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Posted On - 02/02/2021
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...
Posted On - 13/10/2020
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...
Posted On - 27/08/2020
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-...
Posted On - 11/08/2020
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...
Posted On - 13/08/2019
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...
Posted On - 12/07/2019
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;...
Posted On - 28/06/2019
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....
Posted On - 18/06/2019
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...
Posted On - 15/05/2019
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,...
Posted On - 27/04/2019
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...
Posted On - 18/04/2019
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...
Posted On - 18/04/2019
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...
Posted On - 02/04/2019
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...
Posted On - 25/03/2019
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...
Posted On - 18/03/2019
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...
Posted On - 04/02/2019
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...
Posted On - 31/10/2018
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...
Posted On - 31/10/2018
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...
Posted On - 08/10/2018
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...
Posted On - 01/10/2018
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...
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