machine-drawn glass
1Machine drawn cylinder sheet — was the first mechanical method for drawing window glass. Cylinders of glass 40 feet (12 m) high are drawn vertically from a circular tank. The glass is then annealed and cut into 7 to 10 foot (2 to 3 m) cylinders. These are cut lengthways,… …
2Glass beadmaking — The technology for glass beadmaking is among the oldest human arts, dating back 30,000 years (Dubin, 1987). Glass beads have been dated back to at least Roman times. Perhaps the earliest glass like beads were Egyptian faience beads, a form of… …
3Glass recycling — Public glass waste collection point in a neighborhood area for separating colorless, green and amber glass …
4Glass — This article is about the material. For other uses, see Glass (disambiguation). Moldavite, a natural glass formed by meteorite impact, from Besednice, Bohemia …
5Glass production — Glass is common in everyday life, from glass windows to glass containers. The manufacture of glass for everyday purposes may involve complexity and automation. This article deals with the mass production of glass. Glass container productionGlass… …
6machine tool — machine tooled, adj. a power operated machine, as a lathe, used for general cutting and shaping of metal and other substances. [1860 65] * * * Stationary, power driven machine used to cut, shape, or form materials such as metal and wood. Machine… …
7Glass-coated wire — Glass coating is a process invented in 1924 by G. F. Taylor and converted into production machine by Ulitovski for producing fine glass coated metal filaments only a few micrometres in diameter. In this process, known as the Taylor wire or… …
8Crown glass (window) — This article is about the window glass. For the optical glass, see Crown glass (optics). Crown Glass Crown glass was an early type of window glass. In this process, glass was blown into a crown or hollow globe. This was then transferred from the… …
9Cylinder blown sheet glass — Cylinder blown sheet is a type of hand blown window glass. It is created with a similar process to broad sheet, but larger cylinders are produced by swinging the cylinder in a trench. The glass is then allowed to cool before the cylinder is cut.… …
10Architectural glass — is glass that is used as a building material. It is most typically used as transparent glazing material in the building envelope, including windows in the external walls. Glass is also used for internal partitions and as an architectural feature …
