Float glass
Esquema
Jerarquía
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Descripción
Sheet glass made by floating a ribbon of hot glass on a bath of heated liquid, usually molten tin. The process was developed in 1959 by Pilkington Brothers and is now the world's principal method of manufacturing good quality sheet glass which is clear, flat, with parallel and fire polished sides.
URI original del concepto
Otros términos
- 浮法玻璃 [zh]
- floatglas [nl]
- verre flotté [fr]
- vidrio de calidad [es]
- fú fǎ bō lí [zh]
- fu fa bo li [zh]
- fu fa po li [zh]
- glass, float [en]
- 浮式玻璃 [zh]
- vidrio flotante [es]