The invention relates to a device for the production of a glass melt from a mixture; with a melt tank (1) that has peripheral walls (1.1-1.4) and a bottom (1.5); with a discharge channel (2) which is located under the bottom (1.5) of the melt tank (1) and which is in conducting connection with the melt bath (3) over an entry opening (2.3) and has an outlet opening (2.4) for the finished melt in the zone of a peripheral wall (1.1) of the melt tank (1); with at least one heating arrangement for the heating of the melt bath (3); the entry opening (2.3) of the discharge channel (2) is arranged in a central zone of the bottom (1.5) of the melt tank (1); the discharge channel (2) has a covering (2.2) which is located at least approximately at the level of the bottom (1.5) of the melt tank (1).