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Founded in the late 1950's, Graphoidal Developments is a specialist manufacturer of lubrication and engineering systems, uniquely qualified to provide the necessary expertise, products and support services for the international glass container and tableware industries. Based in Chesterfield, Gra...

Established in 1949 and based in Paruzzaro, 50 km west of Milan. OMS Group has a long-established tradition of designing and manufacturing world-class strapping, wrapping and hooding systems for end-of-line packaging of palletized products for all market sectors. OMS GROUP is a world leader in th...

MAPPI INTERNATIONAL, ALWAYS AT THE FOREFRONT OF INNOVATION
 Since 1993, Mappi International has been designing and manufacturing high quality tempering systems for the glass industry. More than 400 plants installed all over the world represent the company’s stages of steady growth, important inve...

LiSEC is a globally operating group which has been offering innovative individual and complete solutions in the field of flat glass processing and finishing for more than 50 years. The performance portfolio includes machines, software solutions and services. LiSEC develops and produces glass cut...

The UHS700 ware transfer is specifically designed to transfer small container on high speed production line from the main conveyor of the forming machine to the cross conveyor. The distinctive feature of this device is the design of its retractile fingers which doesn't swing (as per HS700 MK2) but,...

Various vacuum lifters for glass handling. With HOVA Maschinenbau GmbH you move your glass effortlessly and safely. From a one man business to industry. • Loading and unloading glass cutting table • Loading and unloading of glass processing machines • Loading and unloading of glass washing machin...

The only true 3D system with linear and area scan cameras. Smart Gob is designed primarily for Gob inspection, monitoring and control of: • Weight of the gob to +/-0.25% • Gob length +/-0.1mm • Gob diameter +/-0.1mm • Temperature +/-10° • Fall angle +/- 0.1° • Volume calculation • Shape...

ALATI STUHNE produces premium quality moulds for glass industry. No matter what kind of glass container you produce - be it for food, water, non-alcoholic beverages, beer, wine, spirits, perfumery, cosmetics or pharmaceuticals - our quality, experience and flexibility allow us to serve the most dem...

This APEGG training course is for production personnel who need to know how to prepare the “perfect” gob for glass container production (bottle & jar). During this course students learn the fundamentals of gob shaping and how a “bad” gob influences the quality. This training course is split into 4 t...

The five-step programme from APEGG will ensure a smooth introduction of the Narrow Neck Press & Blow (NNPB) process within any glass plant operation. Following the APEGG way the customer can expect to produce successfully bottles in NNPB within months, rather than spending potential years with trial...

The correct bottle design is as important as the product you fill into the bottle. Brand recognition comes before smelling or tasting the beverage. Understanding all the different hollow glass forming processes and equipment limitations allows our team to design organic shaped premium bottles.APEGG’...

During the period of a furnace campaign life, it is most likely that hot repairs to the furnace refractory structure will be required. Hot repairs fall into several categories, including; general maintenance, planned, emergency and work contributing towards an extended designed furnace campaign life...

This application provides detailed information about possible forming defects in glass bottles and jars. Including image, description, detection and effect. The App contains information about the source of defects in glass containers (cause and prevention, split into different forming processes), wh...

This digital solution is the ‘production consultant’ for the operator that is always available. There is no more need to invite specialists from outside the plant to fix forming defects – even newly hired and untrained people can fix defects by using this system. The Defect Elimination System (DES) ...

The Gob Forming Simulator visualizes in a virtual 3D environment the influence of adjusting the feeder control parameters, such as: refractory tube & plunger height, plunger stroke & differential on the gob shape. Simulate and show in a class room the formation of the glass stream into a gob. Glassm...

To make the “perfect gob”, a correctly sized refractory orifice ring is required. With this online application the orifice ring size can be determined, by entering the glass container weight and adjusting the gob diameter to length ratio. The calculator has a weight range of 11g to 1701g.Charts give...