Glass Bottle Production Process
Creating glass bottles can be accomplished through one of two different processes, the blow molding process or the pressing and blow molding process. Each process is chosen based on the type of glass bottle being made. All glass bottles start with raw materials . Silica (sand), soda ash, limestone and crushed glass (recycled glass that can be used in a furnace) are mixed into a specific mixture depending on the desired properties of the bottle. The mixture is then melted in a furnace at high temperatures until it becomes a molten material, ready to be formed. Glass Forming Method Molten glass droplets are cut by precisely timed blades to ensure that each glass droplet is of equal weight before it enters the forming machine. The weight of the droplets is important to the forming process of each glass container being manufactured. Molded glass is made by gravity feeding the molten glass droplets into the molding machine where pressure forms the neck and basic shape of...