Float glass manufacturing is not unlike the manufacturing of commodities like steel or plastic. Each of the processes requires raw materials to be weighed, mixed, melted at high temperatures, formed into continuous ribbons, cooled and cut into a size that fits its use.Float glass is made from a combination of several ingredients such as sand, soda ash, dolomite, limestone, salt cake, and cullet (recycled glass).

The cooled glass ribbon exits the annealing lehr and is conveyed to the cutting area by a system of rollers and drives linked to the lehr drive system. The glass is scored by carbide cutting wheels, parallel and perpendicular to the ribbon travel, into sizes that meet the plant's customer requirements. The scored glass ribbon is then separated into lites for packaging by unloading personnel or automatic equipment for transfer to the wareroom for storage or shipment to the customer.

Float glass manufacturing is not unlike the manufacturing of commodities like steel or plastic. Each of the processes requires raw materials to be weighed, mixed, melted at high temperatures, formed into continuous ribbons, cooled and cut into a size that fits its use.Float glass is made from a combination of several ingredients such as sand, soda ash, dolomite, limestone, salt cake, and cullet (recycled glass).The raw materials are received and stocked in storage areas. From storage areas they are then moved as needed to the silos. The raw materials are then drawn down from the silos for batch weighing and mixing. Cullet, which is crushed glass from edge trim of the cut lites or from broken cut lites, is blended with the mixed batch to make from up from 15% to 30% of each batch. The mixture is then delivered to the melting furnace by belt conveyor.

Mirror is produced by spraying thin layer of aluminum layers of reflective coating onto the glass which is then processed by two layer of highly resistant protective paint .

All these glasses are multi- laminated, ranging in thickness from 13mm to 60mm. the lamination is constructed in such away that each layer of glass and each interlayer plays a specific role in assisting resistance to the impact of the projectile. The initial layers there are broken by the bullet and become finely granulated at the point of impact there by absorbing initial shock and energy. The subsequent layers absorb the shock waves resulting from the impact and thereby resulting in reduction of the velocity of the bullet and according to design parameters, will either limit or prevent spilling of glass fragments. Even after the attack, barrier protection is maintained and visibility (apart the actual area of impact) remains unaffected.

Gold Plus tempered Safety Glass is suitable for application where greater strength and safety are required. 

Tempered glass is being used increasingly in architecture because of its strength and safety properties. It is usually installed in areas where safety glass is required to lessen the possibility of mechanical or thermal breakage and/ or to assure greater uniform load strength. Glass is tempered by taking annealed glass and heating it to its softening point of approximately 660 C. its surface is then rapidly cooled while the inner core is allowed to cool gradually. This results in layers of high compression on the surface counter balancing by high tension at the center resulting in a glass that is four to five times stronger than annealed glass. Should accidental breakage occur, the resulting fragments are small and granular, causing minimum injury. 

Float glass is made from a combination of several ingredients such as sand, soda ash, dolomite, limestone, salt cake, and cullet (recycled glass).

The raw materials are received and stocked in storage areas. From storage areas they are then moved as needed to the silos. The raw materials are then drawn down from the silos for batch weighing and mixing. Cullet, which is crushed glass from edge trim of the cut lites or from broken cut lites, is blended with the mixed batch to make from up from 15% to 30% of each batch. The mixture is then delivered to the melting furnace by belt conveyor.

The batch house consists of, silos, hoppers, conveyors, chutes, dust collectors, and the necessary controls to properly handle the raw materials and mixed batch. The raw materials storage and handling is designed to suit the types of glass which will be produced along with the availability of the raw materials.

The mixed batch is delivered from the batch house to the furnace storage bin (called high rise building), by a belt conveyor system, where it's stored and then feed into the furnace at a controlled rate by the batch charger. As the batch is feed into the furnace melter area it's heated by the natural gas burners to approximately 1600 degrees C. From the melter the molten glass flows through the refiner then through the waist area, where stirrers homogenize the glass, then into the working end where the glass is allowed to cool slowly to the proper temperature for delivery to the float furnace.

The melting furnace consists of refractory bricks and special shapes, support and binding steel, insulation, a fossil fuel firing system, temperature sensors and a computerized process control system. The design of the furnace is carefully made to meet the plant's specific gross daily glass production tonnage goals.

The insulation, special airflow features, and combustion air heating enable the furnace to operate at maximum fuel efficiency with negligible pollutant emissions. The furnace is sized and designed to provide high quality glass with the smallest amount of energy per ton of glass melted.

Float glass manufacturing is not unlike the manufacturing of commodities like steel or plastic. Each of the processes requires raw materials to be weighed, mixed, melted at high temperatures, formed into continuous ribbons, cooled and cut into a size that fits its use.Float glass is made from a combination of several ingredients such as sand, soda ash, dolomite, limestone, salt cake, and cullet (recycled glass).

The cooled glass ribbon exits the annealing lehr and is conveyed to the cutting area by a system of rollers and drives linked to the lehr drive system. The glass is scored by carbide cutting wheels, parallel and perpendicular to the ribbon travel, into sizes that meet the plant's customer requirements. The scored glass ribbon is then separated into lites for packaging by unloading personnel or automatic equipment for transfer to the wareroom for storage or shipment to the customer.

Float glass manufacturing is not unlike the manufacturing of commodities like steel or plastic. Each of the processes requires raw materials to be weighed, mixed, melted at high temperatures, formed into continuous ribbons, cooled and cut into a size that fits its use.Float glass is made from a combination of several ingredients such as sand, soda ash, dolomite, limestone, salt cake, and cullet (recycled glass).The raw materials are received and stocked in storage areas. From storage areas they are then moved as needed to the silos. The raw materials are then drawn down from the silos for batch weighing and mixing. Cullet, which is crushed glass from edge trim of the cut lites or from broken cut lites, is blended with the mixed batch to make from up from 15% to 30% of each batch. The mixture is then delivered to the melting furnace by belt conveyor.

Mirror is produced by spraying thin layer of aluminum layers of reflective coating onto the glass which is then processed by two layer of highly resistant protective paint .

All these glasses are multi- laminated, ranging in thickness from 13mm to 60mm. the lamination is constructed in such away that each layer of glass and each interlayer plays a specific role in assisting resistance to the impact of the projectile. The initial layers there are broken by the bullet and become finely granulated at the point of impact there by absorbing initial shock and energy. The subsequent layers absorb the shock waves resulting from the impact and thereby resulting in reduction of the velocity of the bullet and according to design parameters, will either limit or prevent spilling of glass fragments. Even after the attack, barrier protection is maintained and visibility (apart the actual area of impact) remains unaffected.

Gold Plus tempered Safety Glass is suitable for application where greater strength and safety are required. 

Tempered glass is being used increasingly in architecture because of its strength and safety properties. It is usually installed in areas where safety glass is required to lessen the possibility of mechanical or thermal breakage and/ or to assure greater uniform load strength. Glass is tempered by taking annealed glass and heating it to its softening point of approximately 660 C. its surface is then rapidly cooled while the inner core is allowed to cool gradually. This results in layers of high compression on the surface counter balancing by high tension at the center resulting in a glass that is four to five times stronger than annealed glass. Should accidental breakage occur, the resulting fragments are small and granular, causing minimum injury. 

Float glass is made from a combination of several ingredients such as sand, soda ash, dolomite, limestone, salt cake, and cullet (recycled glass).

The raw materials are received and stocked in storage areas. From storage areas they are then moved as needed to the silos. The raw materials are then drawn down from the silos for batch weighing and mixing. Cullet, which is crushed glass from edge trim of the cut lites or from broken cut lites, is blended with the mixed batch to make from up from 15% to 30% of each batch. The mixture is then delivered to the melting furnace by belt conveyor.

The batch house consists of, silos, hoppers, conveyors, chutes, dust collectors, and the necessary controls to properly handle the raw materials and mixed batch. The raw materials storage and handling is designed to suit the types of glass which will be produced along with the availability of the raw materials.

The mixed batch is delivered from the batch house to the furnace storage bin (called high rise building), by a belt conveyor system, where it's stored and then feed into the furnace at a controlled rate by the batch charger. As the batch is feed into the furnace melter area it's heated by the natural gas burners to approximately 1600 degrees C. From the melter the molten glass flows through the refiner then through the waist area, where stirrers homogenize the glass, then into the working end where the glass is allowed to cool slowly to the proper temperature for delivery to the float furnace.

The melting furnace consists of refractory bricks and special shapes, support and binding steel, insulation, a fossil fuel firing system, temperature sensors and a computerized process control system. The design of the furnace is carefully made to meet the plant's specific gross daily glass production tonnage goals.

The insulation, special airflow features, and combustion air heating enable the furnace to operate at maximum fuel efficiency with negligible pollutant emissions. The furnace is sized and designed to provide high quality glass with the smallest amount of energy per ton of glass melted.