Electric boost is a term used to describe the application of supplementary electrical heating to the glass melting...
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Orders for two new float glass lines have been won by China-based Glasstem; the first for Fuyao Float...
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Although the principles of float glass manufacture have remained substantially unchanged since the technique was launched in the...
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A Memorandum of Understanding for a float glass plant has been signed in Brunei, bringing the country a...
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The effectiveness of Convection Current Control (CCC) boosting in enhancing furnace operation and output has been well proven...
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Nippon Sheet Glass is forming a joint venture company to set up a float glass manufacturing plant near...
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The German company VMA specialises in non-contact optical sensors for thickness measurement. One of its instruments is designed...
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Glass stacking systems form a key element in the cold end of a float line. Transferring sheets of...
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Shenzhen Southern Float Glass is making ultra-thin (0.55-1.1mm thick) glass at its factory in Guangdong in China with...
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Italian company Lanua Engineering is in final negotiations for the $200 million turnkey contract to build the proposed...
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Hegla develops, produces and sells complete systems for the storing, cutting, handling and moving of float glass and...
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German batch and cullet specialist Zippe was entrusted with the design and turnkey delivery of a fully automatic...
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STEIN HEURTEY and SHANGHAI STEIN HEURTEY MECC are to supply a hot end of 350 tonnes/day for ultra-thin...
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Batch and cullet specialist, Zippe, provided a fully automatic batch plant for Saint-Gobain's float glass works in Germany....
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Image Automation will be unveiling its latest FastScan automatic float glass inspection system for the first time in...
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Image Automation will be unveiling its latest FastScan automatic float glass inspection system for the first time in...
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The control o in float glass production is critical. Zhou Tianhui(*) explains how the use of linear induction...
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Pilkington and Saint-Gobain are to build a fourth float glass line in Brazil. The two companies are currently...
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Display glass applications have increased dramatically in markets such as notebook computer displays, mobile phones, flat-panel computer monitors,...
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Following the successful achievement of its first float line, Stein Heurtey has won a contract to supply the...
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Inspection Systems Ltd has supplied the Eagle-I cut glass inspection system to the glass industry worldwide since 1991....
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TECO's most recent project is the design and construction ora new float glass plant in the United States,...
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The German firm VMA GmbH manufactures non-contact thickness gauges. A comprehensive range of thickness sensors for flat glass,...
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The latest software for the Landscan infrared line scanner has created opportunities for float glass manufacturers to improve...
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Land Infrared has recently introduced an improved version of its JRG thermometer for accurate surface temperature measurement of...
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Pilkington and Interpane International Glas, the German glass processor, have agreed a joint venture in France to build...
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Saint-Gobain's new float glass manufacturing facility planned for Eggborough in North Yorkshire is to be built by Taylor...
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Land Infrared has launched a new solution for temperature monitoring problems in the float glass industry. The FLT5...
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Interpane Glas Industrie AG, the Swiss based group, recently announced that it will be investing FFr1.1 billion in...
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Image Automation received orders for seven float glass inspection systems during April this year. Five of the FastScan...
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The Jumbo stacker has been developed by Hegla following many years of research studying the needs of the...
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Two of Atlas Copco's oil-free air compressors and three centrifugal compressors provide oil-free and low-pressure air power at...
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Glass is a fascinating product which has been in use for thousands of years. The first glass types...
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Glass is a fascinating material, which has been in use for thousands of years. The first glass products...
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Since it began production in 1998, the Egyptian Glass Company has proved to be a highly successful enterprise...
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Amongst the many innovations in the company's latest Landscan LSP5 linescanner is a new mounting and protection system...
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Dubai Investments plans a 600 tonnes/day float glass plant near the city of Dubai in the United Arab...
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Dubai Investments is to start construction of the first float glass plant in the United Arab Emirates in...
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In flat glass production, the warm area is where the molten glass is transformed into flat glass while...
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China Triumph International Engineering Company is the core business of the technical and scientific division of China Building...
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Saint-Gobain in partnership with ADEME has conducted research into methods of controlling nitrogen oxide emissions from the float...
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Following the official inauguration of its new float glass plant in England in April this year, Saint-Gobain Glass...
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AGC Flat Glass Philippines, the country's lone glass manufacturer,has petitioned for the imposition of a maximum extension of...
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Construction of Saint-Gobain's first UK float plant on a greenfield site in Eggborough, Yorkshire, is well under way....
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In 1998 Guardian Industries Corporation celebrated the inauguration of its 20th float glass line worldwide, Guardian do Brasil...
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Pilkington has issued a trading update ahead of its interim results. Paolo Scaroni, chief executive, commented, "Trading in...
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A new float glass manufacturing facility is planned by Guardian Industries Corp for Czestochowa, Poland. The investment will...
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Pilkington has reached an agreement to build a 180,000 tonnes/year float glass plant on behalf of Ghazvin Glass...
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Pilkington plc and the Glaverbel Group have started up their automotive float glass plant in Spain ahead of...
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As a general rule, float glass manufacturers use single sided quick cycling stacking systems. However, these can have...
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