floatglass.mp4

An 180-ton furnace...a production line capable of producing 700 tons of glass everyday for ten years...furnaces heating to 1600 degrees centigrade (funny Europeans)...the scale of this float glass factory is stunning.

There are so many mind-blowing images in this video..

• the heating at 3:25
• the giant flames at 3:35
• the view into the tin bath at 4:30
• the mass scoring at 6:10
• the massive warehouse at 7:10

I really want to go to a glass factory. I'm just saying.

Thanks to Pilkington for showing us this glimpse into their factory.