摘要 |
A glass manufacturing system (100) is described herein that incorporates a liquid cooled bayonet (102) which functions to extract heat from a glass sheet (105) in order to reduce areas of stress in the glass sheet (105). In one embodiment of the present invention, the liquid cooled bayonet (102a) has one cooling section (304) with an uniform outside diameter and a uniform emissivity coating such that the heat extraction is mostly uniform from one end to the other end of the glass sheet (105). In another embodiment of the present invention, the liquid cooled bayonet (102b and 102c) has different cooling sections (404a...404e and 504a...504g) that have different outside diameters and/or different emissivity coatings which enables it to preferentially cool and reduce stress in different areas of the glass sheet (105).
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