Glass fiber scrap reclamation
First Claim
1. A method of processing chemically-coated glass fibers which comprises introducing the fibers in discrete form in an oxidizing gaseous stream the stream being supplied in an amount sufficient to transport the coated glass fibers into hot oxidizing gases above the glass batch within a glass melting furnace to oxidize at least a portion of the chemical coating from the surface of the fibers, accumulating some portion of the glass fibers on said unmelted batch and moving said portion of the glass fibers and said unmelted batch through said furnace to melt the fibers and commingle the melted fibers and the melted batch as molten glass.
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Abstract
A method of reclaiming chemically coated glass scrap is disclosed. The scrap is introduced into the oxidizing atmosphere of a hydrocarbon-fuel fired glass melting furnace. Some of the glass is melted with the unmelted portion being melted with the glass batch as it moves through the furnace.
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- 1. A method of processing chemically-coated glass fibers which comprises introducing the fibers in discrete form in an oxidizing gaseous stream the stream being supplied in an amount sufficient to transport the coated glass fibers into hot oxidizing gases above the glass batch within a glass melting furnace to oxidize at least a portion of the chemical coating from the surface of the fibers, accumulating some portion of the glass fibers on said unmelted batch and moving said portion of the glass fibers and said unmelted batch through said furnace to melt the fibers and commingle the melted fibers and the melted batch as molten glass.
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