A fused silica glass having a refractive index homogeneity of less or equal to about 5 ppm over an aperture area of at least about 50 cm2. The apparatus includes a support, a rotatably driven platen roller, a print head, and a stripping apparatus. The direct labor is then used to determine staff hours that can be spent on a project within the available fees for the project. As a result, by using a separate mask and by selecting a period of time for etching to active gates, gate contact openings can be formed during manufacture of ICs, semiconductors, MOS memory cells, SRAM, flash memory, and various other memory cells. The storage chamber is a flat shaping and pressing channel for the harvested crop conveyed in the storage phase of the baler operation.