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The Evolution of Glass Moulding: A History of Glass Manufacturing

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Glass is everywhere around us. In the windows we look out of, the phone screens we tap away at, and even resting on the end of our nose helping us to read. But how did glass become so popular, and what were the origins of this substance? Let’s find out. When, Where and How Was…

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How Glass is Made: A Guide to Creating Glass and the Different Types Available

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Glass is everywhere around us. In our homes. In our cars. Even right in front of our eyes for some people. When you see a substance such as glass every day, it can be easy to forget the complex method of creating it that takes place. At Moore’s Glassworks, we have manufactured glass for decades,…

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The Importance of Quality Control in the Glass Manufacturing Process

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At Moore’s Glassworks, we pride ourselves on creating high-quality products of all shapes and sizes, and have done for over fifty years. From the early days of creating products aimed at an audience of medical and surgical professionals such as test tubes and chemistry sets, to the more specialist items we make today, we have…

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How our Auto Lathes Work

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At Moore’s Glassworks, we have a team of highly skilled professionals who are experts in glassblowing and always create stunning, bespoke products that are sure to pass our quality control tests. But that’s not the only method we have of creating these items. Alongside our team of glassblowers are our auto-lathe machines. This thermographically controlled…

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A Guide to Vacuum Viewports

 337 200 Matthew Morris

At Moores Glassworks, we create many different glass products that have many uses. Some of our products can be explained in previous blogs, such as this one on cathode ray tubes and this one on photoionization detectors. Another popular product that we ship all over the world is vacuum viewports. We create many different variations…

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The Glass Manufacturing Process: What Happens at Moore’s Glassworks?

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The glass industry manufacturing process contains many different elements depending on the job and the tools at hand. At the heart of it though, is the process of glass forming. The differences come in factors such as if you’re using machinery or engineers, and the size of the job. If someone is looking to produce…

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7 Interesting Facts About Glass

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At Moore’s Glassworks, we have been moulding, forming, and shaping glass for over 40 years. Over that time, we have come to learn so much about this versatile and flexible material. While the technology has improved, and we now have state-of-the-art auto lathes to form glass with ultimate precision, there is still a much needed…

What is a Photoionization Detector?

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Many workplaces across the world use photoionization detectors (PIDs). The main focus of a PID is to locate and pinpoint the amount of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the air. Since the 1970s, workplaces that may be susceptible to leaks of such compounds, which contains gases such as methane, formaldehyde and ethanol, have used PIDs…

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The Story of the Cathode Ray Tube

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For most people, the cathode ray tube (CRT) may sound like an alien object. In a nutshell, it is an gun that fires electrons onto a surface. When the beams hit the surface, which is often phosphorescent, the beam becomes visible. This in turn creates an image. If you think this sounds like something from…

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Why Use Cathode Ray Tubes?

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A Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) is a device used to produce cathode rays within a vacuum tube. The device accelerates the rays through a magnetic, electrical field to create images on a fluorescent screen. The earliest CRTs were developed in 1897 by German physicist Ferdinand Braun. Called the Braun Tube, these early CRTs employed a…