摘要 |
Disclosed is a method of controlling the diameter of a glass rod drawn from a glass preform. The diameter control begins as soon as a glass gob begins to move away from a heated portion of the preform. The velocity of the gob is measured and furnace temperature adjusted to maintain gob velocity at a pre-selected target value. By starting diameter control at this early stage of the process, utilization of the preform is improved as is the utilization of the drawing equipment.
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