Investments Make for Capacity Increase at Steindl Glas
(13.11.2009)
In a flexible fashion, the new cutting facility allows different types of coating removal to be carried out, even for stepped-edge glazing. Coating removal is necessary to allow coated glass to be installed in thermopane glazing. To do this, the coating near the edge seal has to be removed. This prevents moisture from making its way through the edge seal, keeping the thermopane glazing sealed. Using coating removal systems, various surface coatings are removed, and an optimal grinding result provides for perfect bonding of the sealing compounds on the glass. Such flexible coating removal also reduces the amount of offcut scraps produced. The new facility is the second of this type at Steindl Glas. It promises larger cutting capacities from an average of 8,000 m2 to 12,000 m2 and even up to 16,000 m2 per week. The fully automatically cutting facility also provides safe handling and a precise production process.
Uniglass Furnace: Special Coatings and Faster Speed Possible
Using the new tempering furnace, the very latest thermal coatings and solar control coatings will be produced, doing so in formats up to a maximum of 2,100 mm x 4,200 mm, and (with TSG and HS glass) up to 10 mm thick. The furnace, which is manufactured by Uniglass, a subsidiary of Glaston, boosts quantitative output at Steindl Glas from previously 450 t to approx 700 t per month. The system is based on convection heating, which means the heat input no longer goes into the glass via radiant heat, but rather via hot air. The convection heating system is necessary to be able to temper low emissivity rates of under 3% heat radiation passage. Presently three of these furnaces, which are leaders in the market, are in operation at Steindl Glas.
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