Method for producing glass sheet

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9944555-B2
Application number	US-201615079222-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 24, 2016
Priority date	Sep 25, 2013
Publication date	Apr 17, 2018
Grant date	Apr 17, 2018

Abstract

A method for manufacturing a float glass includes a step of melting a glass raw material, a step of forming the glass melted in the melting step into a glass ribbon while floating the glass on a molten metal, and a step of annealing the glass ribbon. In the forming step, a gas or a liquid containing a molecule having a fluorine atom present therein is blown to the glass ribbon having a viscosity of from 1.0×10 4 to 2.5×10 10 Pa·s.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for manufacturing a float glass, comprising:
melting a glass raw material to obtain melted glass,
forming the melted glass into a glass ribbon while floating the melted glass on a molten metal, and
annealing the glass ribbon,
wherein in the forming, a gas or a liquid comprising hydrogen fluoride is blown to the glass ribbon having a viscosity of from 1.5×10 4 to 9.8×10 7 Pa·s, such that a hydrogen fluoride total contact amount, X, and a hydrogen fluoride treatment temperature, Y, satisfy formula (α):
Y> 81 ln X+ 1500  (Formula (α))

wherein Y represents the hydrogen fluoride treatment temperature in ° C., X represents the hydrogen fluoride total contact amount in mol/cm 2 , and X is obtained by formula (β):
X =(hydrogen fluoride gas concentration in vol %)β(gas flow rate in mol/s/cm 2 )β(treatment time in seconds)  (formula (β)).

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the viscosity is from 1.5×10 4 to 5.0×10 5 Pa·s.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the viscosity is from 1.5×10 4 to 3.3×10 7 Pa·s.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a fluorine atom concentration in the gas or liquid comprising hydrogen fluoride is from 0.1 vol % to 15 vol %.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein an amount of the gas or liquid comprising hydrogen fluoride blown to the glass ribbon is from 1×10 −6 to 5×10 −3 mol per cm 2 of the glass ribbon.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a top surface of the obtained float glass has a density of concave parts of 6/μm 2 or less.

7. A method for manufacturing a float glass, comprising:
melting a glass raw material to obtain melted glass,
forming the melted glass into a glass ribbon while floating the melted glass on a molten metal, and
annealing the glass ribbon,
wherein in the forming, a gas or a liquid comprising a molecule comprising a fluorine atom is blown to the glass ribbon having a viscosity of from 1.5×10 4 to 5.0×10 5 Pa·s, and
wherein an amount of the gas or liquid blown to the glass ribbon is from 1×10 −6 to 5×10 −3 mol per cm 2 of the glass ribbon.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the molecule comprising a fluorine atom is hydrogen fluoride or Freon.

9. The method according to claim 7 , wherein a fluorine atom concentration in the gas or liquid comprising a molecule comprising a fluorine atom is from 0.1 vol % to 15 vol %.

10. The method according to claim 7 , wherein a top surface of the obtained float glass has a density of concave parts of 6/μm 2 or less.

Assignees

• Asahi Glass Co Ltd

Inventors

• SHIRAI Masanobu
• Kato Ryosuke
• Miyasaka Satoshi
• IKAWA Nobuaki

Classifications

• C03C3/087

  containing calcium oxide, e.g. common sheet or container glass · CPC title

• C03B18/02

  Forming sheets · CPC title

• C03C21/002 Primary

  to perform ion-exchange between alkali ions (C03C21/005 takes precedence) · CPC title

• C03B25/093

  being in a horizontal position on a fluid support, e.g. a gas or molten metal · CPC title

• C03C21/007

  in gaseous phase · CPC title