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Glass Manufacturing Introduction

Nov. 13th, 2008 Corning Display Technologies

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Process Overview Melting process Forming process Finishing process Packaging

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Glass Manufacturing Process Overview

Melting
Raw Materials Melting

Forming
Forming

Finishing
Cutting

Beveling and Washing

Inspection

Packing

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Raw Materials & Melting

Mixing Raw materials Quality Control

Melting

Glass composition is mixed before the melting process Stirring mixes the glass thermally and compositionally

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Fusion Overflow Forming

Forming Fusion) QC Packaging Inspection

Surfaces formed in air

Pristine surface - requires no polishing

Tight thickness tolerance

Thickness depends on drawing speed

Uniformity in large sizes

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Fusion Overflow Forming

Invented by Corning in 1960 s. Our proprietary fusion
technology is scalable to produce large-Gen substrates

Fusion draw width is increased

to allow large substrates to be formed
Gen8

No inherent limit in fusion

forming process

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Float Process
First developed by Pilkington in Late 1959 Molten glass formed on a tin bath. Float glass requires polishing to achieve thin thickness & uniformity.
Glass

Melting

Fining

Tin bath

Annealing

SCRIBE BREAK CHAMFER

FINAL INSPECTION ONE STEP POLISHING 2nd IN-PROCESS INSPECTION

1st IN-LINE INSPECTION

In line cleaning

In-line or batch cleaning

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Float Process
Over 90% of the world sheet glass is produced using this process. s The glass and the tin do not mix because the glass is highly viscous and the tin is very fluid. This allows for the surface between the two materials to be extremely flat. The typical thickness of glass is 2mm to 19mm.

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Finishing Process
Washing US wash Brush wash Orientation Cut/ Corner Cut

Cutting/Venting

Auto Inspection System

Packing

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Packaging Gen 5 & below

PP case L-supporter

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Innovative Packaging for Larger Substrates

DensePakTM systems safely transport & store up to 25 times more substrates per case.

DensePak Standard Packaging up20 units / casecase to 500 units /

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Packaging Gen5 ~ Gen6 DensePak

~ 500 pieces of Gen 5 glass, sheet count depending on floor load limitation Non-adhesive film on both sides Interleave paper in between.

Fully Assembled (Ready to Ship)

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Packaging Gen7.5 DensePak_ Shutter type

Cover integrated to main frame, operated manually or by automation Retainer is attached to main frame, removed manually and stored

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Thank you for your time! Any Questions?!

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