METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BENDING AND TEMPERING A GLASS PANEL

摘要

The invention relates to a method and apparatus for bending and tempering a glass panel. On a bending conveyor (4), the glass panel is bent in two bending directions. The first bending direction is established by arching the bending conveyor (4). The second bending direction is established by deflecting the bending conveyor's (4) rolls (4a, 4b). Various conveyor rolls (4a, 4b) of the bending conveyor (4) are deflected during the course of bending the glass panel simultaneously with unequal deflection radii, which become progressively smaller in the conveying direction. This facilitates simultaneous bending in two different directions.