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Director at SVA said: “With over tors can clearly ‘see’ cold spots
40 years’ experience in developing from air leaks coming through
solutions for high-temperature structural refractory, so that
industries, such as glass produc- cracks or collapses are easily
tion, we were very happy to work detected. This, combined with the
in partnership with AMETEK ability to visualise flames, allows
Land on this project. the plant to optimise the flame
pattern and burn efficiency. The
NIR-B GLASS ability to overlay thermal profiles
“This latest innovation makes across the crown and along the
NIR-B Glass the most-advanced melt allows for accurate batch line
thermal imaging solution for the control, production throughput
glass industry on the market.” optimisation, and batch transit
The pneumatic auto-retract time recording.
system consists of an innovative Designed specifically for the
and rapid-response retraction glass-melt furnace working envi-
mechanism, which instantaneous- ronment, the NIR-B Glass is
ly retracts the instrument from the designed to withstand the high
furnace wall in the event of fail- ambient temperatures. With over
ure. The system will retract from 324,000 temperature measure-
a number of failures, such as air ment points in the field of view, the
purge, water cooling, and mains NIR-B Glass also can monitor the
power, and, if there is an over- drift in crown roof thermocouples.
temperature condition detected, Advanced software features
at the borescope tip. allow multiple visual or output
The system is fully pneumat- alarm controls to be set as speci-
ic and has no exposed electrical fied by the plant. Critical areas,
components operating within the like port arches, can be continu-
extremely high-temperature envi- ously monitored for overheat-
ronment of the glass melt-tank. ing, with automated alarms set
The system’s IP66-rated control for over-temperature conditions.
box can be positioned up to 20 This can be vital in extending the
metres away and houses an unin- lifespan of the melt tank refrac-
terruptable power supply, which tory and in providing greater asset urement, combustion efficiency
in the event of a power failure can protection through more accu- and environmental monitoring.
automatically retract the NIR-B rate, remote infrared temperature SVA Industrie Fernseh devel-
Glass. measurement and live thermal ops and produces furnace moni-
Within the harsh process envi- imaging. toring systems for use in high-
ronment of the glass furnace, an AMETEK Land is a business temperature environments within
integrated air purge ensures that unit of AMETEK, Inc., a lead- the glass, steel, cement and waste
the thermal imager maintains a ing global manufacturer of elec- industries, to improve processes,
clean lens at all times. With a tronic instruments and electrome- minimize waste and reduce envi-
high-performance water cooling chanical devices. AMETEK Land ronmental impact. O
system built-in as standard, the designs and manufactures a wide
overall system has a low air flow range of instruments for industri-
requirement, even in the highest al non-contact temperature meas-
temperature furnaces.

Providing real-time temperature
data
NIR-B Glass, which was
launched in 2016, enables glass
producers to receive continuous
real-time temperature data, com-
bined with a crystal clear thermal
video image. This means opera-

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