Into the Glass

Learn how anisotropy, a natural feature of heat-treated glass, is influenced by design choices, coatings, and glazing configurations. With modern in-line inspection and real-time process control, manufacturers can actively manage and reduce anisotropy, ensuring consistent visual quality in tempered glass.

Overview
 Modern automotive windshields introduce significant challenges in glass manufacturing. Proper machine setup and parameter optimization are crucial for high-quality screen printing. Misalignment, inadequate setup, or incorrect machine adjustments can lead to quality issues that may go unrecognized by production

Introduction – Why Lamination is a Critical Step  In this article, I share field-based observations on laminated glass manufacturing gathered from around the world: recurring pitfalls in production, how to identify them, and how they can be resolved. The writing

Amid the worst socio-economic and geopolitical crisis of modern history, the glass industry is also faced challenging times. Energy-saving actions in the glass industry are at the core of sustainable manufacturing operations. The different types of glass, and interlayer materials

BOWING Cause and countermeasures: 1. Heating balance: 2. Quench air balance BI-STABLE BOW Cause and countermeasures: 1. Hot edges and cold center CHILL CRACK Possible Cause and countermeasures: WHITE HAZE Possible Cause and countermeasures: QUENCH BREAKAGE Cause and countermeasures: IRIDESCENCE

Overview
 Producing high optical quality and a smooth sagging profile for windshields requires precise process control, especially given modern design demands like large size, deep sagging, asymmetric glass thickness, colored float glass, coated glass, special glass types, extensive printing, and

Bending Mold Tooling – Essential for Quality Production High-quality mold tooling is critical to producing top-tier windshields. Many manufacturers struggle to innovate or maintain quality due to gaps in mold (a.k.a. skeleton ) tooling expertise. Successful windshield bending depends heavily

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 Designing the ideal heating element configuration (HEC) for gravity bending requires understanding of infrared (IR) heating physics and the specific product parameters. A well-designed HEC achieves the required glass shape efficiently, with high quality, and reliably reproduces results. Core

The introduction of acoustic PVB interlayers for laminated glass has provided improved sound insulation to glazing solutions, both to automotive and architectural glass, but also brought unique manufacturing challenges. For acoustic PVB it is the defect known as ice flower