Glossary
- glass annealing furnace A furnace, generally electrically heated, with a control system capable of following a cam by which the temperature can be made to go through a definite cycle over a period of days, or even weeks, if the glass is massive. Glass has a softening...
- annealing The process of heating and slowly cooling a solid material, like glass or metal, to stabilize its thermal, electrical or optical properties or, as in semiconductor materials, to reverse lattice damage resulting from ion implantation of dopants.
- annealing furnace An oven or furnace that possesses the design requirements and heat control necessary to anneal glass for the optical industry.
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