A slot is cut through the center of the Debiteuse.

We will call the glass from the point of the Debiteuse until it is cut a "ribbon".

The Debiteuse is the starting point of the vertical draw, where the glass begins to change from a hot syrupy mass into useful flat glass.

The base of the ribbon is shielded from heat radiation from the fused glass so that it continues to hold the shape imparted to it by the Debiteuse.

The die, known as a Debiteuse, floats in the molten glass inside of the pit to a prescribed depth which slightly pushes a part of the molten glass slightly above the top surface of the die.