How Glass in Made. As seen on Discovery Channel's "Some Assembly Required."
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@TheDAVIS5006 жыл бұрын
I’m glad I’m not the only one wondering this while laying in bed.
@wmbtv24615 жыл бұрын
And a year later im thinking about this in bed
@user-tn4ge1kt9m5 жыл бұрын
Me as well
@osvaldogil47045 жыл бұрын
same
@SupernaturalPowerz5 жыл бұрын
No way. Same
@chrisemail62845 жыл бұрын
same
@TheDubyea3 жыл бұрын
I couldn't stop thinking of how this dude looks and sounds like the lawyer from It's Always Sunny, and it turns out it's actually him
@featherman93 жыл бұрын
He gives off a Jew lawyer vibe
@nicholasjayres2 ай бұрын
I thought he looked familiar
@joshschneider97664 күн бұрын
@@featherman9 better than giving off a bigot vibe.
@Eric-ue1bv6 жыл бұрын
Wow. That's so cool how they use molten tin as a surface for the glass to cool on. Always wondered how they make glass so perfectly flat.
@thevikingwarrior2 жыл бұрын
All you have to do is use your imagination to think of a way to do something, and you try hard enough to make it workable and you can often do it!
@Hamun002 Жыл бұрын
when industrial glass manufacturing began, they use a surface of molten mercury I believe. its cool stuff!
@SuperBobby1967 Жыл бұрын
@@Hamun002 actually the guy mentioned that they used to take a big bubble of glass, cut it in half and try to make as flat as possible but it often did not become flat.
@joshschneider97664 күн бұрын
its called the pilkington method, invented by a brit of that name in the 1920s and since become world standard.
@frozn79 жыл бұрын
My son asked me this question. We ended up watching this. Thanks for helpping a curious kid.
@bilbil73316 жыл бұрын
yeah the narrator remind me of the science guy..
@zeuslee44425 жыл бұрын
Motty myers so did mine. This ended up opening a floodgate. Haha
@AceRimmer_5 жыл бұрын
Where do babies come from?
@Simba______5 жыл бұрын
Motty myers - *helping
@funkyjones5 жыл бұрын
Glad he didn't ask you how to spell "helping".
@kaitlinthomas46922 жыл бұрын
I am in the glass industry and just visited the Guardian plant yesterday. It was the hottest I have ever been, but this is pretty much exactly the same!!! It was AMAZING! My favorite was seeing the patterns being stamped into the glass to make different textures
@123prova Жыл бұрын
I wonder if they manage to recycle the heat produced. I work in IT and my employer can even manage to recycle the warm air in the data center
@Aygeu Жыл бұрын
@@123prova Materials engineering student here: yes, in some facilities they blow air by the outside of the furnace to absorb any heat coming off, and then pump that back into the main heating line. They can also sometimes recycle heat from the toxic flue gases from the combustion process as well. Hope this answers your question.
@joshschneider97664 күн бұрын
@@123prova yes even in artisan shops we do so. its called a recuperative combustion system. both hot air and unburnt fuels are piped back into the comnbustion streams.
@joshschneider97664 күн бұрын
@@Aygeu yup, if youre really slick you can put in filtration systems along that recuperation circuit too. ive built about fifteen furnaces, recuperation is huge money savings. wont ever do one without it again.
@LikeAGentlemanPlease4 жыл бұрын
You know you went so DEEEEEPPP into KZfaq that by 2am you just clicked away video by video and ended you up on how glass is made. But I feel like I can go deeper by 5 am.
@joshschneider97663 жыл бұрын
As a glass blower I find the float glass method awesome to see every time. As a glass blower that learned the craft in Harrisburg very near Carlisle I'm not surprised it's there.
@msl99278 жыл бұрын
5:29 "working with this stuff can be very dangerous" *throws the glass*
@mudasirhaq47378 жыл бұрын
+MS L that's the point lol
@frankie2285 жыл бұрын
Haha
@dimeandbiggie8855 жыл бұрын
4:35. This glass is very strong u can beat on it and it won't break Me: Takes a axe and hits it repeatedly. *glass breaks* YOU LIER!!!!
@amritsingh60815 жыл бұрын
Yes Darling
@amritsingh60815 жыл бұрын
I like you
@sarahjackson95834 жыл бұрын
He said working with this material is very dangerous, and then ol boy just tossed it like a rag doll😂😂
@kevinsteel78752 жыл бұрын
Oh the things we take for granted. Such a complicated process, I can't imagine how the inventors of glass even figured out the process.
@Paul-lm5gv Жыл бұрын
Fascinating! Now I know why old-style glass windows from the 1700s and 1800s had waves in them!
@maisiesummers422 жыл бұрын
5:26 - it's not explained, but when that guy drops the sheet, it's onto an airbed. That black surface has air pushing through it to cushion the glass as it drops.
@joshschneider97664 күн бұрын
no it doesnt. that would chill the glass too fast and cause cracking. that is absolutely NOT true.
@maisiesummers423 күн бұрын
@@joshschneider9766 Chill the glass? The glass is at room temp at that point, and remains so. The air is just room temp air, not freezing.
@oluwafemiajose9483 жыл бұрын
I always knew it had something to do with sand, I just wasn't quite sure how it was done. Nice to finally know.
@0623kaboom2 жыл бұрын
proper glass is made from quartz powder though ... this is sodium lime glass ... before this process it was lead glass ... before that it was silica glass ... and it is NEVER a solid ... it is a super fluid ... yes it holds it's shape sort of ... but it never actually hardens fully and is always moving ... the older the glass is the easier it is to see that this is the case ... even our modern window glass after 50 years will show that the bottom of the pane is actually thicker than the top of the pane ... becuase it sags down with gravity ... yes it is only a milimeter or so .in that time ... but it still means it is NOT a solid ...
@PySnek2 жыл бұрын
@@0623kaboom "The question "Is glass solid or liquid?" has no clear answer. In terms of molecular dynamics and thermodynamics, it is possible to justify various different views that it is a highly viscous liquid, an amorphous solid, or simply that glass is another state of matter that is neither liquid nor solid. The difference is semantic. Even in terms of its material properties, we can do little better. No clear definition exists of the distinction between solids and highly viscous liquids. All such phases or states of matter are idealisations of real material properties. Nevertheless, from a more commonsense point of view, glass should be considered a solid since it is rigid according to everyday experience. The use of the term "supercooled liquid" to describe glass still persists, but is considered by many to be an unfortunate misnomer that should be avoided. In any case, claims that glass panes in old windows have deformed due to glass flow have never been substantiated. Examples of Roman glassware and calculations based on measurements of glass visco-properties indicate that these claims cannot be true. The observed features are more easily explained as a result of the imperfect methods used to make glass window panes before the float glass process was invented." The Physics and Relativity FAQ Updated by Dan Watts, 2021. Original by Philip Gibbs, 1996
@dmitrysavonin7702 жыл бұрын
Minecraft. And they say u don’t learn anything from games 😂
@Aygeu Жыл бұрын
@@0623kaboom Quartz is quite literally silica. Modern soda lime glasses are still silica based, and the main function of the additives (soda and lime) are to lower the melting point and to increase malleability (though the lime also helps stabilize it chemically). The other commenter is also right that glass is not a liquid and does not act like one. However, the reason glass panels were thicker at the bottom is because making perfect sheets of glass was damn near impossible, and it's just easier to install the thicker side down rather than up.
@joshschneider97664 күн бұрын
if you tried to use beach sand youd end up with greenish blue bubbly garbage. what we use is elementally pure silica. what you see in beach sand is random trash.
@llopez00835 жыл бұрын
This feels like it’s an offbrand bill Nye science Guy
@gator55664 жыл бұрын
I thought the samething
@nonamemusic19323 жыл бұрын
BILL..BILL..BILL..BILL..BILL
@getmeoutofsanfrancisco99173 жыл бұрын
Budget Bill
@TheBanjoShowOfficial3 жыл бұрын
i like this guy more
@fasx564 жыл бұрын
Very informative and well narrated, there is a lot more to making quality glass than one would reason. The amount of electricity used to get the Sand Mixture to a molten stage has to be very high. It is also impressive to see the size of the factory that produces the window glass it had to be a work and progress building knowledge in each generation until a process was finally perfected. This is probably true with just about any tool, appliance machine or technology that we use today.
@Eyedbythetiger2 жыл бұрын
They burn gas to heat those machines.
@Brian42410 ай бұрын
Getting the damned bubbles out has to be the main thing. I had a truck some years ago that had thousands of little micro-bubbles in the factory windshield. You couldn't see them except when bright sunlight was at the right angle. I ended up getting a rock chip that spread across the whole thing, so that bubbly windshield was replaced for a better one. I've also seen windows in very old houses that have a lot of bigger bubbles and even waves in them, like the bubbles in beer or champagne, but the bubbles were all inside the pane and the surface of the glass was smooth. Weird. The longer I live, the more I realize how much I don't know, and how much I rely on the knowledge of others for even the most everyday things in life. Great video.
@angieangie44195 жыл бұрын
I was staring at a glass vase and was like..."where did you come from" so glad for youtube
@Artnotforthesakeofart3 жыл бұрын
But did the vase ask you the same question?
@niaroyal58764 жыл бұрын
who else is here during quarantine?
@ruhemgroup72144 жыл бұрын
me
@maximus3544 жыл бұрын
@@ruhemgroup7214 lol
@harrisonhonda234 жыл бұрын
Das rite
@gamingwithjoanne4 жыл бұрын
Me to
@arshitaatishkamble64454 жыл бұрын
Me
@brittanynicole5522 жыл бұрын
I worked a few years ago at PPG doing firebrick work. Mainly in the regenerators. The place is absolutely massive, and walking the roller line takes a while!
@jonbutcher9805 Жыл бұрын
Some places like this with extremely long lengths supply bikes to get around.
@MorrowidAddic5 жыл бұрын
I had no idea that use tin , I absolutely love watching things like this you always learn something very interesting.
@Austin56138 жыл бұрын
HOLY FUCK ITS THE LAWYER!!!
@Bostonnick347 жыл бұрын
I was ready to add a hard J like Frank would, but let's keep it classy right?
@mikemisch79686 жыл бұрын
Why is that videos attract foul mouthed morons?
@Trollde-laYoutube6 жыл бұрын
This is so awesome!!! Thanks for sharing. I was just washing dishes and thought... How the heck is glass made😂😂😂So I guess its safe to say....My dirty dishes brought me here😄😄😄
@leos82923 жыл бұрын
I didn't know the lawyer had another show
@alexandermahterian44083 жыл бұрын
Uh, filibuster.
@hamadalishah38295 жыл бұрын
I was always thinking about the manufacturing of glass wow it's amazing
@marcusaltus58254 жыл бұрын
Anyone notice one of the presenters is the lawyer from “it’s always sunny in Philadelphia”?
@alexdiaz61183 жыл бұрын
That blew my mind lol I didn't even notice and I'm a die hard fan 😅.....maybe not as much as I thought
@edadan3 жыл бұрын
I worked for a company (over 40 years ago) that made double pane glass windows for office buildings, skyscrapers, etc. We had to handle these large panes of glass that you see in the video here but we weren't given any protective clothing to wear. And yes, I did slice my fingers open one day and had to get stitches. I still remember the owner of that company telling me "You're lucky to have this job". Yup.
@Sashsqash13 жыл бұрын
15ys as a qualified Glazier, making and fitting glass doors and windows, when in the trade every glazier and labour who works with glass will have a scar from glass cuts
@monicascott76242 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@ks-fz9fq2 жыл бұрын
I guess every labor job has it's accidents
@lisamarieashby25232 жыл бұрын
What a crap boss! I am glad you did not loose your fingers!
@Brian42410 ай бұрын
@@Sashsqash1 We're all human, and once in a while, things happen no matter how careful one tries to be. Ask any sheet metal guy, they all have the scars too. The "HVAC band-aid" is a paper towel and some electrical tape.
@petercrossley10693 жыл бұрын
Imperfect glass is much more attractive in old buildings giving lively reflections and views through the glass.
@christianaborbor71642 жыл бұрын
You are great because you can show us how many things are made
@christianaborbor71642 жыл бұрын
Thanks for making google and KZfaq.
@Giga_Pudding10 жыл бұрын
I have a new appreciation for glass.
@sirtonylancelot67829 жыл бұрын
lmfao i thought the same thing. Ima go look at glass and ponder how it came to be
@Artnotforthesakeofart3 жыл бұрын
Ikr
@briancorcoran90106 жыл бұрын
Pilkington Glass (England) has the best process by using FLOAT GLASS method. I worked in Toronto plant for a year.
@KippoHound3 жыл бұрын
"working with this stuff can be very dangerous" *YEEET*
@Sashsqash13 жыл бұрын
nah its all about confidence mate, been cutting and making glass windows and doors for over 14 years
@firefish21 Жыл бұрын
brings back memories... working at Pilkington glass for more than 20 years I seen it all.. identical process
@maritza91074 жыл бұрын
We are staring at a glass right now
@punknhead233 жыл бұрын
Probably BEF (brightness enhancement film) if it is a phone computer or modern TV.
@awesomegamer69758 жыл бұрын
I already know this beacause of minecraft
@savingakittyfundraiser83958 жыл бұрын
+Awesome Gamer, but it's a more complicated matter in real life.
@pramitgautam52218 жыл бұрын
OMG I also already know this because of minecraft :-)
@savingakittyfundraiser83958 жыл бұрын
I tell you, it's more complicated in real life.
@deadlybre34398 жыл бұрын
same lmfao
@mechtech30088 жыл бұрын
True
@johngolke23575 жыл бұрын
I hauled that glass out of ppb Carlisle PA to Fresno Ca on a flatbed trailer for 10 years
@punknhead233 жыл бұрын
Now Vitro right? That is a long haul. Just about every float plant in the country is closer to CA than PA. Huh.
@francissantos74484 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the field trip. Very educational.
@gvbalajee Жыл бұрын
wow so much efforts goes into making of glass
@badreiiiii89393 жыл бұрын
me: im going to sleep early also me: watching this video
@pabloarroyo59687 жыл бұрын
i will never understand how must of the comon things we use were ever invented its crazy because it not like its a simple thing to come up with..
@ahm_84836 жыл бұрын
Well, they didn't come up all at once, for example; someone may come up with something very simple that has advantages and disadvantages, and after a while people try to improve it, and after that there may be some new disadvantages, and they try to improve it again. The cycle goes until they end up with something so advanced that u think "how did they even come up with this?"
@ahm_84836 жыл бұрын
Just look at smartphones, if someone sees them for the first time, it can be mind-blowing to them to think how someone can come up with something like that, but if u know how it all begun and how cellphones were the last couple of decades it can be different.
@azvadmohd17846 жыл бұрын
Pablo Arroyo u said it
@AndiGravity5 жыл бұрын
I know, right? Take cheese, for instance. Have you ever thought about the thought process that must have been behind that? "Look, I'm not saying I don't like milk. I like milk; I really do. All I'm saying is it would be nice if it occasionally came in the form of a large, yellow brick."
@AndiGravity5 жыл бұрын
@@papeya -- Whoosh!
@Mongoliantreecow3 жыл бұрын
It’s 4am and this video completes the vibe
@LionheartedDan Жыл бұрын
Wow thank you for sharing this very well prepared and informative video. The presentation reminded me of Mike Rowe with “Dirty Jobs”.
@undocumentedspot5 жыл бұрын
5:50 he wanted to say something else but remembered this is a family program.
@Johnny.19655 жыл бұрын
After putting on our Kevlar suits I would have said: "are we not men !...we are Devo !
@jamesb.9155 Жыл бұрын
I was SO ready to see this one! Glass is a modern marvel for sure.
@FastCarsNoRules2204 жыл бұрын
Anakin Skywalker: "I don't like glass. It breaks easily and it just gets everywhere."
@karikora82794 жыл бұрын
"I HATE GLASS I HATE IT AAAAA" -Anikin Skywalker
@slopez68095 жыл бұрын
So like one day someone decided to start mixing sand with (Materials I can not name) and heat it up at 3000 degrees for fun... Bc why not
@Heat3YT24 жыл бұрын
Sarah Lopez more than likely they discovered it after a fire or near a volcano and it sparked their curiosity to try to recreate it.
@MelbaOzzie4 жыл бұрын
@@Heat3YT2 So one day after clubbing their girlfriends and having a quickie, they decided to take some silica, some lime and some bicarb and mix it all up and melt it. At 3,000. Despite the fact that the hottest a wood fire can get is around 500 degrees. And they just happened to have a couple of bags of the the stuff hanging around in the cave. Right next to the vat full of molten tin. Aha. Got it.
@piratelute89344 жыл бұрын
I've heard the story is they use to have these massive bonfires in Egypt and other countries for celebrations. And they noticed afterwards all the glass under where the fire was. And that provoked it
@richardrackley24304 жыл бұрын
I feel like modern day humanity unknowingly underestimates and insults the intelligence, curiosity, and ingenuity of ancient humans. We are pretty much the same people but thrown into a different set of circumstances in regards to already established technology
@theeaskey3 жыл бұрын
Every 100 years aliens send someone down to progress our civilization.. We are a big experiment.. It makes just about much sense as believing in religion.
@stepstepmalacs289610 жыл бұрын
Minecraft Logic: Shove Sand in a furnace, power the furnace with coal in a matter of seconds , you'll have glass :D
@TheStealthyShadowHD9 жыл бұрын
I like ur thinking my friend.
@HercadosP9 жыл бұрын
Despicable Ponies Well, waiting 3 days would make minecraft into clash of clans, not that building a giant structure in a week is logical though...
@Plague148 жыл бұрын
nah, I think I'm just gonna put it in the microwave.
@Rynx1825 жыл бұрын
Your little bit wrong
@TheAldsf3 жыл бұрын
gg ez
@queenciefnicknameicef10468 жыл бұрын
Good night. Take care of yourself. Thank you for posting this video.
@jimrudolph15822 жыл бұрын
I have the honour of knowing one of the eight man team that is responsible for continuous float glasses perfected process. I’ve had many conversations about everything we just watched and am in awe of the challenges they overcame and that all continuous glass uses there process.
@oldtimer21922 жыл бұрын
‘their” process
@goutvols1032 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your comment. I worked at Ford Glass plant in Nashville and there was a situation where someone tried to steal the plans for the float glass process. Needless to say, the guy was caught at the plant but quite intriguing when the police showed up.
@RagedContinuum2 жыл бұрын
the pilkington process is available to all now(the molten tin and wheel machines,) I think, but there are different methods of forming it which are patented across the different companies
@KhaldunQaysi5 жыл бұрын
I still can't imagine how sand is transformed into glass.
@Brian42410 ай бұрын
There's a video just above that explains the process. It's hot. Really hot.
@KhaldunQaysi10 ай бұрын
Could you please send the link to this video!@@Brian424
@cv59163 жыл бұрын
Just to confirm. When glass has the sharp edge knocked off it using an abrasive product this means you would be sanding sand with sand?
@bconman3 жыл бұрын
No, diamond wheels do the grinding of the edges at the fabrication plants.
@cv59163 жыл бұрын
My comment was supposed to be funny, guess I’m the only one who found the humor in it.
@antonywooster67832 жыл бұрын
Sand and glass are not the same as each other. Sand is mostly small crystals of quartz (Silicon dioxide.) glass is made of a mixture of silicon dioxide, calcium silicate, sodium silicate and a number of other compounds of silicon, calcium and sodium plus a number of impurities. Glass is not crystalline (Despite the name "Glass Crystal" for certain types of high-quality glass.) but is more like a super-cooled fluid. I.e. the atoms in it are not in ordered rows as the atoms in a crystal are.
@Cleveland.Ironman2 жыл бұрын
Very Cool 😎. Thank you for this video.
@johnogo78866 жыл бұрын
Spongebob working in a glass factory? Priceless.
@ExploreSteve9 жыл бұрын
Hey, it's the lawyer from It's Always Sunny. Cool!
@Flatlala4 жыл бұрын
Lmao thanks for saving me the google, i knew he seemed familiar!
@Y0Leeroy25 жыл бұрын
i like how its the attorney from sunny in Philadelphia
@Orica272 жыл бұрын
The best video I have watched in a while.
@cog11405 жыл бұрын
you know the world's a mess when people's point of reference is a video game.
@YouTubeExplore7778 жыл бұрын
lol "working with this stuff can be very dangerous" throws glass and shatters. *smh*
@Law191576 жыл бұрын
lmbo! I was dying at that part
@drayawright10036 жыл бұрын
I work at a glass factory land that's literally how it can happen. You can try tossing it but it shatters and you could be cut or get into your eyes even with PPE
@friedenkrs4 жыл бұрын
Glass is made out of: • Sand • Sodium carbonate • Calcium carbonate
@0623kaboom2 жыл бұрын
nope that is called sodium lime glass ... Glass is actually made from quartz powder ... they even have silica glass and lead glass ... but they are all derivatives of actual glass .. what americans call glass is NOT actually glass by proper name ... just like cello tape and scotch tape are NOT the same thing ... but are similar ... celo tape is the actual name of clear tape ... scotch tape is the most common NAME BRAND ... same idea as Kleenex and Facial tissue ...
@goutvols1032 жыл бұрын
As well, automotive glass is also made from lots of scrap/cullet glass that was broken during the glass making process.
@nolwazimntambo84614 жыл бұрын
Me staying up late finishing science homework. My mom: what are you doing up so late
@EIixir2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the upload, very informative.
@onee77704 жыл бұрын
i already know sand turns into glass, but how does it become see through?
@bconman3 жыл бұрын
Glass is a rigid material formed by heating a mixture of dry materials to a viscous state, then cooling the ingredients fast enough to prevent a regular crystalline structure. As the glass cools, the atoms become locked in a disordered state like a liquid before they can form into the perfect crystal arrangement of a solid. Being neither a liquid nor a solid, but sharing the qualities of both, glass is its own state of matter. I worked at a glass plant for 45 years and yes it's complicated to understand.
@0623kaboom2 жыл бұрын
@@bconman that is true for Sodium Lime glass but not for actual glass ... which is quartz powder only ... we also call it crystal ... and it IS allowed to form into crystals ... in BOTH version but only very small crystals which allows light to pass through ... if cooled naturally it forms larger crystals and tends to block light and being able to see through it ... before sodium lime glass there was lead glass ... and silica glass .. which is green ... and no glass is a solid .... it is a superfluid ... it never stops moving ... it just moves very slowly ... take a 100 year old window and measure the top and the bottom and you will find a deviation ... measure modern glass after manufacture and it is even along its surface let it stand for 50 years and the top is thinner than the bottom ... sure it is very small in mircrons and millimeter range but it still has changed ...
@TheGhjgjgjgjgjg2 жыл бұрын
because the power of racism makes it possible
@afterburner28692 жыл бұрын
Where does all that sand come from, where do they get it from? Glass is everywhere and it’s been around for a very long time. How have we not used it all up by now? Very perplexing questions.
@EvidentlyThinking2 жыл бұрын
I'm here two days after you wondering the same things.
@oo0Spyder0oo2 жыл бұрын
It’s everywhere, the earth’s crust is around 60% silica so it’s not running out for a long time yet. Just look at beaches and sand dunes for starters.
@afterburner28692 жыл бұрын
@@oo0Spyder0oo I’m sure they don’t harvest sand from beaches and that’s the only place I really see sand in abundance which is why I’m curious where they do get the sand from. Maybe they do use some beaches, I have no idea.
@oo0Spyder0oo2 жыл бұрын
@@afterburner2869 clearly they don’t mine all the fucking beaches you don’t, I was explaining that it’s in abundance to the question that it’s been made for ages and why it hasn’t run out. The fact you can melt down sand on the beaches shows you how plentiful it is and an example of where you get it.
@wills54822 жыл бұрын
Bottom of rivers, dunes, there's a lot of places and different qualities of sand
@joyonyeyili3050 Жыл бұрын
Wow very interesting and informative nice one guys
@jonglewongle34383 жыл бұрын
Some guy told me that a guy managing a local rubbish dump and collecting glass bottles for a recycler could put nearby beach sand in the bottles and presumably get paid for added weight, coz glass was essentially sand, since he used to work in the industry. Which is not how it worked and it wouldn't take them long to figure out the rort, but it is true, glass is essentially sand. Anyone with the right machine can reduce glass bottles to what is essentially a pile of beach sand with the tiny spiracles, or whatever, being more pointed than naturally occurring beach sand, but otherwise the same.
@sketroux45804 жыл бұрын
I could really see myself doing this.
@kmathis23524 жыл бұрын
This is so amazing to me. One of those things that we use every day but hardly ever think about. Of course, I have more questions. The sand melts at such a high temperature. But what kind of metal is the machinery made of that can withstand that high temperature without melting itself? And how do you make the machinery for something that has the highest melting point?
@punknhead233 жыл бұрын
The furnace is actually made from several layers of interlocking ceramic blocks up to 3 feet thick. The tin bath is lined with block and carbon. The machines inside that pull the glass through the tin bath called top roll machines are water cooled along with cameras inside so operators can see what is going on. Here is a better video of the process. This is a video made at the plant I work at. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h96qbLqBv9iWZ4k.html
@kmathis23523 жыл бұрын
@@punknhead23 cool! It looks like ceramic and tin can take a lot of heat. Interesting to see the process. Something we use every day, but rarely think about how it’s made.
@bconman3 жыл бұрын
@@punknhead23 Yes and another tidbit for those not in the glass business, is that the tanks or furnace, is never shut down. It runs 24/7, 365 days a year. Only time they are shut down is for a rebuild. Most run for years on end always making glass. If the glass is not needed then it is added back to the mix as cullet.
@TheJMBon2 жыл бұрын
The machines are made of probably stainless steel but lined with ceramics and high temp insulators to protect the steel.
@orangehatmusic2252 жыл бұрын
Ceramic on the inside. Metal on the outside.
@DanielFlores-qn8wy5 жыл бұрын
I’m so happy you guys took the time to research such an exciting topic welcome to the intellectual questioning stage at this stage you must be grateful for life and thank god everyday you are all very loved by god himself in Jesus name Amen
@AUTOREPAIRGUIDE2 жыл бұрын
Good video. Information and process was transparent.
@raven_skies83365 жыл бұрын
I'm really high, and I NEEDED to know how glass was made.
@DELUXPLUS15 жыл бұрын
Me with 5 year experience of minecraft *Hold my beer*
@munibottyim4 жыл бұрын
Mine is 8 since 2012, I thought Minecraft lied to us 😳
@sindollface5 жыл бұрын
I was right into that & it ended !! That was cool
@sarmadshahid5397 жыл бұрын
good work people. unbelievable thing
@ColdSteeze5 жыл бұрын
Not sure why I wanted to know how this is made so randomly but here I am 🤷🏽♂️
@Kampsy5 жыл бұрын
This is very interesting I wonder who the first dude to discover glass was and how he discover it
@marksolarz37563 жыл бұрын
Extreme heat melt it naturally...so I’m guessing...furnace technology. Which would be Bronze Age or older were this might be accomplished. But many ores melt the same way....and make for colored glass. Which was probably first. Natural quartz is transparent and is the same. Indeed diamonds are carbon...smelted under extreme pressure. Clear...however other elements change the color.
@marksolarz37563 жыл бұрын
After the first New Mexico atom bomb..,the desert floor had sheets of light green.......glass! Radioactive of course. Thicker as you approached the center. History!
@Aygeu Жыл бұрын
@@marksolarz3756 Trinitite! Named after the Trinity site where it was first observed.
@shherrero Жыл бұрын
MIND. BLOWN.
@paytonmoore2214 жыл бұрын
Kool to see how far we've come since first seeing glass made from nature ie lightning strike on the beach
@chasestance86247 жыл бұрын
being high brought me here
@kantalakashala90597 жыл бұрын
chase stance I thought I was the only one. :O
@koyumisa75286 жыл бұрын
chase stance me too
@moonfarmer16 жыл бұрын
Just arrived buzzed 2
@Nick-ge6ud6 жыл бұрын
Yooo i thought i was the only one lmao
@alexbibo63045 жыл бұрын
chase stance lol😁😂😁😂😁
@99CheeseBalloons8 жыл бұрын
I don't know much about glass....but I know a thing or two about bird law.
@jarrod92348 жыл бұрын
♫ I want to know what love is. I want you to show me... ♪
@mrschris71768 жыл бұрын
well I know a lot about updog
@metal1348 жыл бұрын
It seems like you have a tenuous grasp on the English language in general.
@99CheeseBalloons8 жыл бұрын
metal134 Well, now, to that I plead the fifth, sir.
@metal1348 жыл бұрын
Maxwell Horne And Ill take that into co-operation.
@georgerudawsky10835 жыл бұрын
Fascinating!
@hippyjohn75222 жыл бұрын
I wondered about this most of my life. Never once in bed!😁 I was told quite often that glass is made from sand and didn't doubt it so didn't question it. I would have had to use an encyclopedia with no videos. That's the way I had to do my homework if I bothered to do it at all. Now I know.
@Smashingpumpins9 жыл бұрын
where do they take AALLLL THIS SAND from!??!
@taylorpearcy3199 жыл бұрын
Right?!
@johncgibson47209 жыл бұрын
franlovesmusic It is not the regular sand that you scoop up at the beach. It is formed in specific geological process to be of commercial purity, and only a few places have it. The refining dust is very carcinogenic. Google silica sand mining wisconsin protest . Glass bottles are no less pollutant than plastics.
@rohithmaradapa70279 жыл бұрын
John C G So what do you suggest we have houses and buildings with zero ventilation or do u suggest we leave spaces open ?
@TheBlabla19969 жыл бұрын
franlovesmusic Sahara
@TheBlabla19969 жыл бұрын
franlovesmusic Sahara
@JJvideoman6 жыл бұрын
Discount Mike Rowe lol
@GhettoArabSage4 жыл бұрын
He's the lawyer in Always Sunny
@GhettoArabSage4 жыл бұрын
He's the lawyer in Always Sunny
@Miguelizk00l6 жыл бұрын
This has been a life question
@rocioaguilera36134 жыл бұрын
Amazing. Thanks
@mysticdavestarotmachinesho50934 жыл бұрын
I thought it was zinc that the glass floated on. Nice to know it is tin.
@gionncaomhinmorpheagh47914 жыл бұрын
When Pilkington invented the float-glass process around the middle of the last century, the sheet was originally drawn across a narrow bed of mercury (later replaced by the less dangerous tin), but the company was still producing glass with the Libby-Owens technique, whereby the sheet of glass is drawn upwards continuously through a long ceramic nozzle floating on the surface of the molten glass in what was called a drawing bay. The continuous sheet was then bent over a roller, drawn across the narrow bed of mercury and finally cut off to the required length. The thickness of the glass depended on the drawing speed, with thicker glass being drawn more slowly. The advantage of float-glass is that both surfaces are flat and exactly parallel to each other, Before that, glass made with the Libby-Owens method (and before that with the Foucault method) only had a flat upper surface and the lower surface had to be polished in a further production step, which increased the price somewhat. MsG
@0623kaboom2 жыл бұрын
zinc tin lead water ... depends on the end result ... even silver and gold will work ... the main criteria is that the melted silica does not combine with what it is being floated upon ..
@gregorymcgee1004 жыл бұрын
The more of these kind of videos I see the dumber I realize I am.
@juanfelipe84843 жыл бұрын
The humbler the mind, the wiser you will become
@gregorymcgee1003 жыл бұрын
@@juanfelipe8484 So there's still hope for me?
@juanfelipe84843 жыл бұрын
@@gregorymcgee100 lol of course. But it’s up to your mindset
@0623kaboom2 жыл бұрын
not dumber less knowledgeable ... watch more of them and gain knowledge .. dumb is a state of knowing something about an thing and NOT using that knowledge .. while knowledge or lack of ... is NOT knowing and caring enough to learn about it ... HOW you put the knowledge to use is what creates wisdom ... which is the opposite of being dumb .
@LSniumUwU3 жыл бұрын
Most of take this for granted, but holy that looks like hell, just the whole process.
@onyekwelujeremiah5183 Жыл бұрын
Beautiful
@aryashilpa264 жыл бұрын
November 2019... jst curious hw glass is made
@zeinahmed93274 жыл бұрын
Me too
@krn914 жыл бұрын
jaat jaat I love youuuuu me tooo !!
@aryashilpa264 жыл бұрын
@@krn91 🤣 ohky
@mikemisch79686 жыл бұрын
I've watched many videos on the Science channel and other but none tell where the dark particles of sand ( black and brown) and other impurities go.
@punknhead233 жыл бұрын
Silica sand is used. It is refined and put through many filters before it goes into the process. If something undesirable does not melt down in the process it will be detected with and inspections system during the scoring and braking out process and then discarded. You can see how pure it is in this video of the plant I work in. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h96qbLqBv9iWZ4k.html
@yashutoki61002 жыл бұрын
Literally laying in bed remembering asking myself a few days ago this very question
@ReliableMachine6 жыл бұрын
it is amazing , very cool
@eddie94875 жыл бұрын
Making glass is easy first get sand second get coal and a furnace then smelt the sand in the furnace and boom sand
@powrur5 жыл бұрын
Eddie. Smart man
@eddie94875 жыл бұрын
@@powrur ikr
@thelivingafroo5 жыл бұрын
3:20 BILL NYE ???
@eddie94875 жыл бұрын
Omg my childhood
@naiduvga16122 жыл бұрын
and one of the main reason for our current shortage situation. hallelujah we done it
@oliverholguin544 Жыл бұрын
Fascinating
@blackphillip5646 жыл бұрын
Can you do an episode on how glass is made, please?
@ILordSpawnI9 жыл бұрын
I dont see how glass is economically feasible considering how much heat they need...
@johncgibson47209 жыл бұрын
ILordSpawnI Good observation. What's worse is that the sand is not the regular sand that you scoop up at the beach. It is formed in specific geological process to be of commercial purity, and only a few places have it. The refining dust is very carcinogenic. Google silica sand mining wisconsin protest . Glass bottles are no less pollutant than plastics.
@sassasimp65229 жыл бұрын
ILordSpawnI they mix soda with sand so as to lower the point of heat where glass is supposed to set. This makes the manufacturer's conserve energy.
@gregtheflyingwhale64805 жыл бұрын
its expensive to make... but... if you learned economics, it is cheaper for us because of Economies of Scale
@chelamcguire4 жыл бұрын
I have waited for years to find this out. Fantastic video.
@JustDoinFlorida5 жыл бұрын
Just casually watching this at 4 in the morning like normal people do