The invention relates to a tip plate for a bushing for receiving a high temperature melt, which tip plate comprises several sections of different type, while the invention further includes a corresponding bushing to produce glass fibres.

The invention relates to a tip plate for a bushing for receiving a high temperature melt, which tip plate comprises several sections of different type, while the invention further includes a corresponding bushing to produce glass fibres.

A nozzle tip for producing glass fibers has a pair of long-side walls and a pair of short-side walls, each of the long-side walls and the short-side walls containing platinum or a platinum alloy, and a nozzle orifice for discharging the glass melt, the nozzle orifice being formed by the long-side walls and the short-side walls. The nozzle orifice has a flat hole shape in horizontal cross-section. Each of the long-side walls has a cut-out on a discharge side of the glass melt, a width of the cut-out being 10-55% of a length of a longitudinal center axis of the flat hole shape of the nozzle orifice. The pair of long-side walls has a symmetrical shape about the center axis of the nozzle orifice. This nozzle tip makes it possible to efficiently produce glass fibers having a desired cross-sectional shape.

The present invention relates to a bushing for producing glass fibers, including: a base plate; and multiple nozzles from which molten glass is discharged, in which a nozzle group formed with the alignment of the multiple nozzles is joined to the base plate. In the present invention, a coating layer made of ceramics is formed on each of the nozzles forming at least a row of the outermost layer of the nozzle group. The coating layer does not cover the entire nozzle, that is, the nozzle is covered so as to be in a state of no coating layer in the vicinity of the nozzle tip. The present invention is a bushing plate for producing glass fibers, with which the occurrence of irregular phenomena is suppressed and a uniform glass flow can be obtained stably over a long period of time.

The present invention relates to a bushing for producing glass fibers, including: a base plate; and multiple nozzles from which molten glass is discharged, in which a nozzle group formed with the alignment of the multiple nozzles is joined to the base plate. In the present invention, a coating layer made of ceramics is formed on each of the nozzles forming at least a row of the outermost layer of the nozzle group. The coating layer does not cover the entire nozzle, that is, the nozzle is covered so as to be in a state of no coating layer in the vicinity of the nozzle tip. The present invention is a bushing plate for producing glass fibers, with which the occurrence of irregular phenomena is suppressed and a uniform glass flow can be obtained stably over a long period of time.

A spinner for use in manufacturing glass fibers includes a body having an upper wall with an opening therethrough, a lower wall, and a side wall extending between the upper wall and the lower wall. The side wall comprises a plurality of orifices, and the body comprises a metal alloy material and is formed using a localized welding method, such as a directed energy deposition (DED) method.

A spinner for use in manufacturing glass fibers includes a body having an upper wall with an opening therethrough, a lower wall, and a side wall extending between the upper wall and the lower wall. The side wall comprises a plurality of orifices, and the body comprises a metal alloy material and is formed using a localized welding method, such as a directed energy deposition (DED) method.

A bushing for producing glass fibers, including: a base plate; and multiple nozzles from which molten glass is discharged, in which a nozzle group formed with the alignment of the multiple nozzles is joined to the base plate. A coating layer made of ceramics is formed on each of the nozzles forming at least a row of the outermost layer of the nozzle group, but the coating layer does not cover the entire nozzle, that is, the nozzle is covered so as to be in a state of no coating layer in the vicinity of the nozzle tip.

A bushing for producing glass fibers, including: a base plate; and multiple nozzles from which molten glass is discharged, in which a nozzle group formed with the alignment of the multiple nozzles is joined to the base plate. A coating layer made of ceramics is formed on each of the nozzles forming at least a row of the outermost layer of the nozzle group, but the coating layer does not cover the entire nozzle, that is, the nozzle is covered so as to be in a state of no coating layer in the vicinity of the nozzle tip.

A glass fiber according to the present invention is suitable for preventing filament breakage and suitable for being stably produced for a long term, and has a β-OH value of 0.02 mm.sup.−1 or more and less than 0.55 mm.sup.−1. The preferred content of SO.sub.3 is more than 0 ppm and 70 ppm or less on a mass basis. The glass fiber is preferably substantially free of As and Sb. SO.sub.3 can be supplied to a glass raw material as, for example, a sulfuric acid salt of an alkali metal or an alkaline-earth metal.