摘要 |
The present invention relates to a device for supporting and fixing a pane made of a brittle material such as a glass pane (12), in particular a thin glass pane (12), during a cutting process in which the glass pane (12) is cut along a cutting edge (34), comprising a main part (14) through which a gas can flow, a gas conducting device (18) for supplying gas to the main part (14) and conducting the gas through the main part (14), said glass pane (12) being supportable on the gas exiting the main part (14), and a fixing unit (20) for fixing the glass pane (12) relative to the device (101), said fixing unit interacting with the glass pane (12) such that the glass pane (12) comes into contact with the main part (14) in a contact area (24) during the cutting process and the cutting edges (34) are lifted by the exiting gas outside of the contact area (24) and positioned at a distance from the main part (14). Moreover the invention relates to a respective method. |