Liquid glass is poured over a bath of liquid tin where it floats on top, gradually cooling until it can be lifted off, annealed to prevent cracking, cut and packaged.

Also, this all has to be done without oxygen, because tin dioxide will stick to glass

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    1 year ago

    Do they operate on a similar (or identical) principle as the machines which make braided rope?