Used in the past to produce higher quality glass, this technology was completely outperformed by the float glass process.
The plate glass process was used to produce higher quality glass by the grinding and polishing of both sides, (see Polished Plate) but has now been completely superseded by the float process. Because of the long usage of the term, much currently made Float glass is sometimes still incorrectly referred to as plate glass in specifications.
glass formed into large thin sheets
A large window that is a single solid sheet of glass.
Flat glass whose surface has been ground and polished until it is free of distortion. Most plate glass manufacturing ceased when the float glass process was developed (see float glass).
made the same way as cylinder glass, it was thicker, and was then ground and polished to produce quality glass. Now, rolled plate glass is a fully mechanised process.
Flat glass, usually Â1/4†thick, produced by grinding and polishing to create parallel plane surfaces affording excellent vision. Although the term is still commonly used, most window glass is now made using the float process.
A high-quality sheet of glass used in large windows.
Polished plate glass is a rolled, ground and polished product with true flat parallel plane surfaces affording excellent vision. It has less surface polish than sheet glass and is available in thickness varying from 1/4" to 1-1/4". Now replaced by float glass.
Large, flat sheets of glass created by pouring molten glass onto a large metal plate and then rolling them flat with a metal roller.
Industrial plate glass is sometimes used by glass artists to create unique objects.
Flat glass produced by grinding and polishing to create parallel plane surfaces affording excellent vision. Although the term is still used commonly, most window glass is now produced using the float process. See float glass.
Large smooth sheets of ground and polished glass, 1/16 inch thick or more, which are used for large expanses of glass, where strength and thickness is needed.
Any kind of glass made by the float method. The term is usually applied to glass over 1/8" in thickness.