7, 2007 ;     295 words ......that provides enhanced recirculation of molten glass within a glass melter apparatus. According...tube member disposed within a pool of molten glass contained in the melter. The tube member...includes a lower opening through which the molten glass enters and upper slots disposed ...

Furnace collapse forces evacuation

The Boston Globe;  July 11, 1992 ;   AP);   91 words ......after a furnace containing 250,000 tons of molten glass overheated. About 40 firefighters were sent...and collapsed; the furnace spewed steam and molten glass toward the roof. The molten glass, used to make bottles and other containers...

Great balls of fire need a cool hand

Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  June 23, 2007 ;     787 words ......to collect a dollop of bright orange molten glass. It isn't a hot day outside, but here...bowl or plate starts with a dollop of molten glass on the end of a blowing iron. Paul puts...in any way, which doesn't happen. The molten glass cools quickly, and as its temperature...

FROM CAPE GLASS BLOWING TO CONN. BIG RIGSDETOURS

The Boston Globe;  May 18, 2003 ;   ELLEN ALBANESE;   465 words ......2400 degrees, each hold 250 pounds of molten glass - clear, cobalt, ruby, and teal on the...who dripped just the right amount of molten glass onto the vase in a soft, reddish-orange...cobalt blue. Another measured drip of molten glass created a "lip wrap," a blue rim on...

Japanese Inventors Develop Molten Glass Conduit

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 19, 2008 ;     311 words ......Japan, have developed a conduit for molten glass. An abstract of the invention, released...invention provides a metal conduit for molten glass and a vacuum degassing apparatus are...metal conduit from vibrated even when molten glass is conveyed by the metal conduit. By...

Reflections in a craftsperson's eye `Pictures in glass' created at studio

The Boston Globe;  December 20, 1998 ;   D. Quincy Whitney, Globe Correspondent;   787 words ......deception only begins there. Working in molten glass, especially, is a study in possibilities...doing nothing but making patterns on molten glass, doing nothing but decorating glass...assistants have to be ready to apply molten glass designs within a relatively short time...

Firefighters tackle leaking molten glass

The Press;  September 10, 2001 ;     172 words ......central Auckland have spent four hours containing a stream of molten glass leaking from a cracked kiln at the ACI glass plant in south...region commander, operations, Dave Neil said 50 tonnes of molten glass was sitting above the crack in the kiln at the Penrose plant...