Approaches and methodologies for process development of thin glass forming

Paul-Alexander Vogel; Anh-Tuan Vu; Hendrik Mende; Tim Grunwald; Thomas Bergs; Robert Heinrich Schmitt

doi:10.1117/12.2536431

15 November 2019 Approaches and methodologies for process development of thin glass forming

Paul-Alexander Vogel, Anh-Tuan Vu, Hendrik Mende, Tim Grunwald, Thomas Bergs, Robert Heinrich Schmitt

Proceedings Volume 11175, Optifab 2019; 111751V (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2536431
Event: SPIE Optifab, 2019, Rochester, New York, United States

Abstract

The steadily growing thin glass market is driven by a vast amount of applications among which automobile interiors and consumer electronics are, such as 3D glass covers for displays, center consoles, speakers, etc. or as part of optics within head up-displays. Today, glass manufacturers are suffering from challenges brought about by the increases of shape complexity, accuracy and product variants while simultaneously reducing costs. The direct manufacturing method via grinding and polishing is no longer suitable because of its limited machinability for thin glasses in respect to fracture and its cost insufficiency due to the length of the process chain. Instead, replication-based technologies or thin glass forming become promising manufacturing methods to overcome the aforementioned technical and economic challenges. For instance, thermal slumping is only able to satisfy the most basic requirements and is in particular limited regarding the deformation degree and shape complexity of thin glass products. Technologies such as vacuum-assisted slumping or deep drawing are currently in development at the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT and promise additional cost benefits. This paper introduces all potential process variants for thin glass forming. The suitability of different methods for process development, specifically process modeling based on either experimental-, simulation- or machine learning approaches (white box and black box models), will be addressed and discussed. Furthermore, process efficiency is examined on both an economic and technical level, where molding time, suitable geometries and accuracy are the focus. The methodologies presented in this paper aim at developing a guideline for glass manufacturers on determining the optimal strategy for the process development of thin glass production.

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Paul-Alexander Vogel, Anh-Tuan Vu, Hendrik Mende, Tim Grunwald, Thomas Bergs, and Robert Heinrich Schmitt "Approaches and methodologies for process development of thin glass forming", Proc. SPIE 11175, Optifab 2019, 111751V (15 November 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2536431

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