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INNOVATIONS
Innovations
AMETEK LAND
AND SVA
major development A recent
for glass furnace collaboration, two
experts in their own
applications fields – AMETEK
Land for thermal
imaging and SVA in
furnace monitoring
systems, has led
to an important
development
in protection for
important sensors
and instruments
S PECIALIZED IN THERMAL cooling or power failure. used in the
IMAGING
Mark Bennett, Glass Industry
AMETEK Land, work-
ing in partnership with furnace Lead at AMETEK Land said: harsh hot end
“We approached SVA as we were
monitoring system manufacturer aware of the company’s expertise environment of
SVA Industrie Fernseh (SVA), in pneumatic technology for high
has developed a new housing and temperature environments. glassworks.
pneumatic auto-retraction system This latest innovation takes
for AMETEK Land’s renowned NIR-B Glass to the next level,
NIR-B (Near Infrared Borescope) offering major benefits to glass
Glass thermal imaging solution producers in terms of better asset
for glass furnace applications. protection and enhanced lifespan
This development means that for the equipment.”
AMETEK Land’s award-winning
NIR-B Glass thermal imager is MORE THAN 40 YEARS OF
further protected against damage EXPERIENCE
from overheating within a glass Solutions for high-temperature
production environment, espe- industries
cially in cases of air purge, water Axel Jürgens, Managing
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