Forming apparatus with extensions attached thereto used in a glass manufacturing system

摘要

A glass manufacturing system is described herein that has an elongated forming device (e.g., elongated isopipe) which was made longer by attaching two extensions to two ends of a body so it can be used to make a larger glass sheet. The elongated forming apparatus includes the body and two extensions which when connected to one another have a trough formed therein in which molten glass flows and then overflows two top surfaces of the trough and runs down opposites sides of the body and two extensions before fusing together to form the glass sheet. A method for making glass sheets using the glass manufacturing system and the elongated forming apparatus is also described herein.