Article | REF: N4401 V1

Cutting soda-lime silicate glass

Author: Yves PETIT

Publication date: November 10, 2012

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5. Cutting methods

5.1 Automatic cutting with thumbwheel

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5.1.1 Cutting monolithic glass

This is the most widely used cutting method. It is used for soda-lime silicate glass in thicknesses from 2 to 19 mm.

Until 1950, the operator, known as the "cutter", worked on a fixed table covered with a felt mat. He scribed with a diamond wheel mounted on a hand-held tool holder, while manual breaking was carried out with a ruler.

In the 1960s, the fixed table became a tilting table, equipped with...

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