New Tools for Automotive Glass Manufacturing

A project initiated under the US Department of Energy's Office of Industrial Technologies involving Visteon and PNNL to develop tools that could be used to improve process control in the manufacture of automotive glass, thereby reducing the amount of waste glass (and hence energy consumption) i...

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Published in:Ceramic Industry 2001-10, Vol.151 (11), p.52-55
Main Authors: Khaleel, M A, Shepard, C L, Cannon, B D
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Automobile industry
Commercialization
Contracts
Electrons
Energy consumption
Energy use
Flat glass
Glass
Glass & glassware industry
Glass industry
Laboratories
Lasers
Light
Manufacturers
Manufacturing
Methods
Process controls
Radiation
Residual stress
Sensors
Stress measurement
Technological change
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Summary:A project initiated under the US Department of Energy's Office of Industrial Technologies involving Visteon and PNNL to develop tools that could be used to improve process control in the manufacture of automotive glass, thereby reducing the amount of waste glass (and hence energy consumption) in glass plants, is described. The companies decided to focus on developing three tools: numerical models simulating the glass forming process; a sensor for measuring residual stress within finished products; and a temperature sensor capable of real time temperature measurement throughout the thickness of a glass sheet. These three technologies are outlined in turn. They are at the point of commercialisation, and may soon be available for use within automotive glass manufacturing plants.
ISSN:0009-0220
2328-4072