A glass forming body and method of making a glass article using the same. The forming body includes a first weir, a second weir, a trough extending between the first and second weirs in a horizontal direction and below the first and second weirs in a vertical direction, a first inner surface extending between the first weir and the trough, and a second inner surface extending between the second weir and the trough, each of first and second inner surfaces extending along an axis oriented at an angle of greater than 0° relative to the vertical direction.

An apparatus for fusion draw glass manufacture, including: at least one isopipe having at least one weir; and a fluid discharge member in proximity to the at least one weir of the at least one isopipe, the fluid discharge member is in fluid communication with a remote fluid source. Methods of making and using the apparatus are also disclosed.

Alkali-doped boroaluminosilicate glasses are provided. The glasses include the network formers SiO.sub.2, B.sub.2O.sub.3, and Al.sub.2O.sub.3. The glass may, in some embodiments, have a Young's modulus of less than about 65 GPa and/or a coefficient of thermal expansion of less than about 40×10.sup.−7/° C. The glass may be used as a cover glass for electronic devices, a color filter substrate, a thin film transistor substrate, or an outer clad layer for a glass laminate.

Provided is a manufacturing method for a glass article, including: a pre-heating step (S1) of heating a transfer pipe (7); and a transfer step (S4) of causing molten glass to flow through the transfer pipe (7) after the pre-heating step (S1). The transfer pipe (7) includes a main body portion (8) having a tubular shape and a flange portion (9a, 9b) formed on an end portion of the main body portion (8). The main body portion (8) is retained by a refractory (10). In the pre-heating step (S1), the main body portion (8) is heated while the flange portion (9a, 9b) is movably supported so that the flange portion (9a, 9b) is moved in accordance with extension of the main body portion (8).

A glass sheet of the present invention has a content of Li.sub.2O+Na.sub.2O+K.sub.2O of from 0 mol % to less than 1.0 mol % and a content of B.sub.2O.sub.3 of from 0 mol % to less than 2.0 mol % in a glass composition, has a β-OH value of less than 0.20/mm, and has a thermal shrinkage ratio of 20 ppm or less when increased in temperature from normal temperature at a rate of 5° C./min, kept at a temperature of 500° C. for 1 hour, and decreased in temperature at a rate of 5° C./min.

Apparatuses and methods for heating moving continuous glass ribbons at desired lines of separation and/or for separating glass sheets from continuous glass ribbons are disclosed. An apparatus includes a translatable support portion and a heating apparatus coupled to the support portion. The heating apparatus is configured to contact the continuous glass ribbon across at least a portion of a width of the continuous glass ribbon at the desired line of separation as the support portion moves in a draw direction, thereby preferentially applying heat to a first side of the continuous glass ribbon at the desired line of separation as the continuous glass ribbon moves in the draw direction.

The present disclosure relates to glass articles, a method of making the glass articles, and uses of the glass articles. The glass article has a UV-transmittance of more than 90% at 350 nm and at 500 nm and a total amount of Si.sub.2, B.sub.2O.sub.3 and Al.sub.2O.sub.3 of at least 75 mol %. The article is preferably used in the fields of biotechnology, MEMS, CIS, MEMS-like pressure sensor, display, micro array, electronic devices, microfluidics, semiconductor, high precision equipment, camera imaging, display technologies, sensor/semicon, electronic devices, home appliance, diagnostic product, and/or medical device.

An ultrathin glass article has a thickness of less than or equal to 0.5 mm. The glass has a low TTV and a large threshold diffusivity. The glass has a working point T.sub.4 of more than 1100° C. and a linear thermal expansion coefficient CTE of more than 6*10-6/° C. in the temperature range between 25° C. and 300° C. A method for producing the article as well as the use of the article is also provided. The glass article can be chemically strengthened and forms surface compressive stress layers on surfaces and center tension layer in the center. The toughened ultrathin glass sheet is more flexible and has extraordinary thermal shock resistance which makes it easier to handle for processing.

An apparatus can include a wedge including a pair of inclined surface portions converging along a downstream direction to form a root of the wedge. The apparatus can further include an edge director intersecting with at least one of the pair of inclined surface portions. The edge director can include an interior cavity. In some embodiments, the apparatus can further include a heating device positioned within the interior cavity, wherein the heating device can include a plurality of heating segments. In further embodiments, the apparatus can further include a plurality of coils of wire positioned within the interior cavity, wherein each of the plurality of coils of wire can include windings that may be wound about a corresponding linear coil axis that extends in the downstream direction.

Provided is a glass substrate having low chargeability. A glass substrate contains, as a glass composition in terms of % by mass, 1.7 to less than 9% B.sub.2O.sub.3, 0.01% or less Li.sub.2O, 0.001 to 0.03% Na.sub.2O, 0.0001 to 0.007% K.sub.2O, 0.0011 to 0.035% Na.sub.2O+K.sub.2O, and more than 0 to 0.4% SnO.sub.2.