Clear Float Glass

Float glass is a commonly used flat glass production process and product. The following is its introduction and applications:

Introduction

- Production process: During the production of float glass, the molten glass continuously flows from the tank furnace and floats on the surface of the tin bath filled with molten tin. Under the action of gravity and surface tension, the molten glass spreads out evenly and cools naturally to form a glass ribbon with a flat surface and uniform thickness. It is made into a finished product through processes such as annealing and cutting. Due to the high density of tin, the molten glass floats on it, enabling the glass to achieve excellent flatness and optical properties.

- Product features: It has the characteristics of high transparency, flat and smooth surface, uniform thickness, high hardness, and good chemical stability. It is the basic original sheet for deep glass processing and can be further cut, edging, tempered, coated, laminated, etc.

Applications

- Construction field: It is the main material for doors, windows, and curtain walls, and is used for the day-lighting, heat insulation, and sound insulation of buildings. For example, the glass for doors and windows of residences, commercial buildings, and office buildings, as well as glass curtain walls, makes the appearance of the building beautiful, realizes the visual connection between indoor and outdoor spaces, and can also save energy to a certain extent.

- Automobile field: It is used as the windshield, side window glass, and rear window glass of automobiles. After being treated with tempering, lamination, etc., it meets the requirements of automobile safety and optical performance, ensures the driving vision, and can also play a protective role in case of collision. For example, laminated glass can prevent fragments ， laminated glass can prevent fragments from splashing and hurting people.

- Electronic information field: It is the original sheet of substrate glass for electronic display devices such as liquid crystal displays (LCD) and organic light - emitting diode displays (OLED). Through the production of ultra - thin float glass and subsequent fine processing, it provides a flat and stable foundation for display screens. Screens of mobile phones, computers, and TVs cannot do without it.

- Home decoration field: It is used to make mirrors (through processes such as silver plating), furniture glass (such as glass tabletops, cabinet door glass), and decorative art glass (which can be created on float glass through processes such as carving and painting), etc., to improve the aesthetics and spatial texture of the home.

- Solar photovoltaic field: As the original sheet of cover glass and back-sheet glass for solar photovoltaic modules, after being treated with tempering, coating, etc., it has high light transmittance, weather resistance, etc., can protect the photovoltaic cells, and allow light to pass through efficiently for power generation, contributing to the application of solar photovoltaic power generation systems.