HIGH STRENGTH GLASS FIBERS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
Abstract
IMPROVEMENT IN THE FIBER DRAWING OPERATION WAS ACHIEVED AS A RESULT OF SUB-SCALE EXPERIMENTATION. Several important modifications in the furnace and glass melting crucible were made which shorten the heat-up time, prevent creepage of molten glass to ceramic parts of the furnace, and allow drawing fibers from a body of glass maintained at higher temperatures than was possible before. It was possible to produce the fine fibers desired at a much slower drawing rate while still maintaining high batch temperatures. This may allow better control of experimental coating operations. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 25, 1962
- Accession Number
- AD0271765
Entities
People
- D.l. Hollinger
- H.t. Plant
- T.j. Jordan
Organizations
- General Electric