GMT2 8.4m Mirror Casting Web Index

Approximate schedule of glass melting:
Friday, January 13, 2012
  22:00 MST  Furnace starts turning  (750 C)
  23:00 MST  Furnace rotating at 4.8 RPM (762 C)
Saturday, January 14, 2012
  02:00 MST  Noticeable glass softening (810 C)
  04:30 MST  Glass blocks slumping (850 C)
  07:00 MST  Glass melting        (900 C)
  12:30 MST  Smoothing of glass surface (980 C)
  17:00 MST  Glass clear          (1070 C)
  20:40 MST  Maximum Temeperature (1165 C)
Sunday, January 15, 2012
  00:50 MST  Start cooling        (1165 C)
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