GETTING WOOL WITHOUT SHEEP
CAN NOW BE MADE FROM GLASS Glass is made into wool by a process developed by a Swedish manufacturer. Melted glass flows down upon a disc which rotates with great velocity. By action of the centrifugal force, the glass is disintegrated into a mass of extremely fine threads. A current of air is blown downward around the edge of the rotating disc, carrying the formed glass wool down upon a cutter and transporting apparatus, by means of which the product is continuously carried away for further working. The fineness of the glass threads can be controlled within certain limits by regulating the temperature of the melted glass and the amount, of glass fed upon the rotating disc a unit of time.
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Taranaki Daily News, 15 July 1935, Page 12
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125GETTING WOOL WITHOUT SHEEP Taranaki Daily News, 15 July 1935, Page 12
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