Application Container Ware
Although there are extensive operation controls in the container ware furnaces, the picture of the firing chamber camera gives numerous information’s about the condition of the glass batch and the bubble adjustment. With the evaluation of quick-motion – known as time-lapse study- the glass batch fusion can be monitored exactly and steered correspondingly. The position of the flame can be optimised, so that the consumption of the combustion material is undermined and damages of the refractory material are avoidable.

In the container ware industry which is equipped with our products the following areas are monitored from the control room

• supply of the raw material
• glass batch tower
• burner courses
• furnace
• conveying belt
• loading place

High Speed Systems:
With the electronic shot of a high speed system –which usually is too fast for the human eye- the production process can be visualized by replay in extreme slow-motion. Defects can be monitored exactly (glass dropping machine).

Services:

• Thermo vision (heat picture) for recognition of hotspots on the siege of the furnace
• The roofs and the feeder
• High-resolution photographic picture of the interior space of the furnace
• Video inspection of the furnace and feeder
• Further special ranges of application on enquiry

Application Float glass
Regarding the float glass production it is primarily a matter of extremely high precision. The smallest changes in the furnace or bath show results in the quality of the product. Therefore it is important to monitor the production processes so exactly as possible, without influencing these processes.
Following ranges can be monitored with our systems from the control room:

• supply of the raw material
• glass batch house
• burner courses
• firing chamber monitoring of the furnace
• spruit with internal and external housing
• top rolls with internal water-cooled angle probes
• carbon pusher, water fence
• exit end
• float hall
• loading place

Measurement of the glass breadth:
With two cameras in the exit end area which are connected by a motion it is possible to determine the glass breadth exactly including the visual monitoring. The analysed signal can be used for the steering.

Services:

• Thermo vision (heat pictures) of the furnace, the furnace roof, doghouse and
• tin bath in order to recognize the hot spots
• High-resolution photography of the interior space of the furnace.
• Video inspection of furnace and bath
• Slow motion inspection pictures of the tin bath with probes up to 4 m length.