Mass production of odd Shaped Glass
Mass production of odd Shaped Glass
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I have been tasked with a very artsy odd shaped glass carafe design with an initial production design of around 3-5k. It outer diameter is 4"s and is about 9" at its widest point with a bend radius of 2.56"s. The carafe will be directly heated by the consumer as well so borosilicate glass will be used. I'm new to glass so I had some questions.
Wiki mentions these two production blow methods: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_container_indus...)
Let me know what you guys think and what direction I should be designing. Obviously I will need to contact an glass container manufacturer at some point but I really wanted to get a small grasp of what was needed/possible before I even contacted them.
Thanks for your time and expertise,
Sean
- Is the quick mock design attached even possible using the blown glass production method or any other method I may not be aware of?
- Would one of the openings need to be removed after the glass is formed in the blow mold?
- Where do I get standards on draft and lip requirements for the glass design? Every blown glass I see has some kind of lip at the opening it seems. Im sure this is used to hold the glass in place as it is blown.
- Is the poring spout pulled from the molten glass post mold? It looks like that is how it is done to me in me most glassware examples I can find on the internet.
- "Scientific Glassblowing" by E. L Wheeler and G. Ross Robertson
- "Scientific and industrial glass blowing and laboratory techniques" by W. E Barr
Wiki mentions these two production blow methods: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_container_indus...)
- Blow and Blow
- Press and Blow
Let me know what you guys think and what direction I should be designing. Obviously I will need to contact an glass container manufacturer at some point but I really wanted to get a small grasp of what was needed/possible before I even contacted them.
Thanks for your time and expertise,
Sean




