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rolled glass

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rolled glass [′rōld ′glas]
(materials)
Thick flat glass made by passing a roller over the molten glass.

rolled glass
A flat glass sheet produced by passing a stream of molten glass between two steel rollers; usually in widths up to 12 ft (3.66 m) and thicknesses from 1/8 to 1. in. (3.2 to 31.8 mm). Embossed rollers are used to produce patterned surfaces.


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Figure rolled glass results when the plate is cast between two rollers, one of which carries a pattern.
The company's manufacturing facilities in St Helens, covering float glass manufacture at Greengate and Cowley Hill, rolled glass at Watson Street and other glass processing and sales facilities, will not be affected.
The remainder will consist of low quality float glass produced in China and Russia (which, with the exception of output from foreign-based joint ventures, is not considered competitive in international markets), as well as sheet glass and rolled glass.
 
 
 
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