GlastonAir

Completely new thinking, entirely new products with impeccable quality


Looking to explore new opportunities in the flat glass tempering business?
Here are three reasons why GlastonAir is your best choice

1.

Record-breaking quality

  • No rollers or roller marks
  • Practically wave-free for both clear and Low-E glass
  • Best iridescence values for a quantum leap in architectural glass quality

2.

Thinnest safety glass

  • First true opportunity to produce the thinnest safety glass in the world
  • Highest surface compression levels for 4 mm glass requiring over 200 MPa
  • 15–50% energy savings for 2–4 mm glass

3.

Value chain efficiency

  • Major savings potential in all value chain stages
  • Cost savings in material, freight, support structures and installation
  • Better quality tempered glass creates savings and higher satisfaction

Glass made on air!


GlastonAir represents a completely new approach to glass heat treatment. GlastonAir is not just an improved flat tempering machine, but a revolutionary innovation that changes some of the orthodox rules of glass tempering. It takes glass quality to a totally new level and enables completely new products.

GlastonAir with its unique air flotation technology gives you the quality and processing results that are impossible to reach with roller-type tempering furnaces. By supporting and heating the glass on a homogeneous bed of air, GlastonAir opens up brand-new business opportunities for you and your customers.

References


Fraunhofer ISE, Germany

#glass processing #IG unit #insulating glass #reference #solar #technology #TPedge #TPS

It is only recently that 70 TPedge photovoltaic modules have adorned the external façade of Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) laboratory in Freiburg, Germany. These modules are a joint development between Bystronic glass and the Fraunhofer ISE. Ten of these modules were already integrated into the façade in 2013 and still they continue to work reliably. A further 60 modules will now follow.

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Fenergic Group, Canada

#architectural #automation #flat glass tempering #glass tempering #IG #IG unit #insulating glass #RC Series #reference #TPS

The Fenergic Group specializes in high-quality windows for multiplexes, high-rise buildings and multi-family homes. “We knew we needed to increase the speed of our line, improve the quality of our end product and add the next level of glazing because that’s where our market is going. But our whole adventure took off when we visited glasstec in Dusseldorf in the autumn of 2022,” says Véronique Bouladier, Public Relations & Marketing Coordinator at Fenergic in Quebec, Canada.

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Finn Lamex, Finland

#automotive glass #automotiveindustry #bending #glass bending #ScreenMax #windshield

Tero Toivanen at Finn Lamex, Finland, is sharing his and his team's experiences working with the Glaston ScreenMax glass bending furnace for windshields.

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