Finite Element Contributions To Glass Manufacturing Control And Optimisation. Part 2. Blowing, Pressing And Centrifuging Of Hollow Items

In Part 1 finite element models were used to find solutions during the forming of flat glass produts by analysing the influence of temperature and corner radii which cause limitations to current manufacturing methods. In Part 2 numerical simulations solve manufacturing problems during blowing, centrifuging and the extrusion of hollow glass items: in blowing, the influence of the temperature and pressure distributions are analysed for the final thickness of the item; for centrifuging, under thickness and radius constraints of a reference final glass plate, the off centring limits are numerically determined.