As a result of various memory failures, I've done a bit of
searching on the annealing of float glass.
There are now various compositions of float glass and with different
coatings for various applications.
This leads to a variety of annealing points for
Pilkington float glasses. The search led to various hard to find documents, which
indicate a range of annealing temperatures between 548°C and 559°C. This is not
a huge range, so anywhere between 548°C and 560°C can be taken as the annealing
point. Pilkington indicate that optifloat has an annealing point of 548°C
The strain point seems to be mostly between 525°C
and 530°C for all the varieties. This indicates the temperature
equalisation soak should not be less than 535°C.
The conclusion seems to be that annealing should have a
temperature equalisation soak between 550°C and 535°C. It will not matter much where
you choose, but remember that the closer to the strain point you do the
temperature equalisation, the longer the soak should be. The length of soak at 535°C can be determined by use of the Bullseye chart for Annealing Thick Slabs. This gives the times and rates for the anneal cooling of glass by thickness. The temperatures need to be changed, but otherwise the information can be applied.
The softening point seems to be 725°C for all the
glasses. This is a good low temperature for slumping.
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