Method for heating and forming a glass sheet

Patent · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1997

OSTI ID:871091

Boaz, Premakaran Tucker ^[1]

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1. Livonia, MI

A method for heating and forming a glass sheet includes the steps of heating a glass sheet to at least a first predetermined temperature, applying microwave energy to the glass sheet to heat the glass sheet to at least a second predetermined temperature, cooling an outer surface of the glass sheet to at least a third predetermined temperature and forming the glass sheet using forming rollers to a predetermined configuration.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: IPO-95-10043-003
• Assignee: Ford Motor Company (Dearborn, MI)
• Patent Number(s): US 5656053
• OSTI ID: 871091
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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