Batch preparation
- Dehumidifying raw materials
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Electrotechnologies Benefits - Induction screw
- Very high energy efficiency
- Extremely precise temperature control
- Infrared (IR)
- Very high energy efficiency
- Short heating times
- Suitable for controlled-atmosphere treatment
- Can be easily adapted to work with existing equipment
- Heat pump
- Highly efficient: coefficient of performance (COP) ranging between 3 and 5
- 1 kWh of electricity can produce the equivalent of 3 to 5 kWh of thermal energy.
Glass production: melting and refining
- All-electric melting
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Electrotechnologies Benefits - Induction furnace
- Very high energy efficiency
- Extremely precise temperature control
- More homogeneous melt as a result of electromagnetic mixing
- No combustion gases
- Can be easily adapted to work with existing equipment
- Electric resistance furnace
- Simple heating system that's economical to buy and operate
- Precise temperature control
- Consistently high quality
- Products are free of contaminants since there are no combustion gases
- Sturdy construction
- Suitable for controlled-atmosphere treatment
- Hybrid melting
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Electrotechnologies Benefits - Fuel-fired melting furnaces equipped with electric resistances
- Production can be increased cost-effectively by adding electric resistances to existing fuel-fired melting furnaces
- Refining
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Electrotechnologies Benefits - Electric resistance (conduction)
- High energy conversion efficiency
- Low specific consumption (kWh/kg)
- Negligible waste of material
- Facilitates specialty glass manufacturing
- Process can be automated
- Compact equipment
- No toxic gases
- High power density, resulting in short heating or melting times
- Quick fusion due to extremely high contact temperatures
- Production can be increased cost-effectively by adding electric resistances to existing fuel-fired melting furnaces
Post-production processing
- Tempering and thermoforming
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Electrotechnologies Benefits - Mid infrared
- Easy to install
- No rejects
- Precise control of the molten bath temperature
- Suitable for focalized heating
- High-precision heating results in superior thermoformed products
- Suitable for controlled-atmosphere treatment
- Drying/curing of paints on glass or ceramic
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Electrotechnologies Benefits - Electric resistance
- Simple heating system that's economical to buy and operate
- Precise temperature control
- Operating conditions can be reproduced from one batch to the other, resulting in consistently high quality
- Products are free of contaminants since there are no combustion gases
- Sturdy construction
- Suitable for controlled-atmosphere treatment (e.g., inert gas)
- Ultraviolet (UV)
- Low specific consumption
- Solvent-free
- Superior finish (polymerization)
- High processing speed
- Hardening of polymers or glues on glass, ceramic or porcelain
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Electrotechnologies Benefits - Microwave
- High frequency
- Induction
- Electron beam
- High processing speed
- Precise temperature control – suitable for bonding applications, e.g., glass and steel (induction)
- No surface overheating
- Superior penetration and very high speed (electron beam)
- Cost-effective for large production runs (electron beam)
- Thin-film vacuum deposition
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Electrotechnologies Benefits - Sputtering
- Suitable for pure metal or compound (nitrides, oxides, etc.) deposition applications
- Can also be used for depositing precursors such as ultra-pure metals and various reactive gases
- Higher reflectivity of UV and IR rays
- Chemical vapor deposition
- Fast, economical process
- Precise temperature control
- Fewer steps involved
- Better adhesion than with sputtering
- Coating retains its integrity even after bending
- Other surface coatings
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Electrotechnologies Benefits - Plasma
- Suitable for depositing thin films of metal or metallic or non-metallic alloy
- Can also be used to fuse alloys at very high temperature
Other applications
- Cutting, engraving, piercing and drilling
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Electrotechnologies Benefits - Laser
- Increased productivity (ultrahigh speed, high precision, suitable for robot operation)
- Energy savings
- Bonding
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Electrotechnologies Benefits - Induction
- High frequency
- Precise temperature control, making it possible to bond glass and metal (induction)
- Sterilizing containers
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Electrotechnologies Benefits - Infrared (IR)
- Very high energy efficiency
- Short heating times
- Suitable for controlled-atmosphere treatment
- Can be easily adapted to work with existing equipment
- Branding (on glass, ceramic or porcelain)
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Electrotechnologies Benefits - Electric resistance
- Suitable for the production of high-quality baked enamels
- Laser
- Flexible, reliable operation
- No clouding or rejects
- Precise, reproducible glass engraving
