Melting and hot forming process and technology
Process engineering and consulting in the field of glass heating and melting
- Energy balances
- Optimization of thermal processes
- Optimization of Tank design
- Optimization of glass homogeneity
- Combustion technology
- Electrical Heating systems
- Control-/ measurement techniques, sensors
- Characterization of melting tanks
- Characterization and glass homogeneity
- Optimization of Glass quality
Characterisation & analysis of refractory materials
- Characterisation of new refractory metals and
refractory ceramics
- corrosion & blistering test
- standard tests (density, porosity etc.)
- Material specification, consulting and preparation
Failure investigation & analysis
- Methods for blister/bubble analysis / gas content
- Methods for analysing solid failures within glass
- Failure analysis of metal devices and refractory material
Process engineering in the field of hot forming
- thermal characterisation and analysis of hot forming processes
- improvement of hot forming methods
- consulting on hot forming processes
Laboratory and Small lot size glass production
- Laboratory melting in platinum or refractory crucibles (crucible size from 0,5l to 90l)
- ...up to continuous tank melting (0,5 - 2t/d)
- Different forming technologies in laboratory and pilot plant available (for example: casting, rolling, drawing, spraying, ...
- Customers can get blocks, ribbons, rods, tubes, fibres, flakes, powder and so on
Melted out of SCHOTT´s or customers own glass composition
- Redrawing process for glass fibre production
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