Pilkington Float Glass Process

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ต.ค. 2013
  • The NSG Group's video on the Pilkington Float Glass Process provides an in depth look at how float glass is made and its multitude of uses. The video takes you step-by-step through each phase in the process, with detailed imagery is shown throughout. Float glass offers many possibilities, making glass an important part of the world we live in today. The NSG Group is committed to being at the forefront of these developments to offer our customers a wide range of Float Glass products.

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  • @memejeff
    @memejeff 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Appreciate the well filmed video that uses as much actual factory footage as possible rather than sims. Very informative.

  • @-WhizzBang-
    @-WhizzBang- 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    It is amazing how much we take for Granted. Not realizing the scope of the levels of technology, skill, labor, innovation and costs to produce even the simplest things we use every day!

    • @DearNotebook
      @DearNotebook 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You can make your own

    • @ronin_yakuza8009
      @ronin_yakuza8009 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ima glassmith in montenegto ( i think thets how to say on english)and with that job I produce PVC and aluminum windows. these windows and doors are standard in europe itc not like in the usa of wood. and I can tell you that working with glass is not easy at all

  • @SasH_Grimm
    @SasH_Grimm 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    As a small autoglas glass assembly company I love Pilkington Glass..; Float glass is a beautiful invention...

  • @michaelcarlisle5403
    @michaelcarlisle5403 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Amazing that the idea of this process occurred to Pilkington. I’m sure there was a tiny prototype machine, it probably cost a lot. Just to prove the floating process worked. Then there had to be investors found to risk millions to design and build this machine. There were so many different inventiveness to bring together to “just make a window “. Thanks for this video. I’m sure there are trade secrets that weren’t even mentioned that make this marvelous product possible.

    • @Treviisolion
      @Treviisolion 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The idea of floating glass on molten tin was a long-standing idea since the 1800s. Pilkington was just the first one to make it actually work.

  • @lillyfranzen7802
    @lillyfranzen7802 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Not what I was actually looking for in my search but still very interesting! Thanks for the video

  • @danishahmad2365
    @danishahmad2365 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Outstanding and interesting process ❤

  • @imahnf1715
    @imahnf1715 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    really appreciate and thankful cause it's really help for my FYP THANK YOUU SO MUCHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!! :")))))

  • @vickychan2740
    @vickychan2740 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Awesome!

  • @trangwuong7689
    @trangwuong7689 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Very nice video. Thank you.

  • @lornehyde3547
    @lornehyde3547 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Really interesting!

  • @zygaf6252
    @zygaf6252 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Well done.

  • @slayeryt637
    @slayeryt637 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    If anyone is wondering, the "sand" isn't just regular old sand but pure silica, usually in the form of quartz crystals. Sort of a pet peeve of mine when people talk about making glass by melting sand.

  • @DaleNorthEast
    @DaleNorthEast 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Very interesting.

  • @Gravy_Master
    @Gravy_Master ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yeah! Glass!

  • @themadzucchini
    @themadzucchini 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This music is really good

  • @yusufmulani9495
    @yusufmulani9495 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    informative video . can u share video for making of spherical convex glass ?? & its post process

  • @VenkatmaniM
    @VenkatmaniM 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    nice video, shall i add this video in my blog??

  • @mohammadashfaq1363
    @mohammadashfaq1363 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    well done

  • @vidforum
    @vidforum 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I just had a windshield that only had a 90 warranty fail. I had it installed about 6 months ago during the winter and as soon as the temperature got up into the 90's the glue failed that holds the Honda Sensing unit cover in place. The shop tried to reattach it and that did not work. Luck for me the shop full covered the cost of the replacement and install. This Pilkington windscreen in my opinion had a funky tint to it. They replaced the Pilkington with a PGP windscreen its crystal clear. I was a Glazier in my younger years so I do know a thing or two about glass.

  • @voja2000
    @voja2000 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent video! Please tell me which oxide is about at 3:49? Thanx 🙂

  • @redhousepainters
    @redhousepainters 10 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Where's Karl

  • @eduardodeoliveiramachado3291
    @eduardodeoliveiramachado3291 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    My dream is work in Pilkington in my city Caçapava, São Paulo, Brazil.

  • @nolacummins3001
    @nolacummins3001 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    👌

  • @kennyzhao265
    @kennyzhao265 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    That's amazing. What heating element do you used in producing float glass

    • @sansus80
      @sansus80 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Mostly is used gas, you can use fuel oil or LGP as well

    • @glynthomas7213
      @glynthomas7213 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It’s a secret

  • @johnnybarsztaitis336
    @johnnybarsztaitis336 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    works here

  • @fasehalasad4545
    @fasehalasad4545 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I want to work in this company I know I work in excellent shape

  • @EdwardTriesToScience
    @EdwardTriesToScience 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Its crazy how to make something that seems simple such as a flat sheet of glass, you have to pour it on molten metal so its flat

  • @zanedapayne
    @zanedapayne 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    As it was introduced, the float glass process makes perfectly flat glass. How does this process change to make automotive glass, such as the sunroof for example?

    • @Dawnshadow
      @Dawnshadow 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      From what I know about glassblowing, there's a temperature range where glass is soft enough to be shaped, but firm enough to hold said shape. Presumably they'd take the glass and bend it while it's not quite cool, then let it finish cooling.

    • @wadewolf4341
      @wadewolf4341 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes correct. The glass is heated to about 1800 to 1900 degrees. Then come out of the furnace into a mold which bends the glass afterwards it’s goes into an air quench which cools it to about 600 degrees rapidly. Which tempers the glass. Why it breaks into a thousand little pieces for safety.

    • @TheShadeManGuitar
      @TheShadeManGuitar ปีที่แล้ว

      I work in a float glass plant, the process remains the same but the quality standards are alot more strict. the customer repeats and laminates the glass after ring cutting it

  • @veru451
    @veru451 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can anyone send the vedio of fiber glass process

  • @randysapitan8457
    @randysapitan8457 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    i want to apply here

  • @safaasalman2628
    @safaasalman2628 ปีที่แล้ว

    can send to me some technical data about the furnace and the manufacturing process as pdf file please

  • @LinhVu-rm1zh
    @LinhVu-rm1zh 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Cambridge IELTS 8 brought me here..

    • @martian2lee
      @martian2lee 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Linh Vu Me too!

  • @frankh.3849
    @frankh.3849 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Can the curvature of the earth be detected in the float glass?

    • @therabman_5606
      @therabman_5606 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Frank Hughes no float glass is perfectly flat...like the earth

    • @frankh.3849
      @frankh.3849 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@therabman_5606 liquid finds the natural level so yes the curvature of the Earth should be measurable within the float glass. I even contacted manufacturers asking about this measurement but none have returned my messages.

    • @adamkendall997
      @adamkendall997 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Also gravitational variations might play a factor but I'm sure the sizes of most windows it doesn't matter.

    • @frankh.3849
      @frankh.3849 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@adamkendall997 the float glass is almost 2 kilometers long and then cut into different sizes.

    • @frankh.3849
      @frankh.3849 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @wally s I'd like to get the manufacturer to confirm that 8". Crystal lagoon the largest swimming pool builder actually contacted me back when I asked this same question about the swimming pools they built that's over a kilometer long. They wouldn't answer the question but they found it interesting I asked....

  • @Daarkshade
    @Daarkshade 7 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Lame! i want to see the tin bath as it starts!!

    • @Asdayasman
      @Asdayasman 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah that's fuckin' why I'm here.
      Jesus christ.

    • @FreedomTalkMedia
      @FreedomTalkMedia 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I clicked on this video hoping to see that, as well. They used the same tin float stock animated footage as the other video from the other glass plant. Multiple videos are using that footage

    • @josephinebennington7247
      @josephinebennington7247 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Freedom Talk Media. Me too, I want to see the floating molten glass. I also want to know why there are many tin ingots ready to be melted. Surely it’s not wasted? Hopefully recycled. But....more.....

  • @robertsnare3529
    @robertsnare3529 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I could use several sheets to MAKE or POUR FLAT table for assembly... not welding.. ADHESIVES.. adhesi9ves ar in space.. I use it for SANDING sharpening chiseld.. As FLAT and cheap and available now.. figure out how to use it.. NO HEAT just adhesives.. whatcher think?

  • @harishtechintelugu964
    @harishtechintelugu964 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I am working Pilkington automotive Pvt India

  • @Neceros
    @Neceros ปีที่แล้ว

    imagine falling into that glass pit. holy shit

  • @BaberJacks
    @BaberJacks 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    dandenong

  • @meseretaregahegn2421
    @meseretaregahegn2421 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    how can i down load this video ?

  • @simsy5480
    @simsy5480 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey I work there!

  • @luxun-mu4232
    @luxun-mu4232 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    hola

  • @irrelevantfish1978
    @irrelevantfish1978 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video, but I object to the characterization of float glass as "perfectly flat and even". Yeah, it's very even and very, very flat, but it's nowhere near flat enough for use in measurements in high-precision applications like machining. There's a reason surface plates are made of lapped granite instead of float glass.

    • @stewatparkpark2933
      @stewatparkpark2933 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah but can you make windows out of granite ?

    • @irrelevantfish1978
      @irrelevantfish1978 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@stewatparkpark2933 Sure! They'd probably be small, tinted/hazy, and ridiculously expensive, but you could do it. It'd be kind of like making perfectly flat and even float glass. ;)

  • @GurcharanSinghGilll
    @GurcharanSinghGilll 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    PUSA gang 👋🏻

  • @pravinkorde9074
    @pravinkorde9074 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    pravin

  • @anitwakhobragade273
    @anitwakhobragade273 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    hello

  • @farfourmibarki7636
    @farfourmibarki7636 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    هذه بلا يحكمها رجال و ط ن ي و ن يحبو بلادهم و للاسف حنا ،،، ، ،

  • @MdHalim-xs3ye
    @MdHalim-xs3ye 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    God me

  • @glynthomas7213
    @glynthomas7213 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sir Alister Pilkington did not invent float glass , on of his employees did , credit where credit is due .

  • @shanisohi5620
    @shanisohi5620 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sale your chanel

  • @MichaelKingsfordGray
    @MichaelKingsfordGray 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    It is NOT perfectly flat.
    It follows the curvature of the earth.

  • @Bhatt_Hole
    @Bhatt_Hole 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    An extremely difficult fap!

    • @Dragon.7722
      @Dragon.7722 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      But doable!

    • @BrainSoap
      @BrainSoap 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tap that glass.

  • @andyay1306
    @andyay1306 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    damn humans are scary

  • @Tommytucamoto
    @Tommytucamoto 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This company has got no backbone i used to work for them at Middlesbrough site done fuck all for us laid us all off wile they boasted about been a world wide company

  • @ZeeCaptainRon
    @ZeeCaptainRon ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow, that music is stupidly distracting.