Melting Technology
Services for the Glass Industry

Highlights
Our service offerings
1. Turn-Key Projects for Hot End, Melting Devices and Components
Different melting tanks:
Different melting tanks:
- Air-Fuel (regenerative, recuperative) tanks with/without electrical boosting
- Oxy-Fuel tanks with/without electrical boosting
- Full electrical tanks
- Annealing Lehrs, Waste Gas Systems
- Electrodes/Electrode Holders (Mo, Wo, Pt-Alloys)
- Thermocouples
- Bubblers/Bubbler Systems
- Heating Systems (fossil / electrical)
- Bottom Drain Systems
- Forehearth Systems
- Components made of Precious Metals (e.g. Stirrers, Electrodes, Forehearth Systems, Feeder, Orifice Rings)
- Components made of available Refractory Materials
- Cooling Systems (Air, Water)
- Batch Charging Systems
- Measuring Systems for Hot Ends (e.g. Glass Level Detectors, pO2-Sensors, Furnace Periscopes, Online-Measuring Systems for Waste Gas , Data Loggers and Integration into PLC)
- Mathematical Simulation of Melting Devices, Forehearth Systems, Stirrers, Hot Forming Processes and Annealing Lehrs
- Physical Modeling of Stirrer Systems
- Optimized Energy Efficiency by Energy Balance
- Tools for Process Data visualization and analysis; control concepts based on modeling
- Procurement
- Construction
- Start up, Ramp up
- Hot Service on running Systems with skilled Staff (bricklayers, steel workers, thermic process engineers, electricians), e.g. changing of components, crown repairs, plating
- Start up and stopping of Melting Devices
- Troubleshooting on running Melting Systems by experienced process engineers
- Optimization of Waste Gas Systems (e.g. conformity with regulations)
- Characterization of waste gas emissions by measurement with mobile equipment
- Glass defect analysis (solid and gaseous)
- Characterization of ceramic and metallic refractory materials with/without impact of glass melt
- Consulting on the melting technology
- Recycling of Precious Metal Parts: "New for Used"
- Production of special refractory materials for Melting Devices, Forehearth, expendables for Feeders, Tweels and other components made of Quarzal® (fused Silica)
- Production of samples or small lots made of special glass or glass-ceramics (SCHOTT Glass Types or synthesis, depending on the needs of the customer)
Please download our brochures:
Contact:
Günter Fiederling
Phone: | +49 (0)6131/66-2230 |
Cellphone: | +49 (0)151/14202502 |
Fax: | +49 (0)6131/66-2004 |
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