Device and method for length cutting in ultrathin glasses

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12319606-B2
Application number	US-202117376076-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 14, 2021
Priority date	Jul 14, 2020
Publication date	Jun 3, 2025
Grant date	Jun 3, 2025

Abstract

A method for the production of glass ribbon portions is provided that includes: transporting a glass ribbon at a velocity v 1 , wherein the velocity v 1 is dependent on the predetermined glass thickness (d 1 ), with the application of a tensile stress parallel to the edges of the glass ribbon, in a plane E 1 , and cooling the glass ribbon at a cooling rate that is dependent on the predetermined glass thickness (d 1 ), inserting a score on the surface of the glass ribbon in at least one edge area by scoring the glass surface with a scoring tool, wherein the score has an angle a to the transport direction of the glass ribbon, deflecting the glass ribbon in a plane E 2 to generate a bending stress and separating a glass ribbon portion with the formation of edges by breaking the glass ribbon on the extension of the score running transversely to the glass ribbon.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for producing glass ribbon portions, comprising:
hot forming a continuous glass ribbon with a ribbon thickness (d) in a range from 15 μm to 150 μm from a glass melt in a hot forming device, wherein the glass ribbon has an interior flat region with the ribbon thickness (d) and edgings of thickened edge regions with an edge thickness that is greater than the ribbon thickness (d);
cooling the glass ribbon at a cooling rate that is dependent on the glass ribbon thickness (d);
transporting the glass ribbon at a velocity (v 1 );
redirecting the glass ribbon into a first plane E 1 and transporting the glass ribbon along the first plane E 1 in a transport direction at the velocity v 1 , wherein the transport direction having the velocity v 1 is parallel to the edges of the glass ribbon;
inserting a score only in a thickened edge region, wherein the score is made by a scoring tool at an angle (α) to the transport direction of the glass ribbon, and wherein the score is made in at least one of the thickened edge regions;
deflecting the glass ribbon from the first plane E 1 to a second plane E 2 , wherein the glass ribbon is transported in the second plane E 2 at a velocity v 2 >0, wherein the first and the second planes are angled with respect to one another and/or have a height difference with respect to one another so that a zone with bending stress with a main stress line is introduced into the glass ribbon, when the glass ribbon is transferred from the first plane E 1 to the second plane E 2 , wherein the bending stress is set by the difference in position between the first plane E 1 and the second plane E 2 and/or the difference between the velocities v 1 and v 2 , and wherein when the score enters the zone with the bending stress, a spontaneous cracking at the score occurs and a crack runs along the main stress line and forms edges, thereby separating a portion of the glass ribbon edges in the extension of the score across the glass ribbon in a lateral direction.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first velocity (v 1 ) is different from the second velocity (v 2 ).

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first velocity (v 1 ) is less than the second velocity (v 2 ).

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising separating the glass ribbon portion from the glass ribbon by transporting the glass ribbon portion at a third velocity (v 3 ).

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the first velocity (v 1 ) is less than the third velocity (v 3 ).

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the angle (α) is in a range from 80° to 100°.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the scoring tool is set at an angle β to the edge and is adapted to velocity v 1 of the glass ribbon and the cutting speed of the scoring tool and the angle (β) is adapted to the first velocity (v 1 ) and to the scoring velocity (v score ) so that:
β=arccos( v 1 /v score ).

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising moving the scoring tool on an elastic tool carrier so that the scoring tool can adapt to the differential speeds of the glass surface transversely to the cutting direction.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the deflecting step further comprises:
contacting the glass ribbon with a guiding wheel, wherein between the glass ribbon and the guiding wheel there is a contact point that is in the first plane; and
driving the guiding wheel at a rotational speed that is greater than the first velocity (v 1 ).

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the deflecting step comprises allowing the glass ribbon to bend by its own weight.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the cooling rate is equal to or greater than 10 K/s.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the cooling rate is greater than 25 K/s.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the cooling rate is dependent on the ribbon thickness (d) in a range from (1/d) 5 K/(min*μm) to 280 K/(min*μm).

14. The method of claim 1 , further comprising removing the edgings of the glass ribbon portion.

15. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
repeating the generating and diverting so as to break a plurality of glass ribbon portions from the glass ribbon; and
stacking the plurality of glass ribbon portions.

16. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the glass ribbon portion has a length in a range from 100 to 2000 m.

17. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
repeating the generating and diverting so as to break a plurality of glass ribbon portions from the glass ribbon;
removing the edgings of the glass ribbon portion;
sticking the plurality of glass ribbon portions to a paper tape; and
coiling the plurality of glass ribbon portions together with the paper tape.

18. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the score has a length between 2 and 6 mm.

19. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the score has a bottom point that is above a surface of the interior flat region.

20. A method for producing glass ribbon portions, comprising:
a) hot forming a continuous glass ribbon with a ribbon thickness (d) in a range from 15 μm to 150 μm from a glass melt in a hot forming device, wherein the ribbon has an interior flat region with the ribbon thickness (d) and edgings of thickened edge regions;
b) cooling the glass ribbon at a cooling rate that is dependent on the ribbon thickness (d);
c) transporting the glass ribbon at a velocity (v 1 );
d) redirecting the glass ribbon into a first plane E 1 and transporting the glass ribbon along the first plane E 1 in a transport direction at the velocity v 1 , wherein the transport direction having the velocity v 1 is parallel to the edges of the glass ribbon;
e) inserting a score only in a thickened edge region, wherein the score is made by a scoring tool at an angle (α) to the transport direction of the glass ribbon, and wherein the score does not extend over the entire width of the glass ribbon;
f) deflecting the glass ribbon from the first plane E 1 to a second plane E 2 , wherein the glass ribbon is transported in the second plane E 2 at a velocity v 2 >0, wherein the first and second planes are angled with respect to one another and/or have a height difference with respect to one another so that a zone having a bending stress with a main stress line is introduced in the glass ribbon when the glass ribbon is transferred from the first plane E 1 to the second plane E 2 , wherein the bending stress is set by the difference in position between the first plane E 1 and the second plane E 2 and/or the difference between the velocities v 1 and v 2 , wherein when the score enters the zone having the bending stress, a spontaneous cracking at the score occurs and a crack runs along the main stress line and forms edges, thereby separating a portion of the glass ribbon at the edges in the extension of the score across the glass ribbon in a lateral direction, and wherein the deflecting step further comprises:
contacting the glass ribbon with a guiding wheel, wherein between the glass ribbon and the guiding wheel there is a contact point that is in the first plane; and
driving the guiding wheel at a rotational speed that is greater than the first velocity (v 1 ).

21. The method according to claim 20 , wherein the score has a length between 2 and 6 mm.

22. A method for producing glass ribbon portions comprising:
a) hot forming a continuous glass ribbon with a ribbon thickness (d) in a range from 15 μm to 150 μm from a glass melt in a hot forming device, wherein the ribbo

Assignees

• Schott Ag

Inventors

• Wegener Holger
• Schwertfeger Rainer
• Maedje Michael
• Diekmann Christian
• Langer Markus

Classifications

• C03B33/03

  Glass cutting tables; Apparatus for transporting or handling sheet glass during the cutting or breaking operations · CPC title

• C03B33/033 Primary

  Apparatus for opening score lines in glass sheets · CPC title

• C03B35/14

  Transporting hot glass sheets {or ribbons, e.g. by heat-resistant conveyor belts or bands} · CPC title

• C03B33/037

  Controlling or regulating · CPC title

• Y02P40/57

  Improving the yield, e-g- reduction of reject rates · CPC title