A method for manufacturing glass long fiber using recovered glass fiber, capable of manufacturing glass long fiber in which a recycle rate is increased, increase of a liquid phase temperature of molten glass and narrowing of an operating temperature range of the molten glass are suppressed, and a spinning temperature is low. The method includes a glass melting step of melting a glass raw material containing glass fiber recovered from a glass fiber-reinforced resin molded product, and a glass fiber mineral material to obtain molten glass; and a spinning step of spinning the molten glass to obtain glass long fiber, and a content of the recovered glass fiber in the glass raw material is in the range of 11 to 75% by mass, and differences in the contents of SiO.sub.2, Al.sub.2O.sub.3, B.sub.2O.sub.3, and CaO between the glass fiber mineral material and the recovered glass fiber satisfy a prescribed relationship.

A method for manufacturing glass long fiber using recovered glass fiber, capable of manufacturing glass long fiber in which a recycle rate is increased, increase of a liquid phase temperature of molten glass and narrowing of an operating temperature range of the molten glass are suppressed, and a spinning temperature is low. The method includes a glass melting step of melting a glass raw material containing glass fiber recovered from a glass fiber-reinforced resin molded product, and a glass fiber mineral material to obtain molten glass; and a spinning step of spinning the molten glass to obtain glass long fiber, and a content of the recovered glass fiber in the glass raw material is in the range of 11 to 75% by mass, and differences in the contents of SiO.sub.2, Al.sub.2O.sub.3, B.sub.2O.sub.3, and CaO between the glass fiber mineral material and the recovered glass fiber satisfy a prescribed relationship.

A method for manufacturing glass long fiber using recovered glass fiber, capable of manufacturing glass long fiber in which a recycle rate is increased, increase of a liquid phase temperature of molten glass and narrowing of an operating temperature range of the molten glass are suppressed, and a spinning temperature is low. The method includes a glass melting step of melting a glass raw material containing glass fiber recovered from a glass fiber-reinforced resin molded product, and a glass fiber mineral material to obtain molten glass; and a spinning step of spinning the molten glass to obtain glass long fiber, and a content of the recovered glass fiber in the glass raw material is in the range of 11 to 75% by mass, and differences in the contents of SiO.sub.2, Al.sub.2O.sub.3, B.sub.2O.sub.3, and CaO between the glass fiber mineral material and the recovered glass fiber satisfy a prescribed relationship.

A method for manufacturing glass long fiber using recovered glass fiber, capable of manufacturing glass long fiber in which a recycle rate is increased, increase of a liquid phase temperature of molten glass and narrowing of an operating temperature range of the molten glass are suppressed, and a spinning temperature is low. The method includes a glass melting step of melting a glass raw material containing glass fiber recovered from a glass fiber-reinforced resin molded product, and a glass fiber mineral material to obtain molten glass; and a spinning step of spinning the molten glass to obtain glass long fiber, and a content of the recovered glass fiber in the glass raw material is in the range of 11 to 75% by mass, and differences in the contents of SiO.sub.2, Al.sub.2O.sub.3, B.sub.2O.sub.3, and CaO between the glass fiber mineral material and the recovered glass fiber satisfy a prescribed relationship.

A mineral fiber forming device including: a centrifuge configured to rotate about a rotation axis, the centrifuge including an annular wall pierced by a plurality of orifices, the axis of symmetry of the annular wall being the rotation axis; a first annular inductor configured to heat a top part of the annular wall; a second annular inductor configured to heat a bottom part of the annular wall. The device makes it possible to increase its energy efficiency and very greatly reduce, even cancel altogether, its carbon dioxide emission level.

A mineral fiber forming device including: a centrifuge configured to rotate about a rotation axis, the centrifuge including an annular wall pierced by a plurality of orifices, the axis of symmetry of the annular wall being the rotation axis; a first annular inductor configured to heat a top part of the annular wall; a second annular inductor configured to heat a bottom part of the annular wall. The device makes it possible to increase its energy efficiency and very greatly reduce, even cancel altogether, its carbon dioxide emission level.

The invention relates to a fiberglass material manufacture method and facility, were in molten glass is converted into fiberglass material via the steps of spinning, drawing, sizing, and collecting, followed by a step of producing a resulting fiberglass material that is then subjected to thermal desizing. The fumes from the melting furnace are used to preheat a combustion reagent from the melting furnace in two steps: a first step in which air is heated via heat exchange with the fumes, and a second step in which the combustion reagent is preheated via heat exchange with the hot air, the air then being used in the step of desizing the fiberglass material.

The invention relates to a fiberglass material manufacture method and facility, were in molten glass is converted into fiberglass material via the steps of spinning, drawing, sizing, and collecting, followed by a step of producing a resulting fiberglass material that is then subjected to thermal desizing. The fumes from the melting furnace are used to preheat a combustion reagent from the melting furnace in two steps: a first step in which air is heated via heat exchange with the fumes, and a second step in which the combustion reagent is preheated via heat exchange with the hot air, the air then being used in the step of desizing the fiberglass material.

Methods, systems and apparatus for producing continuous basalt fibers, microfibers, and microspheres from high temperature melts are disclosed. A cold crucible induction furnace is used to super heat crushed basalt rock to form a melt. The melt is cooled prior to forming a fiber. The fiber produced from the superheated melt possesses superior properties not found with conventional basalt fibers produced in gas furnaces. In some implementations, the superheated melt is spun into continuous basalt fibers. In some implementations, the superheated melt is blown into microfibers and microspheres.

One subject of the invention is a process for manufacturing a glass, the chemical composition of which comprises at least 3% by weight of iron oxide, expressed in the form Fe.sub.2O.sub.3, comprising a step of electric melting, using electrodes submerged in the molten glass, of a vitrifiable batch material mixture containing at least one manganese carrier wherein the manganese is in an oxidation state higher than +2.