Since the first edition, technical development has evolved rapidly, and the fields of application are expanding continuously. The industry has become very competitive. Glass fibre now costs less (in money terms) than it did 30 years ago. At the same time, quality standards are higher. This has been achieved by significant advances in technology, improving the scale of manufacturing operations and increased automation, while being subjected, at the same time, to increasingly severe legislation designed to protect the environment. This third completely revised edition, while updating and expanding on earlier data, covers current advances in furnace technology (including pollution aspects) and progress in the all-electric Pochet furnace used mainly in the not-so-developed countries; new designs of fibre forming furnaces (bushings); the increasing use of one stage glass-to-product technologies; and consequent changes in product specifications.
A discussion is included on the recycling of waste fibre back into the melting process, the increasing use of dielectric drying, new materials and formulations for fibre sizes and the automatic control of strand distribution in chopped strand mat. A new chapter covering health and safety in the glass fibre industry has also been added. Thus the book provides an in-depth survey on the current state of the technology, and should be useful for all those connected with glass fibre manufacture. It should also enable those specializing in a particular area to familiarize themselves with the whole field.
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1. A Brief History. 2. Glass and Glass Fibres. 3. The Products and Manufacturing Processes. The products. An outline of the manufacturing processes. 4. Glass Manufacture. Glass compositions. Selection of raw materials for E glass manufacture. Handling, weighing, and mixing of raw materials into batch. Production of E glass. The forehearth or feeder. Technical control of glass manufacture. 5. The Conversion of Glass into Glass Fibre. Marbles; quality control. Sorting and feeding of marbles to bushings. The fibre drawing furnace - the bushing. Bushings, heating and associated services, temperature control, and their start-up and operation. Fibre size applicators. Water sprays, gathering shoes, combs and pull-down rollers. The mechanical attenuation of fibres: winders and other equipment, their principles of operation and construction. The fibre forming department. The handling of fibre cakes or direct-wound rovings. The drying of glass fibre cakes. Control of the fibre forming process. 6. Fibre Sizes for Continuous Glass Fibres. Fibre sizes for yarns and fabrics. Fibre sizes for glass fibres for the direct reinforcement of polymers. Formulations of fibre sizes for the reinforcement of plastics, etc. Factors governing adjustments to fibre size formulations. Fibre sizes for yarns and cords for the reinforcement of rubber and elastomers. Appendices 7. The Conversion of Glass Fibre Strand into Products. The manufacture of chopped strand mat. The manufacture of continuous strand mat. The manufacture of tissue or roofing mat. The manufacture of rovings. The manufacture of woven roving fabric. The manufacture of chopped strands from cakes. The manufacture of yarns. The disposal of waste glass fibre strands and products. 8. Health and Safety.
