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Promac has installed a Forel High Tec IGU line at Ravensby Glass – the first of its kind in the UK. With the rising trend for larger glazed areas to meet architectural trends, the automated IGU line now enables Ravensby to manufacture glass panes of up to 5m long by 2.8m high, using several machines including the newly acquired Forel...
Bohle has warned that glass processors run the risk of major fines by failing to stay on top of legislation governing the disposal of wastewater. Water and coolant used in glass processing are defined as trade effluent. As such IGU manufacturers and glass processors must get prior consent from water companies under Section 118 [5] of the Water Industry Act,...
ES-GuardS, the advanced laser marking system from Hegla boraident, makes non-destructive, permanent marks on glass without influencing the material’s properties. If the marking is made in the form of a QR or data matrix code, the pane will be uniquely identifiable at all times. And if the marking process is fully automated and carried out prior to cutting, later mix-ups...
Carey Glass recently bought an Easy-Lifter handling device from Glaston, which is the 2,500th sold by the company. The foundation for this success was laid by the former Armatec company and then continued under the former Bystronic glass brand, and finally under Glaston, the company said. With a 1,000,000ft2 production facility that boasts 12 insulating glass (IG) lines and 12...
Faster, safer and more accurate Bohle has launched VetroLevel, a suction-mounted device that allows installers to align glass more efficiently, with greater accuracy and with improved safety. Incorporating a 90mm suction pad, the BO5140450 VetroLevel combines the technology of Bohle’s Veribor lever-activated suction lifters, with three independent spirit levels. Once secured to a glass sheet, VetroLevel allows users to work...
Tyrolit’s Reverse wheel for grinding laminated glass, keeps the work area free of plastic waste. Laminated glass grinding is a widespread application in the construction of architectural and structural facades. The need to regularly stop grinding machines to remove the built-up plastic waste during the processing of laminated glass can, however, present a problem, the company said. To solve these...
TuffX recently processed it’s one millionth linear metre of glass, on the Bovone ELB 12 HS straight line edging machine installed at its Merseyside manufacturing plant 24 months ago. This milestone represents the consistently high customer demand that TuffX has experienced for its processed glass products, even while seven months into a global pandemic, the company said. When TuffX purchased...
Tecglass has launched Vitro-Jet MultiFlex, which is designed to “allow anyone in architecture to take the leap into digital printing”. The Vitro-Jet MultiFlex was designed as the fast, accurate digital alternative to screen printing, using single-pass or multi-pass printing systems to reproduce all kinds of graphic patterns, lines, dots, logos and frames on architectural glass. Housed in a compact, easy-to-...
Biesse Group will host a hybrid online/face-to-face event – Inside In Action – in October 2020. The first event will bring together all the divisions of the Biesse Group, from wood processing to the machining of advanced materials, to glass and stone. Inspired by Inside Biesse, a long-running popular marketing event, Inside In Action will run from October 5 to...
TuffX has taken its investment over the £500,000 mark this year with a new £250,000 Bottero cutting line that promises to boost the company’s cutting output by over a third. The multi-functional Modulinea cutting line – the third cutting line installed at the TuffX factory – can load, cut, grind, mark and break out glass sheets from 1.5m2 square up...
The selection of 4.0-ready solutions now available for the glass industry is expanding, courtesy of the partnership between Intermac and Movetro, a leading company in the storage and handling of flat glass sheets, the companies have announced. With Movetro, Intermac intends to add to its range of 4.0 ready products for the glass industry in the era of digital manufacturing;...
Flat Glass Solutions not only exhibited some of its market leading machinery at Visit Glass, but also took the opportunity to get to know their customers a little better. On the stand was a Dieffe water treatment centrifuge, a Battellino rotary table and snip saw for IG manufacturing, an Elephant vacuum lifter for glass, and an EPO Glass laminating oven....
The factory belonging to Boermans Glas includes several Lisec machines, including a KSR processing machine. Boermans Glas in Kuringen, Belgium, employs about 90 people in a region where competition in flat glass processing is fierce. The company, which has been around for more than 100 years and is part of the Saint Gobain Group, produces single glass, double insulating glass...
SoftSolution has developed a new all-in-one system, designed to pick-up all quality issues that have the potential to impact on processed glass, and particularly in IGU supply. Unveiled last month, the All-in-One Scanner is designed to screen glass for defects from the very beginning of processing and right through the manufacturing process. Joe Hague, managing director of the Promac Group,...
Ahead of its presence at the inaugural Visit Glass at The FIT Show, Flat Glass Solutions’ managing director Dave Cahill talks to Glass Times about the ethos at the specialist agent and distributor for glass machinery and equipment. Flat Glass Solutions was founded in November 2014, with a few sales of spare parts and consumables to flat glass processors, and...
Intermac offers cutting solutions for float glass with different levels of technology to meet customers' varied production needs providing a blend of quality, productivity and flexibility. On show will be the Genius RS-A cutting table that offers high cutting precision providing consistent, accurate machining results over time. This is thanks to the planarity of the ground work table, essential for...
Inagas is exhibiting at this year’s FIT Show, alongside distributor partner Edgetech. The company will be showcasing the most effective gas filling solutions, as well as the leading non-invasive gas testing equipment, all from Edgetech’s stand in the Visit Glass section of the show. Chris Kemp, director at Inagas, said: “We’re delighted for the opportunity to demonstrate some of our...
Mackenzie Glass has reported a 30% jump in demand for cut-to-size laminate. Reporting the year-on-year growth in laminate sales, Mark Herbert, joint managing director at Mackenzie Glass, said demand has been driven by new regulatory requirements under PAS24, as well as the increased specification of larger IGUs. “Taking standard domestic installations first, the requirements introduced under Part Q and through...
Lambert GT Services is celebrating over 22 years providing the industry with glass tempering machines, alongside other equipment. In 1996, Peter Lambert, the hands-on owner of Lambert GT Services, designed and built the first LGT Glass tempering furnace for Watsons Glass, Wolverhampton, in just 11 weeks, from design to first glass after market research revealed that nothing else matched its...
Specialist Laminates has taken steps to guarantee supply of EVA regardless of the uncertainties surrounding Brexit and future world trade agreements. The Leeds-based specialist in EVA laminating film and ancillary laminated products has invested in additional warehousing space to allow for a significant increase in stockholding to ensure no customers are left short. “We have seen a 60% rise in...