It is amazing how much we take for Granted. Not realizing the scope of the levels of technology, skill, labor, innovation and costs to produce even the simplest things we use every day!
Ima glassmith in montenegto ( i think thets how to say on english)and with that job I produce PVC and aluminum windows. these windows and doors are standard in europe itc not like in the usa of wood. and I can tell you that working with glass is not easy at all
I worked in at the Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Co in Lathrop, CA in the mid 90's....I was the lamination process engineer and packaging manager. We made auto glass for NUMMI in Fremont where they manufactured the Toyota Tacoma and Corolla as well as the Geo Prizm.
Amazing that the idea of this process occurred to Pilkington. I’m sure there was a tiny prototype machine, it probably cost a lot. Just to prove the floating process worked. Then there had to be investors found to risk millions to design and build this machine. There were so many different inventiveness to bring together to “just make a window “. Thanks for this video. I’m sure there are trade secrets that weren’t even mentioned that make this marvelous product possible.
Bost is the first and the leading manufacturer in Southern Asia engaged in the R&D and production of anti-stain interleaving materials for glass. We hope to share more in-depth industrial information.
Ya didn't have that broken glass to start with, though. What active adjustment(s), if any, did you have to make once you started recycling your broken glass?
I just had a windshield that only had a 90 warranty fail. I had it installed about 6 months ago during the winter and as soon as the temperature got up into the 90's the glue failed that holds the Honda Sensing unit cover in place. The shop tried to reattach it and that did not work. Luck for me the shop full covered the cost of the replacement and install. This Pilkington windscreen in my opinion had a funky tint to it. They replaced the Pilkington with a PGP windscreen its crystal clear. I was a Glazier in my younger years so I do know a thing or two about glass.
I was interested too but my preliminary reading for CVD hard coatings has only suggested alternate layers of silver and tin oxide and I'm not too convinced about that. It seems like it might be a commercial in confidence type process. All I could glean was that it makes a "strong covalent bond with the glass on a molecular level". I'm sure you could dig a lot further but it's a question of how much you want to, of course.
If anyone is wondering, the "sand" isn't just regular old sand but pure silica, usually in the form of quartz crystals. Sort of a pet peeve of mine when people talk about making glass by melting sand.
As it was introduced, the float glass process makes perfectly flat glass. How does this process change to make automotive glass, such as the sunroof for example?
From what I know about glassblowing, there's a temperature range where glass is soft enough to be shaped, but firm enough to hold said shape. Presumably they'd take the glass and bend it while it's not quite cool, then let it finish cooling.
Yes correct. The glass is heated to about 1800 to 1900 degrees. Then come out of the furnace into a mold which bends the glass afterwards it’s goes into an air quench which cools it to about 600 degrees rapidly. Which tempers the glass. Why it breaks into a thousand little pieces for safety.
I work in a float glass plant, the process remains the same but the quality standards are alot more strict. the customer repeats and laminates the glass after ring cutting it
@@therabman_5606 liquid finds the natural level so yes the curvature of the Earth should be measurable within the float glass. I even contacted manufacturers asking about this measurement but none have returned my messages.
@wally s I'd like to get the manufacturer to confirm that 8". Crystal lagoon the largest swimming pool builder actually contacted me back when I asked this same question about the swimming pools they built that's over a kilometer long. They wouldn't answer the question but they found it interesting I asked....
I could use several sheets to MAKE or POUR FLAT table for assembly... not welding.. ADHESIVES.. adhesi9ves ar in space.. I use it for SANDING sharpening chiseld.. As FLAT and cheap and available now.. figure out how to use it.. NO HEAT just adhesives.. whatcher think?
I clicked on this video hoping to see that, as well. They used the same tin float stock animated footage as the other video from the other glass plant. Multiple videos are using that footage
Freedom Talk Media. Me too, I want to see the floating molten glass. I also want to know why there are many tin ingots ready to be melted. Surely it’s not wasted? Hopefully recycled. But....more.....
Great video, but I object to the characterization of float glass as "perfectly flat and even". Yeah, it's very even and very, very flat, but it's nowhere near flat enough for use in measurements in high-precision applications like machining. There's a reason surface plates are made of lapped granite instead of float glass.
@@stewatparkpark2933 Sure! They'd probably be small, tinted/hazy, and ridiculously expensive, but you could do it. It'd be kind of like making perfectly flat and even float glass. ;)
This company has got no backbone i used to work for them at Middlesbrough site done fuck all for us laid us all off wile they boasted about been a world wide company
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Appreciate the well filmed video that uses as much actual factory footage as possible rather than sims. Very informative.
It is amazing how much we take for Granted. Not realizing the scope of the levels of technology, skill, labor, innovation and costs to produce even the simplest things we use every day!
You can make your own
Ima glassmith in montenegto ( i think thets how to say on english)and with that job I produce PVC and aluminum windows. these windows and doors are standard in europe itc not like in the usa of wood. and I can tell you that working with glass is not easy at all
I worked in at the Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Co in Lathrop, CA in the mid 90's....I was the lamination process engineer and packaging manager. We made auto glass for NUMMI in Fremont where they manufactured the Toyota Tacoma and Corolla as well as the Geo Prizm.
As a small autoglas glass assembly company I love Pilkington Glass..; Float glass is a beautiful invention...
Amazing that the idea of this process occurred to Pilkington. I’m sure there was a tiny prototype machine, it probably cost a lot. Just to prove the floating process worked. Then there had to be investors found to risk millions to design and build this machine. There were so many different inventiveness to bring together to “just make a window “. Thanks for this video. I’m sure there are trade secrets that weren’t even mentioned that make this marvelous product possible.
The idea of floating glass on molten tin was a long-standing idea since the 1800s. Pilkington was just the first one to make it actually work.
Outstanding and interesting process ❤
Not what I was actually looking for in my search but still very interesting! Thanks for the video
Bost is the first and the leading manufacturer in Southern Asia engaged in the R&D and production of anti-stain interleaving materials for glass. We hope to share more in-depth industrial information.
Ya didn't have that broken glass to start with, though. What active adjustment(s), if any, did you have to make once you started recycling your broken glass?
I just had a windshield that only had a 90 warranty fail. I had it installed about 6 months ago during the winter and as soon as the temperature got up into the 90's the glue failed that holds the Honda Sensing unit cover in place. The shop tried to reattach it and that did not work. Luck for me the shop full covered the cost of the replacement and install. This Pilkington windscreen in my opinion had a funky tint to it. They replaced the Pilkington with a PGP windscreen its crystal clear. I was a Glazier in my younger years so I do know a thing or two about glass.
Very nice video. Thank you.
Really interesting!
Gkp
informative video . can u share video for making of spherical convex glass ?? & its post process
really appreciate and thankful cause it's really help for my FYP THANK YOUU SO MUCHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!! :")))))
Very interesting.
Excellent video! Please tell me which oxide is about at 3:49? Thanx 🙂
I was interested too but my preliminary reading for CVD hard coatings has only suggested alternate layers of silver and tin oxide and I'm not too convinced about that. It seems like it might be a commercial in confidence type process. All I could glean was that it makes a "strong covalent bond with the glass on a molecular level". I'm sure you could dig a lot further but it's a question of how much you want to, of course.
nice video, shall i add this video in my blog??
If anyone is wondering, the "sand" isn't just regular old sand but pure silica, usually in the form of quartz crystals. Sort of a pet peeve of mine when people talk about making glass by melting sand.
Yeah! Glass!
Well done.
As it was introduced, the float glass process makes perfectly flat glass. How does this process change to make automotive glass, such as the sunroof for example?
From what I know about glassblowing, there's a temperature range where glass is soft enough to be shaped, but firm enough to hold said shape. Presumably they'd take the glass and bend it while it's not quite cool, then let it finish cooling.
Yes correct. The glass is heated to about 1800 to 1900 degrees. Then come out of the furnace into a mold which bends the glass afterwards it’s goes into an air quench which cools it to about 600 degrees rapidly. Which tempers the glass. Why it breaks into a thousand little pieces for safety.
I work in a float glass plant, the process remains the same but the quality standards are alot more strict. the customer repeats and laminates the glass after ring cutting it
Can the curvature of the earth be detected in the float glass?
Frank Hughes no float glass is perfectly flat...like the earth
@@therabman_5606 liquid finds the natural level so yes the curvature of the Earth should be measurable within the float glass. I even contacted manufacturers asking about this measurement but none have returned my messages.
Also gravitational variations might play a factor but I'm sure the sizes of most windows it doesn't matter.
@@adamkendall997 the float glass is almost 2 kilometers long and then cut into different sizes.
@wally s I'd like to get the manufacturer to confirm that 8". Crystal lagoon the largest swimming pool builder actually contacted me back when I asked this same question about the swimming pools they built that's over a kilometer long. They wouldn't answer the question but they found it interesting I asked....
Awesome!
OK, but you didn't tell us how you started the tin bath up or how you push one liquid over another. What about those things?
This music is really good
Where's Karl
can send to me some technical data about the furnace and the manufacturing process as pdf file please
I want to work in this company I know I work in excellent shape
That's amazing. What heating element do you used in producing float glass
Mostly is used gas, you can use fuel oil or LGP as well
It’s a secret
My dream is work in Pilkington in my city Caçapava, São Paulo, Brazil.
i want to apply here
Its crazy how to make something that seems simple such as a flat sheet of glass, you have to pour it on molten metal so its flat
well done
how can i down load this video ?
Tubemate
Can anyone send the vedio of fiber glass process
I could use several sheets to MAKE or POUR FLAT table for assembly... not welding.. ADHESIVES.. adhesi9ves ar in space.. I use it for SANDING sharpening chiseld.. As FLAT and cheap and available now.. figure out how to use it.. NO HEAT just adhesives.. whatcher think?
"Digital and HD"? If it's HD then it's just a given that it's digital (just since the time that Hi-Vision TV was replaced by modern HDTV).
Cambridge IELTS 8 brought me here..
+Linh Vu Me too!
Lame! i want to see the tin bath as it starts!!
Yeah that's fuckin' why I'm here.
Jesus christ.
I clicked on this video hoping to see that, as well. They used the same tin float stock animated footage as the other video from the other glass plant. Multiple videos are using that footage
Freedom Talk Media. Me too, I want to see the floating molten glass. I also want to know why there are many tin ingots ready to be melted. Surely it’s not wasted? Hopefully recycled. But....more.....
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Great video, but I object to the characterization of float glass as "perfectly flat and even". Yeah, it's very even and very, very flat, but it's nowhere near flat enough for use in measurements in high-precision applications like machining. There's a reason surface plates are made of lapped granite instead of float glass.
Yeah but can you make windows out of granite ?
@@stewatparkpark2933 Sure! They'd probably be small, tinted/hazy, and ridiculously expensive, but you could do it. It'd be kind of like making perfectly flat and even float glass. ;)
I am working Pilkington automotive Pvt India
Same..but i at Malaysia
Nice
works here
imagine falling into that glass pit. holy shit
Hey I work there!
dandenong
This company has got no backbone i used to work for them at Middlesbrough site done fuck all for us laid us all off wile they boasted about been a world wide company
هذه بلا يحكمها رجال و ط ن ي و ن يحبو بلادهم و للاسف حنا ،،، ، ،
Sir Alister Pilkington did not invent float glass , on of his employees did , credit where credit is due .
Kenneth Bickerstaff
An extremely difficult fap!
But doable!
Tap that glass.
hola
Pilkington believe that faulty glass that has air bubbles in it are perfect for making fish tanks........See if the judge agrees.
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God me
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It is NOT perfectly flat.
It follows the curvature of the earth.
damn humans are scary
Sale your chanel
Wow, that music is stupidly distracting.