Manufacturing Process of Foam Glass
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Manufacturing Process of Foam Glass.

The manufacturing process of foam glass mainly includes three parts: 

1. Preparation of foam glass mixture;

2. Molding of the powder body; 

3. Preheating, sintering, foaming, stabilizing bubbles, and annealing.

  Preheating

The purpose of preheating is to remove any chemically bonded water, adsorbed water, and free water present in the mixture; as the powder body has poor thermal conductivity, directly heating sintering at high temperatures can cause surface carbon to oxidize, leading to uneven foaming. Therefore, a temperature within the range of 350-400 degrees is typically selected for preheating to eliminate various moisture in the body. The preheat temperature used in this experiment is 400 degrees.

  Sintering and Foaming

The preheated body is quickly heated to the predetermined sintering temperature and held for a certain time. By rapidly increasing the temperature, the foaming agent decomposes, and the gas produced by the foaming agent gets trapped in the softened body without escaping, resulting in a significant amount of gas phase. The heating rate during the sintering process is generally selected at 8-10 degrees/min.

  Annealing

After foaming, the samples are rapidly cooled to the desired annealing temperature at a fast cooling rate, generally 15-20 degrees/min. Rapid cooling fixes the generated porosity structure within the material to form a porous structure. As the samples experience stress during rapid cooling, it is necessary to hold the samples at temperature for a period to eliminate stress; after annealing, the furnace power is turned off and the samples are allowed to cool to room temperature naturally.


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Manufacturing Process of Foam Glass
Manufacturing Process of Foam Glass
Manufacturing Process of Foam Glass.The manufacturing process of foam glass mainly includes three parts: 1. Preparation of foam glass mixture;2. Molding of the powder body; 3. Preheating, sintering, foaming, stabilizing bubbles, and annealing. ★ PreheatingThe purpose of preheating is to remove any chemically bonded water, adsorbed water, and free water present in the mixture; as the powder body has poor thermal conductivity, directly heating sintering at high temperatures can cause surface carbon to oxidize, leading to uneven foaming. Therefore, a temperature within the range of 350-400 degrees is typically selected for preheating to eliminate various moisture in the body. The preheat temperature used in this experiment is 400 degrees. ★ Sintering and FoamingThe preheated body is quickly heated to the predetermined sintering temperature and held for a certain time. By rapidly increasing the temperature, the foaming agent decomposes, and the gas produced by the foaming agent gets trapped in the softened body without escaping, resulting in a significant amount of gas phase. The heating rate during the sintering process is generally selected at 8-10 degrees/min. ★ AnnealingAfter foaming, the samples are rapidly cooled to the desired annealing temperature at a fast cooling rate, generally 15-20 degrees/min. Rapid cooling fixes the generated porosity structure within the material to form a porous structure. As the samples experience stress during rapid cooling, it is necessary to hold the samples at temperature for a period to eliminate stress; after annealing, the furnace power is turned off and the samples are allowed to cool to room temperature naturally.
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