FLACHGLAS Wernberg, Germany

“We are extremely satisfied with the two latest laminating line upgrade projects. There have been considerable savings in energy consumption, which also have a positive impact on the sustainability of our everyday operations,” says Martin Geiss, Technical Manager at FLACHGLAS Wernberg. “Many concerns we used to have about quality, reliability and feasibility are a thing of the past.”

FLACHGLAS in Germany has just completed a second laminating line upgrade at its Wernberg facility with Glaston’s ProL featuring patented Convection Control. This follows on last year’s upgrade of a glass lamination line with ProL, completed in January 2024, which delivered significant improvements in energy consumption, product quality and ease of use.

These are the most recent in a series of initiatives to modernize FLACHGLAS’s production equipment with Glaston.

Improved handling of complex laminates

The second laminating line processes sandwich structures up to 100 mm thick, as well as demanding special interlayers such as SentryGlas^® and sound insulation films. In traditional production, these products often require time-consuming recipe testing or expensive manual packaging in vacuum bags before the autoclave. With the Convection Control, however, they can be produced flawlessly straight on the line.

“The results are impressive again. Thanks to the convection control, producing these laminates is child’s play. The technology eliminates unnecessary manual work, reduces film wastage and the need for accessories and removes the human factor as a potential source of error.”