Glass

Glass

Glass manufacturing and industry terms.

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Glass

Barium oxide (BaO) is used to replace lead in the production of optical glasses and other crystal glass in order to achieve a similar refractive index. While lead oxide raised the refractive index, ...

batch

Manufacturing; Glass

Batches of raw materials that have been weighed, mixed, and are ready for melting for specific types of glass productions.

glass beads

Manufacturing; Glass

Beads made by breaking colored glass tubing into small cylindrical pieces which are then spun into round pieces in a heated drum.

bulletproof glass

Manufacturing; Glass

Armor plate glass constructed using polycarbonate thermoplastic and layers of laminated glass that is strong enough to resist the penetration of bullets.

boudin process

Manufacturing; Glass

A glass rolling process in which molten glass flow is controlled by the speed of the machine and fed directly onto the rollers over a refractory sill. As the ribbon of glass passes from the forming ...

aventurine glass

Manufacturing; Glass

A colored glass produced by adding an extra amount of a metal oxide during founding. The quantity of the metal oxide is such that it cannot remain in solution and forms crystals large enough to ...