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Automatic Glass Blowing

The craft of glassware
by
Sakshi Gambhir
IDC, IIT Bombay

Glass is a unique material for the expression of art and craft. Amongst all material, it offers the highest degree of flexibility for shaping into a wide variety of products varying in design, forms, color and appearance. Firozabad with the changing time has entered in to new era of glass manufacturing. It has become a major hub of glass products and has registered its global presence, diversifying its industrial base. There are different types of processes for making bangles, tableware (glass-blowing) and small items like toys, idols for worship etc. (glass-fusing). The glass shells of bulbs (that we use at home) are all made by the ‘forming machines’. These are fully automatic.

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