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#AskGlaston Insulating Glass Manufacturing Series Episode 2: MULTI’ARRISSER

#AskGlaston Insulating Glass Manufacturing Series Episode 1: TPS® technology

#AskGlaston Flat Tempering Series #3: Challenges in mixed production

#AskGlaston Flat Tempering Series #2: Stress calculation

#AskGlaston Flat Tempering Series #1: White haze

#AskGlaston Lamination Series #4: Laminating line upgrades

#AskGlaston Lamination Series #3: Glaston’s R&D secrets

#AskGlaston Lamination Series #2: The production made simple

#AskGlaston Lamination Series #1: A quick glimpse inside Glaston’s R&D center

#AskGlaston Episode 60: Isn’t our company’s tempering system working automatically?

#AskGlaston Episode 59: What are the benefits of tempered laminated glass?

#AskGlaston Episode 58: Why is SentryGlas® different to laminate than normal PVB?

#AskGlaston Episode 57: Does the shard size of tempered glass vary depending on the impact strength?

#AskGlaston Episode 56: What causes the streaks in my shower glass?

#AskGlaston Episode 55: How to temper low-iron glass?

#AskGlaston Episode 54: How many nip rolls do you need in a laminating line?

#AskGlaston Episode 53: Is there any relation between the maximum length and width of the glasses to be tempered?

#AskGlaston Episode 52: Why some tempered glasses stay complete even with a breakage line?

#AskGlaston Episode 51: Can white haze spread all over glass surface after time?

#AskGlaston Episode 50: Is it possible to re-temper glass that has already been tempered?

#AskGlaston Episode 49: Do we get the same internal strength after glass cutting as without it?

#AskGlaston Episode 48: How to avoid edge kink in tempered glass?

#AskGlaston Episode 47: Is it possible to eliminate the white stripe by lowering the speed of the furnace?

#AskGlaston Episode 46: Was the glass on the photo actually tempered?

#AskGlaston Episode 45: Why does a white line appear in the center of any broken tempered glass?

#AskGlaston Episode 44: Why I can’t get rid of the vertical lines visible on my wine closet doors?

#AskGlaston Episode 43: What are the limits for the oscillation speed inside the furnace?

#AskGlaston Episode 42: Why does a diamond-shaped pattern sometimes show up?

#AskGlaston Episode 41: How to solve an issue with the heating spot appeared in Low-E glass?

#AskGlaston Episode 40: What can I do to reduce chipping at the edge of the glass?

#AskGlaston Episode 39: After heat treatment, I see long vertical lines. Where do they come from?

#AskGlaston Episode 38: Why does 1/2 inch glass break on the unloading table?

#AskGlaston Episode 37: Why does glass come out of a tempering furnace with very small dents on it?

#AskGlaston Episode 36: Does the overall glass strength weaken when saw cuts are applied?

#AskGlaston Episode 35: What makes the tempering of large 4 mm Low-E glass sheets so tricky?

#AskGlaston Episode 34: Is it possible to temper beveled glass?

#AskGlaston Episode 33: Is there any way to reduce or eliminate the loading delay?

#AskGlaston Episode 32: How can we reduce the noise level of our flat glass tempering line?

#AskGlaston Episode 31: Can we do slight bending of glasses with a flat tempering line?

#AskGlaston Episode 30: How to minimize the noise of a tempering furnace?

#AskGlaston Episode 29: In cold climate, should the thick glass be warmed prior placing it on the roller bed?

#AskGlaston Episode 28: What role does the environment play in the tempering process?

#AskGlaston Episode 27: What is the root cause of a rainbow effect and how to avoid it?

#AskGlaston Episode 26: Should large glasses be positioned horizontally or vertically on the loading bed?

#AskGlaston Episode 25: How to avoid glass breakage inside the chiller with full low-E glass loads?

#AskGlaston Episode 24: Can annealed glasses with bubbles or with other defects be tempered?

#AskGlaston Episode 23: Is anisotropy a defect and can it be prevented?

#AskGlaston Episode 22: What is the difference between laminating annealed and tempered glass?

#AskGlaston Episode 21: How to correct the situation with bi-stable glass?

#AskGlaston Episode 20: How can I remove white haze?

#AskGlaston Episode 19: Why are there a lot of dots on a glass surface after tempering?

#AskGlaston Episode 18: How do you see the development of thin glass?

#AskGlaston Episode 17: Why should you use an air flotation system instead of rollers for 2 mm glass tempering?

#AskGlaston Episode 16: Is it possible to temper clear and Low-E glass at the same time?

#AskGlaston Episode 15: Is heat soaking needed for heat-strengthened glass?

#AskGlaston Episode 14: What is high-compression tempered glass?

#AskGlaston Episode 13: Low-E glass lamination – how much more time is needed?

#AskGlaston Episode 12: Can we temper clear and Low-E glass together?

#AskGlaston Episode 11: What are the main reasons for thick glass breakage?

Glass breakage in the tempering furnace is something that we all want to avoid. In this #AskGlaston episode, we are looking at the factors that can lead to the breakage of thick glass in a radiation furnace. The other question refers to the difference of heat-strengthened and tempered glass.

#AskGlaston Episode 10: How to improve the production of special coated and patterned glass

This latest #AskGlaston episode will cover two questions devoted to the issues of improving the production of special coated and patterned glass. 1. How can you improve the continuous production of 8 mm Low-E triple-layer silver-coated glass. 2. Glass has a deep and inconsistent pattern. It always seems to break while moving through the primary quench or during the first 60 seconds while it is in the secondary quench cycle. How can you improve the issue?

#AskGlaston Episode 9: How to eliminate specific quality problems with tempered glass?

This latest #AskGlaston episode will answer two of your questions. 1. How to eliminate the rainbow effect and white smoke spots? 2. How to obtain consistent results from your tempering line?

#AskGlaston Episode 8: How to control the glass flatness?

#AskGlaston Episode 7: What’s the best way to maintain the ceramic rollers in the tempering line?

#AskGlaston Episode 6: How to reduce glass breakage and eliminate hot spots?

This latest #AskGlaston episode will answer three of your questions. 1. How to reduce breakage in the quenching section? 2. What is the lifetime of a tempering line? 3. How to eliminate hot spots from tempered glass?

#AskGlaston Episode 5: How to avoid glass breakage in the heating section

#AskGlaston Episode 4: Heat strengthening of triple-silver-coated glass

#AskGlaston Episode 3: How to temper Low-E glass with older tempering technology

#AskGlaston Episode 3: How to temper Low-E glass with older tempering technology?

#AskGlaston Episode 2: Which has the best quality: tempered or heat-strengthened glass?

This is our second episode of #AskGlaston.  Today, we’ll cover an interesting topic that glass users and processors question from time to time. Which has the best quality: tempered or heat-strengthened?

#AskGlaston Episode1: Solving the issue with thick Low-E glass anisotropy

Solving glass processing possibilities: Ask Glaston

The glass business can be capital intensive, and experimenting can end up being surprisingly costly. The raw material alone is expensive, and each processing step adds value to the glass. A mistake or a problem later on in the processing can be quite costly. It doesn’t have to be that way!