Systems and methods for automated, sequential processing of a continuous glass ribbon by conveying the glass ribbon in a ribbon travel direction, forming a score line in the glass ribbon, separating a glass sheet from the glass ribbon at the score line while supporting the glass sheet with a transfer device, lowering the glass sheet onto a conveyor, and conveying the glass sheet in a sheet travel direction differing from the ribbon travel direction. By transferring and then conveying the glass sheet in a direction differing from the ribbon travel direction (e.g., a 90 degree turn) immediately after glass sheet separation, the systems and method of the present disclosure are conducive to streamlined production of glass sheets utilizing a unique production floor footprint.

A method includes projecting energy onto an annular edge of a glass substrate. The annular edge includes a first roughness. The first roughness is reduced to a second roughness with the energy. The energy reduces the first roughness without changing a roundness of the annular edge of the glass substrate.

The present invention provides a method for micro-grinding tip-accurately induced brittle fracture forming of a curved mirror surface. The method includes the steps of: grinding a surface of an optical glass material by means of a V-shaped tip of a diamond grinding wheel to form a V-shaped microgroove having a groove micro-tip; setting two supporting points with a distance of L therebetween on one side of the optical glass material where the microgroove is machined, providing a loading pressing head having a horizontal deviation distance of l between a loading point and the groove micro-tip on the other side of the optical glass material, and allowing the loading pressing head to perpendicularly apply a loading force F onto the optical glass material with a loading speed of v, and forming a penetrated smooth curved mirror surface within 0.3 millisecond via the loading point of the loading force F and under induction of the groove micro-tip.

The present invention provides a method for micro-grinding tip-accurately induced brittle fracture forming of a curved mirror surface. The method includes the steps of: grinding a surface of an optical glass material by means of a V-shaped tip of a diamond grinding wheel to form a V-shaped microgroove having a groove micro-tip; setting two supporting points with a distance of L therebetween on one side of the optical glass material where the microgroove is machined, providing a loading pressing head having a horizontal deviation distance of l between a loading point and the groove micro-tip on the other side of the optical glass material, and allowing the loading pressing head to perpendicularly apply a loading force F onto the optical glass material with a loading speed of v, and forming a penetrated smooth curved mirror surface within 0.3 millisecond via the loading point of the loading force F and under induction of the groove micro-tip.

A method is provided for aligning scoring tools and for scoring glass, in particular thin glass, along predetermined scoring lines in preparation for breaking along the score. Glass substrates, in particular thin glass substrates, produced by such method are also provided. The method includes the determination of the actual orientation of the cutting edge of the scoring tool and aligning of the cutting edge to a target orientation of the cutting edge.

The present invention comprises a new glass bottle cutting device generally used for standard sizes bottles, with an adjustable length for up to 19.5-inch bottles. The device consists of a base, an L shaped backstop, rollers (wheels), and a carbide blade. When using it the blade scores the glass bottle so that you can split it into two parts with little effort.

A method for laser processing a transparent workpiece includes forming a contour line that includes defects, by directing a pulsed laser beam output by a beam source through an aspheric optical element positioned offset in a radial direction from the beam pathway and into the transparent workpiece such that the portion of the pulsed laser beam directed into the transparent workpiece generates an induced absorption within the transparent workpiece that produces a defect within the transparent workpiece. The portion of the pulsed laser beam directed into the transparent workpiece includes a wavelength , an effective spot size w.sub.o,eff, and a non-axisymmetric beam cross section having a minimum Rayleigh range Z.sub.Rx,min in an x-direction and a minimum Rayleigh range Z.sub.Ry,min in a y-direction. Further, the smaller of Z.sub.Rx,min and Z.sub.Ry,min is greater than $F_D\frac{w_{0,\mathrm{eff}}^2}{},$
where F.sub.D is a dimensionless divergence factor comprising a value of 10 or greater.

The present disclosure relates to a laser cutting field, and in particular to a laser cutting head for cutting hard, brittle products and a laser cutting device for cutting hard, brittle products. The laser cutting head includes a polarizing element, a binary phase element and a focusing element. The polarizing element, the binary phase element and the focusing element are disposed in sequence. The polarizing element, the binary phase element, and the focusing element are structured and configured together such that a laser light is configured to pass through the polarizing element to form a polarizing laser light that is emitted to the binary phase element, the binary phase element modulating phase of the polarizing laser light. A diffractive laser light is formed in a location of the binary phase element, which is emitted to the focusing element.

An apparatus comprises a stressed glass member and an actuator mounted on the stressed glass member. A power source is coupled to the actuator. An abrasion structure is disposed between the actuator and the stressed glass member. The abrasion structure comprises abrading features in contact with the stressed glass member. The abrading features have a hardness higher than a hardness of the stressed glass member. When energized by the power source, the actuator is configured to induce movement of the abrasion structure that causes the abrading features to create scratches in the stressed glass member to a depth sufficient to initiate fracture of the stressed glass member.

A wheel cutter for cutting a flexible glass substrate and a cutting method thereof are provided and the wheel cutter has a first disk surface and a second disk surface; a circumferential cutting edge formed by the first disk surface and the second disk surface extending outwardly and intersecting each other; a central shaft hole; and a hollow region connected to the central shaft hole; a plurality of recesses distributed on the circumferential cutting edge and communicating with the hollow region; wherein the hollow region is a double cone structure configured to allow cleaning an inside of the wheel cutter.