The invention relates to a method of automatic mass production of glass containers with texture which comprises producing a mold including a texture of non-parametric three-dimensional motifs (5) by means of protuberances, with said motifs being irregular, non-geometric, and non-figurative and being irregularly distributed; manufacturing glass containers with non-parametric texture bas-relief motifs covering and concealing potential aesthetic manufacturing defects by means of an automatic process of molten glass compression and/or blow molding; automatically detecting and rejecting the containers having manufacturing dimensional and/or safety defects.

The invention relates to a method of automatic mass production of glass containers with texture which comprises producing a mold including a texture of non-parametric three-dimensional motifs (5) by means of protuberances, with said motifs being irregular, non-geometric, and non-figurative and being irregularly distributed; manufacturing glass containers with non-parametric texture bas-relief motifs covering and concealing potential aesthetic manufacturing defects by means of an automatic process of molten glass compression and/or blow molding; automatically detecting and rejecting the containers having manufacturing dimensional and/or safety defects.

Methods and systems for controlling vertical glass distribution are provided. A traversing pyrometer periodically measures a parison actual temperature after the parisons exit a blank mold. The thermal camera takes a thermal image of each glass container after the glass container exits the blow mold. A vertical glass signature extraction module extracts a vertical glass distribution signature. A parison temperature estimator determines a parison estimated temperature for each vertical glass distribution signature obtained based on the vertical glass distribution signature, a most recently measured parison actual temperature and a parison stretch time. A parison temperature summer compares the parison estimated temperature to a parison set point temperature to determine a parison temperature error. A parison temperature control controls a blank mold contact time based on the parison temperature error.

Methods and systems for controlling vertical glass distribution are provided. A traversing pyrometer periodically measures a parison actual temperature after the parisons exit a blank mold. The thermal camera takes a thermal image of each glass container after the glass container exits the blow mold. A vertical glass signature extraction module extracts a vertical glass distribution signature. A parison temperature estimator determines a parison estimated temperature for each vertical glass distribution signature obtained based on the vertical glass distribution signature, a most recently measured parison actual temperature and a parison stretch time. A parison temperature summer compares the parison estimated temperature to a parison set point temperature to determine a parison temperature error. A parison temperature control controls a blank mold contact time based on the parison temperature error.

The present invention relates to a method and system for determining the manufacture of a glass container with its mold number. The method consists of marking the molds according to a system of pre-established coordinates based on a Fibonacci system or sinusoidal system, for identifying a mold number with the container that has been formed in that mould. Control means are programmed with the sinusoidal or Fibonacci coordinate system according to various coordinate points of each mold. The containers are formed with a bead or protuberance located at the bottom of each container according to the pre-established coordinate system. The recently formed containers are transported on a conveyor belt. Optical means are used to inspect the containers to identify, by means of the position of the bead or protuberance, the mold number related to the container.

Device for forming a glass article, including a forming mold for receiving a glass blank, and a gas injection device with a blowing head intended to be received in the mouth of the blank, the gas injection device including a pressurized gas inlet, a first injection channel connecting the pressurized gas inlet to at least one outlet port opening into the inside cavity, through a first control solenoid valve, with a first pressure sensor and a first temperature sensor, a vent channel connecting the inside cavity to the outside air, the vent channel being equipped with a second pressure sensor and a second temperature sensor, an electro-pneumatic control unit being configured to control the first control solenoid valve according to the pressure measurements and temperature measurements.

Device for forming a glass article, including a forming mold for receiving a glass blank, and a gas injection device with a blowing head intended to be received in the mouth of the blank, the gas injection device including a pressurized gas inlet, a first injection channel connecting the pressurized gas inlet to at least one outlet port opening into the inside cavity, through a first control solenoid valve, with a first pressure sensor and a first temperature sensor, a vent channel connecting the inside cavity to the outside air, the vent channel being equipped with a second pressure sensor and a second temperature sensor, an electro-pneumatic control unit being configured to control the first control solenoid valve according to the pressure measurements and temperature measurements.

The present invention relates to a method and system for determining the manufacture of a glass container with its mold number. The method consists of marking the molds according to a system of pre-established coordinates based on a Fibonacci system or sinusoidal system, for identifying a mold number with the container that has been formed in that mould. Control means are programmed with the sinusoidal or Fibonacci coordinate system according to various coordinate points of each mold. The containers are formed with a bead or protuberance located at the bottom of each container according to the pre-established coordinate system. The recently formed containers are transported on a conveyor belt. Optical means are used to inspect the containers to identify, by means of the position of the bead or protuberance, the mold number related to the container.

The present disclosure discloses a glass assembly, for forming an electrochemical sensor, comprising a glass immersion tube, a glass membrane connected to a distal end of the immersion tube, wherein the glass which forms the immersion tube contains no lead, no lead compound, no lithium, and no lithium compound.

An apparatus for the automated production of glass assemblies comprises: a turning machine with at least two spindles which are rotatable about a common axis of rotation and which each have a workpiece holder, wherein the workpiece holders are arranged opposite one another; one or more gas burners or lasers fixed on a first tool carriage which is movable in parallel and/or perpendicularly to the axis of rotation; one or more drives for driving a rotational movement of the spindles and a movement of the first tool carriage; a pressure module including a pump device at least one working cylinder for applying a pressure to an inner tube and/or to a space between the inner tube and an outer tube; and a control unit configured to control the burners or lasers, one or more drives, the first tool carriage and the pressure module.