The present invention relates to a glass frit including: lithium (Li); an element M; phosphorus (P); oxygen (O); and at least one element of boron (B) and silicon (Si), in which the element M includes at least one element selected from the group composed of zirconium (Zr), hafnium (Hf), tin (Sn), samarium (Sm), niobium (Nb), tantalum (Ta), tungsten (W), and molybdenum (Mo), and the glass frit contains a seed crystal.

Methods of forming a glass-ceramic article, the method are provided. Embodiments of the method may include initially nucleating a precursor glass composition at a first nucleation temperature and maintaining the first nucleation temperature for a pre-nucleating time period to produce a pre-nucleated crystallizable glass composition, wherein the pre-nucleated crystallizable glass composition comprises 5 wt % to 20 wt % crystalline phase ASTM C1365-18, forming the pre-nucleated crystallizable glass composition into an initial 3D shape; further nucleating the initial 3D shape for a nucleating time period to a second nucleation temperature to produce a nucleated crystallizable glass composition; and ceramming the nucleated crystallizable glass composition to a crystallization temperature and maintaining the ceramming temperature for a crystallization time period to produce the glass-ceramic article. The glass-ceramic article may have a final 3D shape is within 0.1 mm of the original design specifications.

A method for forming a glass frit for additive manufacturing includes providing a mixture having at least one silicon (Si) compound, at least one calcium (Ca) compound, and at least one zirconium (Zr) compound; melting the mixture at a temperature of at least 1400 C.; cooling the mixture to room temperature to obtain the glass frit including at least 50 wt. % SiO.sub.2, at least 30 wt. % CaO, and at least 10 wt. % ZrO.sub.2.

A bulk material handling system includes a majors material handling system including bulk material storage modules and bulk material dispensing modules. The dispensing modules include bulk material dosing assemblies and docking assemblies. A bulk material handling method includes conveying bulk material from a mobile bulk material container into a stationary bulk material container at a glass manufacturing facility via dense phase pneumatic conveying.

Methods of forming a glass-ceramic article, the method are provided. Embodiments of the method may include initially nucleating a precursor glass composition at a first nucleation temperature and maintaining the first nucleation temperature for a pre-nucleating time period to produce a pre-nucleated crystallizable glass composition, wherein the pre-nucleated crystallizable glass composition comprises 5 wt % to 20 wt % crystalline phase ASTM C1365-18, forming the pre-nucleated crystallizable glass composition into an initial 3D shape; further nucleating the initial 3D shape for a nucleating time period to a second nucleation temperature to produce a nucleated crystallizable glass composition; and ceramming the nucleated crystallizable glass composition to a crystallization temperature and maintaining the ceramming temperature for a crystallization time period to produce the glass-ceramic article. The glass-ceramic article may have a final 3D shape is within 0.1 mm of the original design specifications.

A bulk material handling method includes conveying bulk material directly from a mobile bulk material container into a stationary bulk material container at a glass manufacturing facility. The conveying of the bulk material is performed via dense-phase pneumatic conveying and/or after non-human verification that the type of bulk material contained in the mobile bulk material container is the same type intended to be stored in the stationary bulk material container.

Methods and apparatuses recycle glass from used solar modules. Particular embodiments combine optical interrogation such as X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) with computer-controlled dispensing, in order to obtain refined glass having substantially uniform properties. Such glass properties can include but are not limited to one or more of: elemental content (e.g., Iron), optical transmittance, physical resilience (e.g., resistance to weather damage), and texturee.g., to assist in forming an anti-reflective coating (ARC) and/or encapsulant adhesion. Such optical interrogation is combined with computer-controlled dispensing that regulates the release of glass material through a gate, until one or more specific criterion are met.

Methods and apparatuses recycle glass from used solar modules. Particular embodiments combine optical interrogation such as X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) with computer-controlled dispensing, in order to obtain refined glass having substantially uniform properties. Such glass properties can include but are not limited to one or more of: elemental content (e.g., Iron), optical transmittance, physical resilience (e.g., resistance to weather damage), and texturee.g., to assist in forming an anti-reflective coating (ARC) and/or encapsulant adhesion. Such optical interrogation is combined with computer-controlled dispensing that regulates the release of glass material through a gate, until one or more specific criterion are met.

There is disclosed an antibacterial glass composition, a preparing method of an antibacterial glass coating film using the same and an electric home appliance including the same. The antibacterial glass composition according to the present disclosure and the antibacterial glass coating film using the same are applied to an electric home appliance, thereby exhibiting excellent antibacterial properties and heavy metal elution safety, and exhibiting excellent transmittance (70% or more) when applied to a transparent glass substrate.

There is disclosed an antibacterial glass composition, a preparing method of an antibacterial glass coating film using the same and an electric home appliance including the same. The antibacterial glass composition according to the present disclosure and the antibacterial glass coating film using the same are applied to an electric home appliance, thereby exhibiting excellent antibacterial properties and heavy metal elution safety, and exhibiting excellent transmittance (70% or more) when applied to a transparent glass substrate.