Guardian Industries has announced that its new glass processing plant in Rexdale, Ontario, Canada, has been equipped with automated seaming and batching equipment from UK supplier Ashton Industrial.
…
Guardian Industries has announced that its new glass processing plant in Rexdale, Ontario, Canada, has been equipped with automated seaming and batching equipment from UK supplier Ashton Industrial. The new plant incorporates high-speed seaming of random glass sizes, direct from the cutting line. During the seaming process, Seek&Find controls automatically locate the edges of the glass and register their dimensions. A programmable logic computer (PLC) then calculates the glass sizes compared to the furnace conveyor bed area and builds multiple-row batches for toughening. These batches then pass through an automated washer dryer. No contact is made with the upper glass surface and, therefore, coated glass remains untouched.