Umlingo njengawe-fiberglass!

Ngasekupheleni kwee-1920s, ngexesha lokudakumba okukhulu eUnited States, urhulumente wakhupha uMthetho omangalisayo: ukwalela. Esi salelo sathabatha iminyaka eli-14, yaye abenzi beebhotile zewayini babesengxakini emva komnye. Inkampani yase-Owens Illinois yayiyeyona mveliso inkulu yeebhotile zeglasi eUnited States ngelo xesha. Inokubukela kuphela iziko leglasi licima. Ngeli xesha, indoda ebekekileyo, umbulali wemidlalo, yenzeka ukuba idlule kwiziko leglasi kwaye yafumanisa ukuba iglasi yolwelo echithekileyo yavuthelwa kwimilo yefiber. Imidlalo ibonakala ngathi iNewton yabethwa entloko ngeapile, kwayeifayibha yeglasiibikwinqanaba lembali ukusukela ngoko.
Emva konyaka, kwaqhambuka iMfazwe Yehlabathi yesiBini, kwaye izinto eziqhelekileyo zazinqongophele. Ukuze kuhlangatyezwane neemfuno zokulungela ukulwa emkhosini, ifayibha yeglasi yaba yinto ebambeleyo.
Abantu bafumanisa ngokuthe ngcembe ukuba le mathiriyeli incinci ineenzuzo ezininzi - ubunzima obulula, amandla aphezulu, ukugquma okulungileyo, ukugcinwa kobushushu kunye nokugquma ubushushu. Ke ngoko, iitanki, inqwelomoya, izixhobo, iivesti zembumbulu, njalo njalo, zonke zisebenzisa ifayibha yeglasi.
Ifiber yeglasiyinto entsha ye-inorganicizinto ezingezizo ezentsimbi, eyenziwe kwiiminerali zendalo ezifana ne-kaolin, i-pyrophyllite, isanti ye-quartz kunye ne-limestone ngokusebenzisa iinkqubo ezininzi ezifana nokunyibilika kobushushu obuphezulu, umzobo wocingo kunye nokuvunguza ngokwendlela ethile. Ububanzi bayo be-monofilament buphakathi kwee-microns ezininzi kunye nee-microns ezingaphezu kwama-20, ezilingana ne-1 / 20-1 / 5 ye-filament yeenwele. Inyanda nganye yefiber precursor yenziwe ngamakhulu okanye namawaka emonofilaments.

Ishishini iglasi ifayibha China yavuka ngo-1958. Emva kweminyaka engama-60 yophuhliso, phambi kohlaziyo kunye nokuvula, ikakhulu wakhonza ukhuselo lwesizwe kunye neshishini lomkhosi, kwaye emva koko waguqukela kusetyenziso lwasekuhlaleni, kwaye wazuza uphuhliso olukhawulezayo.