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Season’s Greetings from Fortemp
Thanks for all your support and trust in Fortemp this year. Our whole team wishes you a lot of joy and happiness during this holiday season. May the upcoming year will be full of new achievements that will bring you a huge success.Read more -
OBE Files Notice to Close Los Angeles Facility
Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope® Inc. (OBE) notified California that it will permanently close its Los Angeles-based facility as of Dec. 31, 2024. Company officials say the move reflects OBE’s efforts to optimize its operations. OBE filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification notice o...Read more -
Sag Bending Basics: Proportional Relationships in Focus
Have you ever thought about proportional relationships in sag bending (forming)? Here examples of inverse and direct relationships in the sag bending process: Inversely Proportional Relationships: - Viscosity vs. Glass Temperature: As glass temperature rises, viscosity decreases, facilitating th...Read more -
Two critical factors influencing quality of tempered glass
Roller wave distortion and edge lift are two critical factors that influence the quality and performance of tempered glass products. Here’s a summary of each: 1) Roller Wave Distortion: - During the tempering process, heated glass sheets become pliable, requiring support from rollers within...Read more -
What are the steps to create an equipment maintenance plan?
An equipment maintenance plan is a document that outlines the preventive and corrective actions to keep your machines and systems running smoothly and efficiently. It helps you reduce downtime, improve performance, extend equipment life, and save costs. As a field service engineer, you need to kn...Read more -
Happ New Year
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How to solve the residual stress problems in windshield bending?
Residual stress problems in windshield bending can be hard to solve. Sometimes measurement devices are not available, or device capabilities limit the investigation. When I’m working on trouble shooting projects, selection of alternative testing methods is vital. With residual stress proble...Read more -
Turbulent times continue in the glass market
Despite an anticipated down turn in the UK and Europe, a significant number of float tanks are due a rebuild / cold repair in 2023, while other plants are reducing the pull rate and we’ve obviously seen a reduction in Russian imports. There actually aren’t that many glass plants in Eu...Read more -
Higher Energy Bills are business threatening for 60% of glass manufacturers in UK
After numerous unsettled years following Brexit, the pandemic, supply chain disruption and now the energy crisis, it’s clear that the next PM needs to hit the ground running. The sustainable economic recovery and consequential ensuing stability in everyone’s lives must be top priority. Bri...Read more -
Tvitec takes over Cricursa
Tvitec acquires Cricursa for 15 million euros The Court of Barcelona has finally awarded the curved glass manufacturer Cricursa to the glass processing company Tvitec, which will maintain around 130 jobs in its production units. Cricursa, a world leader in the manufacture of curved glass, ...Read more -
Trouble Shooting: How to solve if the regular longitudinal scratches were found in the glass panel surface during glass tempering process?
How to solve if the regular longitudinal scratches were found in the glass panel surface during glass tempering process? 1. Foreign objects resided on the conveying rollers of the glass tempering furnace would cause the regular scratches on the glass surface. As the location of a foreign object ...Read more -
How was Energy wasted in Glass Tempering ?
ALL TEMPERING MACHINES WASTE ENERGY. THIS IS WHY WE SHOULD TALK WHICH ONE WASTES LEAST ENERGY Glass tempering energy consumption is used as a crooked way to increase sales. There are many ways to do it. According to GLASTON FC-series Chinook Pro brochure (2018) energy consumption for 4 mm clear g...Read more