Bending is process that help in channelizing the shape of materials by reducing the stress within the material by heating is and then applying pressure in the suitable direction to channelize the shape of the material. Here material can be anything metal sheet, plastic, rubber or Glass.
In similar way pressure is applied on glass sheets to give it desired shape in proper environment and regulated temperature and pressure is applied. Depending upon the applications the glass is blended into one or two axes.
Bended glass founds application if various place as follows:
- Automotive for laminated windshields and backlites,
- Architectural and decorative glass
- Atrium glass
- Elevators produced of glass
- Furniture made of Glass
- Glass cabinets
- Glass basins
- Cookeries
- Glass ornaments and glassware etc.
Bending Methods: Below are the some commonly used and popular bending methods:
- Air Bending
- Bottoming
- Coining
- Three-Point Bending
- Folding
- Wiping
- Rotary Bending
- Roll Bending
- Elastomer Bending
Heating solution of Glass bending:
The glass bending process has always been the game of time and temperature, as we know the glass is resistance to temperature, hence to achieve the smoothness in glass and provide it the required stress freeness so that is can achieve the desired shape requires high temperature application for the longer duration, which ultimately is lower productivity.
The time required to achieve the desired temperature can be reduced by the selection of proper heating solution of specified capacity and range. Since the glass bending requires the surface of the glass to be heated hence the Infrared based heating system suits best with proper radiation capacity.
The glass bending infrared hating systems, infrared radiation capacity depends upon the following factor :
- Glass type.
- Thickness of glass.
- Shape of glass (Geometrical construction).
- Edges of glass.
- Lamination or printing on the surface of class.
Infrared helps the bending process to get faster and even helps in achieving the desired temperature in selected area of glass sheet.
Infrared Glass bending heating solution provided by KERONE offer higher quality and are fully controllable, KERONE built its heating solution after carefully studying the blending requirement of clients hence our bending systems offer high reliability, better productivity, great level of efficiency and has lower maintenance cost associated.
Glass bend hating systems provide by KEORNE offer following features:
- Full-automatic technology.
- Flat and bent glass operation are very easy and flexible,
- The radius of curvature can be controlled automatically advance computer control techniques.
- Synchronized roller-quench changing technology.
- Software for multi-position production is supplied according to customers’ requirement
- Industrial control computer and PLC are used for the better control.
- The heating section is divided into various sections for high-quality
- High technological conveyor and holding systems are provided.