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Figure 8: Schematic diagram of a glass-melting furnace, showing (A) a cross section and (B) a longitudinal section.

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In industrial glass: The glass-melting furnace
After a glass batch is mixed in blenders, it is conveyed to the doghouse, a sort of hopper located at the back of the melting chamber of a glass-melting furnace (see Figure 8). The batch is often lightly moistened to…
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