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c Bystronic glass At this year’s China Glass event, Bystronic glass

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had on show its glass processing machinery – with
the future in mind. Visitors to the fair also had the
chance to attend an Open House at Bystronic Glass
Machinery (Shanghai) to see live demonstrations of
the B’ADVANCE under production conditions.
PRESENTS FUTURE-ORIENTED
TECHNOLOGIES
CONTENTS
CONTENTS
B’ADVANCE
Due to the modular de-
Lift has been inspiring
possible fl exibility in con-
t this year’s Chi-
tured in Germany. It offers
presented during an Open
50 per cent, a transparent
functions of this new
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nection with the automated
na Glass exhibi-
customers from the glass
generation
B’CHAMP
and continuous material
House Event at the premises
sign of the B’CHAMP, it
numerous components as
A tion in Shanghai,
single piece production.
of Bystronic Glass Machin-
fl ow, a simple installation,
standard – e.g. manu-
processing industry with
enables to combine several
enables automotive glass
articles articles articles articles articles
The reaction-fast software
facturing of three-sided
ery (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. in
or thin glass producers
maintenance
Bystronic glass presented
cells together or add ad-
its rigid guidance and its
improved
ditional components that
leads to a minimizing of
own low dead weight since
to enhance the effi ciency
a complete range of future-
stepped I.G. units, air
Jiading District, Shanghai.
possibilities and specifi ed
plant confi gurations for
in their daily production.
are individually adapted
1998. In recent years, the
oriented technologies for
cushion conveyors instead
Interested customers had
downtimes, while a camera
handling equipment has
trend-setting and effi cient
to the customers’ specifi c
the chance to visit the com-
of roller conveyors or a
used for an automatic po-
enable quick and precise
pany and see for themselves
e.g. quarter lites, side lites
also gradually established
processing of architectural, B’CHAMP installations individual glass products, surveillance system will be MANUFACTURING)34
server based control system
requirements – from glass
automotive and thin glass. cutting, breaking, grind- and windshields. sitioning aid. loading, to primitive cut- the live demonstrations of including remote support. itself with large window
B’CHAMP ing and drilling of auto- The improved accessibility The new B’CHAMP ma- ting, through to fi nished the B’ADVANCE under With the B’ADVANCE I.G. manufacturers as it is ex-
chine generation is available
to the key components and
motive glass or thin glass
pre-processed automotive
production conditions.
manufacturers will be able
tremely fl exible in terms of
(AUTOMOTIVE down to 0.4 millimetre the innovative software- in three variants: B’CHAMP or thin glass – all in one The B’ADVANCE is a to enhance their fl exibility frame design, easily meet-
AND THIN GLASS glass thickness. based support dramati- WS for the manufacturing system. standardized solution for in I.G. manufacturing and ing their needs.
PROCESSING)
By optimizing the key cally improves changeover of automotive glass wind- high quality manufacturing to increase their productiv-
As highlight of the exhibits components for the glass times. For glass producers shields, B’CHAMP SL for B’ADVANCE of rectangular or shaped, ity on a next higher level. SERVICE – ON HAND,
(INSULATING GLASS
34 Bystronic glass 34 Glass-Technology International 3/2018 over times when chang- and B’CHAMP QL for the The new I.G. manufactur- low-E glass on one line. (GLASS HANDLING) Right from the very fi rst 35
WHEREVER CUSTOM-
the production of side lites
this means shorter change-
gas fi lled I.G. units with
processing in a linear man-
Bystronic glass presented
ERS ARE LOCATED
B’EASY
the B’CHAMP WS – a
ner, space is saved through
variant of the new machine
ingenuity. This leads to a
manufacturing of quarter
ing the model, simplifi ed
The fully equipped I.G. line
minute, Bystronic glass
lites.
generation. The optimized
ing line B’ADVANCE was
maintenance and highest
The best-selling Easy-
is engineered and manufac-
reduced footprint of up to
Glass-Technology International 3/2018
presents future-oriented technologies
AUTOMOTIVE GLASS
38 Glasstech In this article, need for greater productiv- can inspect any type of into the instrument, and
Glasstech Inc.
then the result is displayed
fabricated glass, including
ity, economical tooling and
on the computer screen.
energy conservation. The
deeply tinted parts, fl at or
presents its most
partially painted parts.
ent modes, i.e., fully tem-
can store the results to the
pered, heat strengthened or
computers’ hard drive or
recent developments conversion between differ- highly curved shapes, or In either case, the system
There are two versions of
the AGI System available,
other network location.
low stress, is accomplished
backlite processing innovation in terms of auto system. With Glasstech’s In-line system, the system is on any remote computer
The results can be loaded
In-line and Lab. With the
with tooling and the control
located downstream of the
system with Glasstech soft-
proprietary Smart Convec-
glass processing:
ware for further analysis.
tempering and/or laminat-
tion™ option, the EPB is
anywhere in the manufac-
from bending and capable of processing glass ing/autoclave line. It detects The system can be placed
with today’s high perfor-
the size and shape of the
mance coatings. glass and positions it prop- turing facility, as it is un-
tempering right up to AGI –INSPECTION OF erly for inspection. For the affected by plant ambient
light, dust or vibration.
In-Line system, a new capa-
complete inspection ALL TYPES OF GLASS bility can be incorporated to
inspect windshields for sub
Glasstech, the world leader
of all types of glass in glass bending and tem- equip- mm fl aws generally from Gla Glasstech Inc.
contamination in the lami-
pering/annealing
42 LiSEC Glasstech for the automotive solar and architectural glass spection, it will send a pass/ 995 Fourth Street
ment for the automotive,
nate or PVB. From the in-
industry continues to inno-
fail signal to downstream
Ampoint Industrial Park
vate glass inspection tech-
industry.
conveyors for proper han-
Perrysburgh OH 43551 - USA
nologies.
dling. With the Lab version,
Tel.: +1 - 419 - 6619500
Glasstech’s AGI System
the glass is manually loaded
Fax: +1 - 419 - 6619616
E-mail: sales@glasstech.com
helping Uyut Stil to produce IG units in BACKLITE PROCESSING www.glasstech.com
INNOVATION A single system can pro-
duce fully tempered glass
for backlites, sidelites and
‘Style and Comfort’ SFABRICATION tempering system that can low as 10 seconds, which ances with superior optical 38
sunroofs; heat strengthened
TATE-OF-THE-
lowers the operating cost to
glass for laminated sidel-
process complex shapes to
ART BACKLITE
tight tolerances with excel-
ites or laminated roof lites,
manufacture a backlite.
lent optics. DBX typically
or; low stress glass suitable
Glasstech’s latest state-of-
FORMING &
The EPB is an innovative,
the-art backlite fabrication has 30 per cent better trans- FLEXIBLE GLASS for automotive windshields.
mitted optics on complex
HEAT TREATING
technology, DBX-T, has shaped glass when com- CAPABILITY highly versatile glass bend-
been embraced by industry pared to other processes. ing system that satisfi es the
with multiple systems now The DBX-T is also a high Glasstech’s External Press automotive OEM demand
in operation around the capacity system and in its Bending System has been for tighter surface toler-
world. The DBX-T System highest capacity confi gura- expanded and can be confi g-
is an innovative, energy ef- tion, can process complex ured to produce all types of quality, while also meet-
backlites at cycle rates as
glazing for motor vehicles.
fi cient glass bending and
ing the glass processor’s
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continuing along the ‘Belt and Road’
CASE STUDY 2005, Todor Stoyadinov and Svetslav Peichev
founded Uyut Stil, which is Bulgarian for ‘Comfort
and Style’. The company is located in the capital every production step in
Sofia and produces IG units at a very high pace.
52 Schiavo LiSEC Uyut Stil in a nutshell: two production sites, 100 glass processing. “We are
convinced that it is better
employees, a turnover of EUR four million – and
to follow a single source
strategy – this ensures that
LiSEC machinery and software of course.
all machines have the same
quality level and that the in-
terfaces work smoothly. We
did have a look at machin-
ery from other manufactur-
glass processing machinery – passion, they do not offer the same
ers as well, of course, but
quality level, if you ask me,”
Stoyadinov explains.
If the current positive
trend of business contin-
ues, Uyut Stil will invest in
experience, innovation another IG line – also here
they will cooperate with
LiSEC. A piece of land has
already been bought for
this purpose. “The demand
for high quality glass is in-
creasing at rapid speed –
especially for coated glass-
es. We also see a strong
trend in laminating glasses
and we consider invest-
ing in this area too. What
we defi nitely will and have
58 Tvitec The main reason why Uyut Stil opted for LiSEC machinery is the fact to invest in is automation,
since it is very diffi cult for
us to fi nd and hire qualifi ed
staff”, Stoyadinov indi-
cates. He is concerned that
this fact could eventually
hamper growth.
that LiSEC offers solutions for every production step in glass processing
PRE-OWNED
LISEC MACHINERY:
aesthetics and energy efficiency create HELPING UYUT STIL TO U PVC windows, roll- THE FITLINE42
GLASTRONIC
ers intended to buy a used
– all other machines, an
ntil 2017, Uyut Stil
problem and at the same
produced
ESL-RS cutting line, a
mainly
More than one year ago,
time the delivered quality
IG line from LiSEC – but
bending machine and a
became worse. That was
LiSEC bought the com-
at that time, no such ma-
er shutters and fl y screens.
pany GLASTRONiC out
chine was available. “So we
butyl extruder carry the
the point in time when we
PRODUCE IG UNITS IN The company originally said: we will produce IG had a look at the FitLine at LiSEC brand but are pre- of the Jüllich Group to
owned.
the show in Turkey and we
units ourselves”.
bought the required IG
handle the acquisition, re-
units from four different
a Bioclimatic façade ‘STYLE AND COMFORT’ suppliers. Stoyadinov: “In Originally the two own- best bet.” The FitLine is Uyut Stil opted for LiSEC of LiSEC pre-owned ma-
furbishment and the resale
The main reason why
were convinced: this is our
CHOOSING
chines. Driving the used
Uyut Stil’s only new piece
machinery is the fact that
the main season, delivery
LiSEC offers solutions for
of equipment from LiSEC
machinery business is an
times became a really big
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62 Prodim COMPANY MACHINERY
LandGlass
Proliner software generation 4.X CONTINUING ALONG THE
‘BELT AND ROAD’
64 Sommer Informatik 47 In this article, LandGlass continues with its own
‘Go West’ journey, collaborating with clients,
providing them the machinery they need. We are
Iran, reaching Europe with installations in Spain
thermal insulation and building physics in taken on a journey covering Turkmenistan and try on the land-based Silk
and Italy.
industrial enterprise in Iran.
curved tempered glass for
window construction his second part of offering a full range of ser- manufacture high-quality Road. TJK is a well-known
The company is equipped
architectural
with a LD-AB F&B Bi-
large-scale
vices from manufacturing,
curtain walls, sky domes,
sales, to service support.
directional glass tempering
LandGlass’ Go West’
pliances and decorations,
LD-AC F&B Bi-directional
Glass. With fl at and bent
T journey, continues In Anyk Teklip’s facility, an showcases, household ap- furnace made by Land-
as well as customized
to take its glass tempering
tempering sections located
glass tempering furnace
furnaces to the regions and
works. Anyk Teklip has un-
on each side of the heat-
made by LandGlass is run-
dertaken various projects
countries along the land-
based Silk Road, from Asia
furnace adopts longitudinal
glass from different direc-
quality glass products play
bending structure (i.e. glass
tions, the tempering line
to Europe. ning day and night. The in Turkmenistan. Its high- ing chamber, by loading
a key role in the develop-
TURKMENISTAN -
can fulfi ll the needs of both
is bent in the same direction
ment of local glass process-
as its movement) in a C-
fl at and B-bent tempered
68 Inside Intermac Glass Located in Central Asia, bent quenching section and ing industry. glass. The B-bent section 47
ANYK TEKLIP
fl exible shaft with wheel-
employs transverse bending
IRAN - TJK
Turkmenistan is an impor-
accommodate
process on hard shaft form-
tant country on land-based
Iran is one of the major
that
both the rigid and fl exible
sets
ing rollers with its bending
Silk Road with rich natural
economies in Western Asia
needs of the drive rollers.
resources such as oil and
and an important coun-
Combined with diversifi ed
natural gas. Anyk Teklip
processing solutions, it can
is a large glass processing
keyword innovation – in machinery, company in Turkmenistan Glass-Technology International 3/2018
software and skills
COMPANY PRODUCTS
78 Press Glass SCHIAVO Schiavo’s product range includes The trust of our customers
washing machines, milling
is the most precious value
machines, storage systems, cutting
for SCHIAVO.
tables and vacuum lifters, to
mention a few, and, in this article,
structural glazing for 8 Salisbury Square we will be looking at two of these
products: vertical washing machines
TECHNOLOGY
and horizontal washing machines. CWhen UTTING EDGE speaking
about a company and its
products, there are a series
of characteristics that the
machines that the com-
pany provides must have.
Without experience, re-
83 EcoWonderWheel new products would never
search and development
be released, and without
quality these same ma-
chines would not stand
out in the market.
Strongpoints such as cut-
EXPERIENCE, INNOVATION 52
ting edge technology, and
go, the company says,
polishing innovation with highly specialized staff,
hand-in-hand with world-
wide references and Made
in Italy for Schiavo.
Schiavo s product range in-
cludes washing machines,
milling machines, storage
systems, cutting tables and
the environment in mind GLASS PROCESSING HTL2600 we will be looking at two
vacuum lifters, to mention
a few, and, in this article
of these products: vertical
washing machines and hor-
izontal washing machines.
MACHINERY – PASSION,
WASHING MACHINES
– A GROWING
PRODUCT LINE
Schiavo’s EASY vertical
glass washing machines
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