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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...
Padiham Glass has committed to a six-figure spend on further software integration, a new automatic sealing robot, a new handling equipment, in a bid to drive increased flexibility and quality through its trade offer. Having already introduced new bar-coding systems and increased process control, the company will bring new batch-control software online early this year. This will provide new flexibility...
Mackenzie Glass has invested in a new Bottero 515LAMe laminated glass cutting table, shortening turn-around times on cut-to-size laminates. Delivered in July with an accompanying loading table, its new laminate cutting table also gives Mackenzie Glass the capacity to handle super-sized 4.5m x 3.2m laminated sheets. Mark Herbert, joint managing director, said that the investment has already allowed Mackenzie Glass...
ABC Glass Processing recently had a Bottero fully automatic storage, loading and cutting line installed at its factory in Portsmouth. Bottero was chosen as supplier after meeting a number of criteria specified by ABC. The line is capable of handling 4,500mm x 3,210mm stock sheets in addition to the standard 3,210mm x 2,550mm. It is a compact warehouse system with...
Tuffx has bought a second Bovone ELB 12 HS straight line edging machine, a £200,000 investment that marks a key stage of development, the company said. Tuffx already has an identical Bovone SLE machine at its factory in Knowsley, Merseyside, which was installed in August last year; a 12-wheel straight line edger that is designed to produce flat and arris...
Flat Glass Solutions has launched the Tenon Fast Horizontal Seaming (arrissing) Machine. As a result of extensive studies and market research, coupled with the vast experience in glass edge treatment, Tenon developed an automatic horizontal seaming machine (model TWM) with cup grinding wheels. This design is in response to the needs and demands of the market, which experiences difficulties with...
London-based insulated glass manufacturer Crystal Units recently invested in a Pujol 6,000mm x 3,000mm combination heat soak test and glass laminating oven. The oven will play a major role in the production of the ultra-thermally efficient CUIN insulating glass with suspended film technology, recently released by Crystal Units. “Our product innovation for the glazing industry needs technical support that is...
Peterlee Glass Company was having a real problem with waste water from its many glass processing machines – especially the straight line edgers – which was remedied with the installation of a centrifuge water treatment system. As a result of poor previous factory design before Peterlee moved in, waste water was channelled straight to utility water drains. Being an environmentally...
Clayton Glass of Stanley, Co. Durham, recently took delivery of its second Neptun horizontal washer supplied by Flat Glass Solutions. This new addition has been installed to complement the horizontal arrissing table in the toughening department, and was fitted and commissioned in less than two days. When considering the options to replace the old washer, managing director Ryan Green asked...
Mackenzie Glass has invested in a new Bottero 515LAMe laminated glass cutting table, shortening turn-around times on cut-to-size laminates. Delivered in July with an accompanying loading table, its new laminate cutting table also gives Mackenzie Glass the capacity to handle super-sized 4.5m x 3.2m laminated sheets. Mark Herbert, joint managing director, said that the investment has already allowed Mackenzie Glass...
ABC Glass Processing recently had a Bottero fully automatic storage, loading and cutting line installed at its factory in Portsmouth. Bottero was chosen as supplier after meeting a number of criteria specified by ABC. The line is capable of handling 4,500mm x 3,210mm stock sheets in addition to the standard 3,210mm x 2,550mm. It is a compact warehouse system with...
Capacity to manufacture on an increasingly large scale is one of the defining trends at this year’s Glasstec, according to machinery specialist Promac Group. Promac Group managing director Joe Hague said: “The requirement to manufacture large scale products – units around the 4m2 mark, so 2,000mm x 2,000mm and up – has increased significantly in the last year. Mirroring growth...
Indeglas, the Cumbernauld-based supplier of interior glass solutions, is taking the heavy lifting out of interior installations with new robot Oscar 600, a familiar sight on the DTI (Data Technology Institute) build at the University of Edinburgh. The purpose-built Optimum Strength Compact Articulated Robot With can lift as much as 20 people and fit through gaps of less than 1m....