Supporting roll, forming apparatus for sheet glass having support roll, and method for forming sheet glass using support roll

摘要

A support roll (40) used to suppress shrinkage in the width direction (Y direction) of a strip-shaped molten glass ribbon (G), having in the tip section thereof a rotating member (50) that comes in contact with the molten glass ribbon (G). The rotating member (50) does not have an internal coolant flowpath and is formed using a ceramic material.