Vertical crucible pulling method for producing a glass body having a high silicic-acid component
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Dec 12, 2014
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The present invention refers to a method for producing a glass body with high silicic-acid content by drawing a softened glass mass from an elongated, substantially cylindrical crucible in that SiO2 granules are supplied from above into the crucible, the SiO2 granules are heated to a softening temperature, so that the softened glass mass which comprises a melt surface is formed, the softened glass mass is drawn off via a bottom opening of the crucible so as to form a glass strand, and the glass strand is cut to length to obtain the glass body, wherein due to the supply of the SiO2 granules a bulk heap is formed that covers the melt surface in part while leaving a melt edge, and wherein the melt surface is optically detected. To improve the fusion behavior of the granules and to suppress or altogether prevent the formation of a sinter crust, it is suggested according to the invention that during the optical detection of the melt surface the width of at least a sub-section of the melt edge is determined consecutively and is set to a value within a target width range through the supply rate of the SiO2 granules.
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