Interlayer Cutting & Assembly

Glass is then transported to this optional assembly table with an optional interlayer rolls rack placing next to it. Several rolls of popular interlayer are stored on the rolls rack. Required interlayer is unrolled and lay flat on the glass. Second piece of glass, after inspection, is put on top of the interlayer. The two pieces of glass is aligned in proper position. It is then cut in requested size. If multiple layers of glass and interlayer are required, the assembly cycle is repeated.

Glass Loading

Oven door is open. The lifting and moving system is moved towards the oven along rail track. Operator turns the hand wheel, moving the metal arm up or down until it is level with desired silicon blanket frame. The system is then moved closed to oven along rail tracks until metal arm gets close to the frame and hooks it up. The hand wheel is turned and the arm lifts up the frame slightly until it is unlocked from the glass rack. The system pulls out the frame along rail track until the frame comes out from the oven with enough free space for glass loading.

Top silicon blanket are unseal from bottom silicon sheet. Well-assembled laminated glass is loaded on bottom silicon sheet. If more glass is placed within the same blanket, repeat the loading. Top silicon blanket is then seal and lock with bottom sheet around four edges. Small silicon tube of this silicon blanket is connected to vacuum metal pipe which runs to vacuum pump. The lifting and moving system pushes the frame with loaded glass all the way into the glass rack until it is locked.

The metal arm moves away from glass rack. It is then moved up and down by hand wheel again until it is level to the second desire silicon blanket frame. Then the cycle repeats as mentioned above until all glass are loaded and all small silicon tubes are well connected to vacuum metal pipe. Oven door is then closed.

Vacuum

Vacuum is turned on while heating remains off. Air is started to remove in between top and bottom silicon sheets at room temperature for a certain while. Vacuum is kept running all the time during heating until glass is cool enough for unloading.

Heating

The rising, steady and lowering of temperature and corresponding timings are set up in control console. If a pre-set parameter is found useful for this batch, the parameter is easily taken out from memory and is applied. When vacuuming at room temperature is done, temperature begins to rise up according to set value. Then temperature is kept for certain time duration according to set value. It is then lowered down to set value according to set value. All temperatures and timings are activated automatically and operator is free when oven is being heated up.

Cooling

When heating is completed, heating elements are shut down. Cooling air blower is turned on to evacuate the heat while oven door is open. If necessary, glass racks are moved out of oven along rail tracks with extra fan (to be provided by buyer) for fast cooling.

Glass Unloading

When laminated glass is cool enough, each of loaded silicon blanket frame is removed away from glass rack by the lifting and moving system and have laminated glass unloaded as mentioned above.