The diagram shows a method of shaping glass containers. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. You should spend about 20 minutes on this task

The diagram illustrates the

process

of shaping

glass

containers. On the whole, there are nine distinct stages in

this

linear

process

, starting with melting

glass

and finishing with packaging stages. It is

also

worth mentioning that the

process

requires specialized equipment and some external influence The first set of stages involves

molding

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glass

containers.

Initially

, small

glass

pieces are placed into a furnace with a funnel-like opening.

After

this

, these

glass

pieces are heated to 105 degrees Celsius, before being put into a special

mold

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to be pressed. In the following phase, the

molded

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glass

is transferred to the second

mold

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for

further

pressing and thinning the

glass

wall, whereupon the air is let into the

mold

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to cool the

container

. The rest of the phases of the

process

all happen outside the

mold

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. Once the

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container

has been taken out, it is put into a kiln where it is heated to 482 degrees Celsius for hardening.

Subsequently

, the

glass

container

undergoes the

process

of cooling for about an hour in a separate

container

that has a moderate temperature of 25 degrees Celsius. In the final stage, quality control specialists scrutinize every product for defects, and if any

found

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, they are wasted,

whereas

good ones are priced into boxes for sale