ROLL-TO-ROLL GLASS : TOUCH-FREE AND MULTILAYER DEPOSITION PROCESS

摘要

A glass sheet is formed using a roll-to-roll glass soot deposition and sintering process. The glass sheet formation involves forming a first glass soot layer (152) on a deposition surface (122) of a soot-receiving device (120), removing the first glass soot layer (152) from the deposition surface (122), and forming a second glass soot layer (162) on the unsupported first glass soot layer. The resulting composite glass soot sheet is heated to form a sintered glass sheet (156). The glass sheet can be a substantially homogeneous glass sheet or a composite glass sheet having layer-specific attributes.