Bystronic Introduces New Glass Processing Solutions

Bystronic of Hauppauge, N.Y., presented new glass processing systems under realistic production conditions at the glasstec 2004 show. The company hosted five daily demonstrations at its booth to show how the items performed.
Smart' verticut, which was highlighted at the booth, is a vertical shape cutting machine combined with a feeder, for low-E and float glass cutting. It offers a low processing time, a small sorting workload and a space saving design, according to the company.

An entry-level solution for laminated glass cutting, called smart'lamicut, was also shown. It cuts and separates laminated glass in sizes up to 3.70m cutting width in a diagonal cut. Cutting, breaking and separating is controlled automatically, and only one operator is required.

There were several insulating glass manufacturing innovations also on display. The first'tps is the Thermo Plastic Spacer (TPS) warm-edge insulating glass production line with the integrated component first'arris, an automatic vertical arising machine for shapes with straight edges. TPS simplifies and automates the process of manufacturing insulating glass, according to the company.

Bystronic also showed its Spacebender, the fastest automatic bending machine for unfilled aluminum profiles on the market, according to the company. Visionmaster, a fully-automatic, visual in-line-inspection system for glass plates, was also on display.