Fiberglass manufacturing: forming room pt. 2

[@jamesrichardson5584]

Cool to see. I worked in a plant exactly like this one back in the 80's in Wichita Falls, Texas.

[@pacbear6254]

me too, for Owens Corning Fiberglas in Jackson, TN in 1984. I worked the winder level (after scraping binder off of the shoots for a while in the basement), attempting to work my way to the "cush" sliver level but the plant closed down due to union problems...

[@that_dude_rolo]

I worked at the same plant in Wichita Falls, Certainteed. Early 2000's tho for a contact company. Handled alot of the disposal of the throw away glass & the twintex on C team. Closed & gone now tho but part of the plant is still being used today

[@MrToband]

Me too, worked at Certainteed for 14 years, pulled glass in Tank 5 for Bill Crow.

[@jamesrichardson5584]

@@MrToband Bill Crow got me fired after 7 years working there.

[@garylee8132]

This vid is ancient we no longer use gathering shoes like the ones in the video, the applicator, pans, rollers look fragile, the bushings are tiny and only five bushings to a forehearth. It appears the tunnel is small also looks like two channels w a total of 20 wonders in the tunnel. We have two tunnels, each tunnel has 4 channels, 4 forehearths per channel, 7 bushings per channel. Our bushings range from 160lbs-450lbs per hour. But due to pull limits and environmental limits we can only run 98 bushings per tunnel Instead of the 116 it was designed to run. The winders appear to be D&S 330s could be 360s which we run also but the wonders in the vid are running slow conspaired to ours. The furnace must be tiny also.

[@johnsondominic7098]

I am a senior at college, I got a design project to measure few parameters of the glass. I'm kinda confused with the process. What happens before this section?

[@jamesrichardson63]

Yes this facility is useless. Its very small and unproductive. You must work in a golden facility that produces gold plated fiberglass. You are awesome.

[@IEleMenTIx]

The expert has spoken. ;) I'm glad that this video exists, as there are hardly any videos on youtube showing a factory view of glass fibre production and direct sizing. Yes the factory is possibly old and the technology somewhat dated, but who cares. Modern gathering shoes are rollers right?

[@IEleMenTIx]

@@johnsondominic7098 Late answer, but essentially the ingredients of glass are mixed and melted in a furnace above the bushing. The molten glass then flows through the bushing where fibres are formed due to openings within the bushing. The number and iameter of the openings determine the thickness of the formed fibre together with the drawing speed. Then, water is sprayed onto the fibres and a water based sizing is applied. Finally the gathered strand is wound and subsequently dried. There are numerous sources in literature describing the process in much more detail ;)

[@IEleMenTIx]

@@jamesrichardson63 hahah great answer ;)

[@jf6967-p9x]

I wonder what OSHA thinks of that big hole in the floor right next to the operator.

[@coltallman854]

Left a bead out 😊

[@rcdavid58]

Dig the vise grips holding the plant together at the 1:57 mark. Must have been out of duct tape.

[@DimxTech]

David Mullis that is the fins the glass runs through which distributes the heat. they use vice grips for easy removal if the glass floods up and to make quick adjustments.

[@rjlaaksonen]

@@DimxTech exactly right

[@aishwaryasreenivas7233]

Please explain the video it will be perfect

[@ИлёсбекХххх]

Супер

[@prakashgautam933]

This is not a professional seeting I am working already 5 year forming department Malaysia

[@aiadali2451]

sorry We are Jushi The Leaders Of Fiberglass In the World Aiad Ali Jushi Egypt Fiber Forming Production Manager

[@qijknsjivttta9496]

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