Method of forming glass-ceramic parts and/or glass parts

US7000430B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Schott AG · DE

Inventors

• Ulrich Fotheringham · Wiesbaden, DE
• Hauke Esemann · Wörrstadt, DE
• Bernd Hoppe · Ingelheim am Rhein, DE
• Hubertus Bader · Mainz, DE
• Gerhard Hahn · Allenfeld, DE
• Markus Garsche-Andres · Stadecken-Elsheim, DE
• Matthias Brinkmann · Klein-Winternheim, DE
• Norbert Greulich-Hickmann · Mainz, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 22, 2000
• Grant date: Feb 21, 2006
• Expiry date: Mar 22, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C03B37/029
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a method of producing glass-ceramic parts and/or glass parts by deformation of a glass-ceramic blank and/or glass blank. The invention is characterized in that forming is carried out using infrared radiation.