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TYROLIT
UNIVERSAL SET OF TOOLS FOR FLAT EDGE PROCESSING

OF FLOAT AND LAMINATED GLASS

Tyrolit is one of the world’s largest
producers of innovative solutions for
grinding, dressing, cutting, sawing,
drilling and polishing.
The divisional headquarter for Glass
Division is located in Thiene (Italy)
and is one of the main production
sites, with focus and investments in the
manufacturing of high tech tools.
All projects of the Glass Division are
developed in Italy by the R&D depart-
ment and carefully followed by the
technical and marketing team all over
the world.
As for the flat glass industry, Tyrolit
has released STARFLEX, an innova-
tive universal set of metal and resin
grinding cups for flat edge processing
on double edging machines. STAR-
FLEX grinds a wide range of glasses,
from 3mm mirror glass to thick glass,

or even laminated glass using always the
same sequence of tools.
The main features of STARFLEX tools are:
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speed.
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STARFLEX universal set responds to the
demands of flat glass manufacturers to
process all glass types.

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