On the 20th January 1959, the Float Glass process was announced to the glass-making world which completely changed the future of glassmaking and the British Pilkington company. This process was invented by Sir Alastair Pilkington and his R&D team after seven years of experimenting and investing in the process.

@MACHINERYTECHNOLOGY

6 ай бұрын

Great, You are a person with great knowledge

@Shytot-1

6 ай бұрын

@@MACHINERYTECHNOLOGY Not me, Google.

@patpatpat999

4 ай бұрын

The process was developed between 53 and 57

An amazing process!

I went on a tour of a float glass plant in school. OMG so hot, I don't know how the workers can stand it!

Watching these machines work in harmony is like witnessing a well-orchestrated ballet. Only it's all gears and no tutus!

@MACHINERYTECHNOLOGY

6 ай бұрын

yeb

@TellURide447

5 ай бұрын

Ya bro totes magotes

@user-ko8nn1jx5m

5 ай бұрын

@@TellURide447 You bastard!

Fascinating stuff!

Appreciate your work form Karachi Pakistan

Amazing human creativity

Humans take glass for granted these days. The industry is ingenious.

@ovalwingnut

4 ай бұрын

I kind of question the validity of the process. I think the trick is it's done with mirrors, yes?

It is so interesting and amazing🤩

Nice video sir.

Imagine a long factory line like this where cows and wheat go in one end and pizza comes out the other.

@kalpanakedar4589

Жыл бұрын

Pizza is the worst item present in the world

@davedavies8002

8 ай бұрын

I ate a few mushrooms one and was fascinated by a vieneta ice cream I was mind blown that some one made a machine to make a vieneta ice cream And funny thing was I was thing the guy who made it probably doesn't even eat it He's probably out on his yacht eating some way more fancy food 😂

@devendrakumarshrivas9323

8 ай бұрын

Every thing possible by human intelligency😄😄❤❤

@kevinbyrne4538

6 ай бұрын

Do you mean to say that pizza is NOT made that way?

@kchull9793

3 ай бұрын

What about beer?

Back in the day when Open University programs were broadcast on Sunday mornings, there was a maths unit about the dynamics of the scoring head; more specifically the need to accelerate it from rest up to a stable speed to make its straight score line across the moving glass. The operation is less trivial than one might think.

Very educational 😊

@MACHINERYTECHNOLOGY

6 ай бұрын

thanks

What a great, intelligible and well presented video!

@MACHINERYTECHNOLOGY

5 ай бұрын

Thanks buddy

This would be great without the loud music like so many other industrial videos. How did that video tradition get started anyway?

Nice video, thank you. The thumbnail picture is wrong though - it shows rolled glass production, not float.

Jump to 1:48. You'll thank me. Nothing to write home about but was informative.. Thumbs up.

melting sand 😎

I am a glass workers from Nepal

I would guess the plant runs 24/7 I don't see a way it could shut down without a big clean up of the excess glass Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

@Nickgowans

Жыл бұрын

They have a running period of about 10-20 years non-stop, it's simply not practical to turn them off. If they have supply chain issues and can't get the required ingredients, they will literally smash the finished product into cullet and re-feed it into the start of the line so they never have to turn the line off.

@vvdvlas8397

6 ай бұрын

При пуске лини по производству стекла, печь разогревают постепенно, в течении 3-4недель и проверяют, чтоб она не развалилась! Ванну с оловом разогревают примерно 2 недели. В день пуска - наступает праздник - "стеклянный язык" из печи протягивают через оловянную ванну на конвеерные валки. When starting a glass production line, the furnace is heated gradually over 3-4 weeks and checked that it does not fall apart! The tin bath is heated for about 2 weeks. On the day of launch - a holiday arrives - the “glass tongue” from the furnace is pulled through a tin bath onto conveyor rolls.

@NikolayBychkovRus

6 ай бұрын

@@vvdvlas8397 А вы в каком городе работаете? Как я понимаю, на аналогичном заводе?

@vvdvlas8397

6 ай бұрын

@@NikolayBychkovRus Я был в многодневной командировке на заводе по производству стекла в г. Лисичанск (Украина) ~ 2003г.

@techman8817

4 ай бұрын

@@vvdvlas83973-4 weeks, that’s crazy. I would not have the patience.

What would it cost to buy one of these machines?

... float glass technique invented by Pilkingtons in Lancshire, England ..

@lo2740

6 ай бұрын

world leader : Saint Gobain, France.

🙏

The water break process was a bit confusing as it was located in the middle of the line. How can the glass continue once it's broken?

@1957mrbill

4 ай бұрын

That's the same point I'm confused with.

@techman8817

4 ай бұрын

It’s because they can’t shut off production of float glass (or would be very costly). So if they need to do maintenance on the rest of the line, they just recycle it at that point. They run these machines 20-30 years, 24/7.

I'd be retiring such big float plants as this size is becoming obsolete due to replacement costs.. They have been closing plants in the USA that have such large dimensions (as one closed years ago in the Decatur Illinois ares ). and the glass produced also have to be manufactured for other needs at the same time ..

Where the factory is located please mention that sir and the video was informative.

@lo2740

6 ай бұрын

in France, Saint Gobain is the world leader in glass and glass derivates manufacturing.

@executivesteps

6 ай бұрын

Saint Gobain is head quartered in France but that manufacturing plant was likely based in China.

😮

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

Next time, try not to have two music tracks playing at the same time

How much this production line cost ,?

@SA-qg2bv

6 ай бұрын

1000 €

4:59 Forbidden Honey

Ok sip center 43 tahan ubi

Some glass honey and crackers

Background music? is REALLY ANNOYING!

@eileenmcdonald1599

5 ай бұрын

You are really annoying

fix audio and get rid of music.

@ssnoc

6 ай бұрын

Why do these idiots always destroy good videos with crappy music …. Off it went.

@carlosnavarrete4194

6 ай бұрын

intolerable. Made me stop watching !!!!

@jenniehughes6927

6 ай бұрын

​@carlosnavarrete4194 Me too. I just came to comments to see if it was just me. Lol, I'm out.

@AtlasReburdened

5 ай бұрын

Aww, how cute. It's like a malcontent club. Do yall whine about everything for a living, or is it just a hobby?

@drshin9893

5 ай бұрын

You suck BTW

هل يمكن لتوصل

Hii

I don't get the reason for the water breaking of the glass at the end of the lehr then you show it as a sheet again?

@BarsMonster

Жыл бұрын

That's only for waste - if failed QC

@sbalogh53

Жыл бұрын

They mentioned that the molten glass is continuous and never interrupted. When there is a need for equipment maintenance further down the line, they don't stop the flow of molten glass but instead break it and send the shards back for recycling. This way further down the line there is temporarily no glass coming through. When maintenance is finished the water is turned off and the glass continues to flow again.

@pauljames5826

6 ай бұрын

I was surprised that molten glass is floated on molten TIN😮. Thanks for that info

@lo2740

6 ай бұрын

well the reason is clearly explained, that is the only way to isolate a zone of the production line, this is a continuous process, if amintenance has to be performed on the line, then the glass is broken before the maintenance area with thermal shock.

@petervarley3078

5 ай бұрын

I scrolled through the comments to see if anyone else was confused by this or I was going to ask the same question. It was not explained clearly enough for me but the response from @sbalogh53 clears it up.

Hello we have been looking for a dealer of unit of prodution of float glass any suggestion?

@MohamaedElmleky

4 ай бұрын

الو كيل موجود حالا

Why the horrible music please take the music off of what was otherwise a good program. Please take it off for the hard of hearing.

@MACHINERYTECHNOLOGY

6 ай бұрын

Sorry dude, I've improved it in the new videos on my channel.

@bazra19

6 ай бұрын

Thank you, only i'm hard of hearing and often miss a good topic cos I have to switch it off. Thanks buddy.

@eileenmcdonald1599

5 ай бұрын

Get it intext.

@bazra19

4 ай бұрын

I know I’m 84 but I do know my way around a computer, and was programming before you were born. So please don’t treat me like a 5 yr old. I often have to have both. Those that like music can turn a radio on and have the music of their choice. People like myself do not have that option.

The background music track makes the video impossible to watch and serves no esthetic or informative purpose.

@MACHINERYTECHNOLOGY

6 ай бұрын

We have improved this in the latest videos on our channel

@eileenmcdonald1599

5 ай бұрын

So you need to work on your attention issues

تم

Awesome video but good god turn that music down. So distracting and it almost seems like theres random sound effects or two tracks playing at some points. It's not horrible but it's like the same volume as the narrator.

I am making glass very less quantity

playing two songs on at the same time around 3:48 is super distracting for me.

@OlgaRykov

Жыл бұрын

Yes, exactly what I noticed 😕 sounds eery

@eileenmcdonald1599

5 ай бұрын

So you have issues

This shows nothing about the amazing process of float glass.

Lose the stupid music and add some narration and your video would be so much better. Why do so many KZreadrs feel that loud music is required in their videos?

@ThePauloandrezo

7 ай бұрын

You must think that horse mackerel eat birdseed, don't you? You have a good solution, get a soundboard and separate what you want to hear, man. If you want a channel in your own way, one that suits you, make a list of the subjects you want to cover, there may be those who pay more attention to you than me. Surely that's your problem. 🤣🤣🤣

@eileenmcdonald1599

5 ай бұрын

Go away

this an expensive business to run. With non stop fuel requirement.

@MACHINERYTECHNOLOGY

7 ай бұрын

Every business is expensive. The problem is the profit it brings

Then you have to go to the Sahara desert

A lot natural gas needed.

@MACHINERYTECHNOLOGY

6 ай бұрын

That's right

Bgm is louder then audio

Can someone help me, send me the entire written process if you have it. Thankyou!

@3msgaming989

9 ай бұрын

so basically what we do is put raw material mainly sand and some other materials (im not allowed to say lol) into a furnace which melts down the sand at temps of near 3,000 degrees. the molten glass is then put through a refiner and cooled enough to be put into something we call a tin bath, the glass floats on top of a pool of molten tin and is formed into whatever width and thickness we need using ads machines(they called them top rolls we call them ads or assisted direct stretch machines), from .9mm which i think is only made in two floats in our company all the way to 19.4 mm or 3/4" which is made on the floats i work on( we have two of the biggest furnaces in the world) after the glass is formed to our requiref width or thickness we cool it through the lehr(we also have the longest lehr in the world) we control the cooling as it goes through the lehr as to not shock the glass and to be able to control its cutting properties, after the lehr it is cut and packed to be shipped out

@lo2740

6 ай бұрын

lol, you can write it by yourself.

@MohamaedElmleky

4 ай бұрын

نعم

I am looking for a partner in a fertile ground for such an industry and a market that is thirsty for this product

@mercyonanimals204

Жыл бұрын

From which country are you?

@mercyonanimals204

Жыл бұрын

If India which state

@MohamaedElmleky

4 ай бұрын

موجود. في اليمن

Amhrc Gyding

This music is inappropriate for this video

@MACHINERYTECHNOLOGY

6 ай бұрын

I have improved it in my new videos. Try watching new videos, you will definitely find them interesting

@eileenmcdonald1599

5 ай бұрын

What are you babbling about

@junkyardgamer911

5 ай бұрын

@@eileenmcdonald1599 many people prefer the natural sound of the video without music

ph no

ปปช..ปปง.

Music TOOO f'in loud, and false thumbnail it seems. Outta here, and blocking channel.

@eileenmcdonald1599

5 ай бұрын

Bye

AI don't bother watching.

There's no such thing as absolute transparency, nor is anything perfectly flat.

@markrainford1219

Жыл бұрын

I could see straight through your comment!

@Josh-rn1em

9 ай бұрын

Yo mama is 😂

@bertpelkman5904

6 ай бұрын

Flatearthers tend to disagree

Co2 isn’t a greenhouse gas. Propaganda much?

Music sucks unwatchable

Boooooooooring

@lo2740

6 ай бұрын

IQ over 80 is required to have an interest in the process.

@eileenmcdonald1599

5 ай бұрын

That's what is said about you

@ruchimane5383

3 ай бұрын

​@@lo2740you are right