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PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY
Production technology

Forma Blowing Machine THE NEW GENERATION
Forma Glas has, at the present, not only the world’s most up-to-date high
speed tumbler and stemware line of 24-position press–machine for pro-
duction of stemware, tumbler and big items. There are also MORE new
eing in possession of generation machines from Forma Glas currently on the market.
world’s most advanced
Btechnology in glass manu- ASA
As of this year, Forma Glas has a new generation of automatic crack-
facturing does not mean that you
can relax, and Forma Glas knows off machines with laser for the cold end, ASA 13, 26 or 39 stations to
support production lines.
this very well. It is, in fact, relent-
lessly continuing to improve its TCS – TABLEWARE CONTROL SYSTEM
machine’s abilities and setting This new system is for the inspection of tumbler, stemware and pressed
new targets to reach or even products. When, placed at the end of the production line, fully automatic
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RAISING OUTPUT
One of the latest goals was to ing an unbearable level. Thus the level. In order to keep the blow-
raise the output rate of future need for a completely updated ing machine in step with the
tumbler and stemware lines, setup arose. enhanced stem press, a servo-
whilst reaching even higher prod- One major step to solve this electric double servo press and
uct quality. These two objectives problem was to implement a new transfer station were also invent-
used to be in dissent with each stem press with two hydraulic ed and fully implemented. Using
other, mostly due to the fact pressing stations. This almost double presses in both machines
that raising the machine’s speed doubles pressing time of each not only helps to raise the max-
reduces the pressing time for stem, which raises the output imum output, but also highly
each item, thereby quickly reach- rate to a considerably higher improves glass quality. As a

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