Glasstec 2008 – For.El. in the energy saving age

Glasstec 2008 – For.El. in the energy saving age.

Catering, as always, to the demands of the industry, For.El. announces the presentation of a series of breakthroughs and old mainstays at the forthcoming Glasstec event (Hall 16 Stand C19-D05). For.El., a major player on the world market , has always been able to satisfy the demands of the double-glazing industry and now proposes a complete range of automations and processes designed to obtain a highly performing product in terms of energy saving.

All this is possible thanks to experience acquired over many years. For.El. research in the field of warm edge began in the 1980s with focus on finding alternative solutions to classic spacers, and continued in the ‘90s with the introduction of the spacer automatic gas filling , and during the last decade with the success of the warm-edge insulating glazing, triple-glazing and manufacturing systems for insulating panels that achieve a very low heat and noise conduction coefficient with results that exceed those achieved by building masonry.

Automation, personalization and innovation are For.El. strength points; in Dusseldorf the company will be presenting the very latest solutions, with main focus on the processing quality whose finished product excels the international energy-saving standards.

“The history and future of our company are closely tied to a team of people keenly focused and capable of pursuing technological research – says director Fortunato Vianello – the ongoing investment of resources in this direction has always provided us with an advantage over our competitors and with respect to market demands.
What in the past was considered a point of arrival is no longer enough; For.El. keeps on moving ahead …….”


For.El. will be welcoming visitors in an area of over 1200 square metres, where demos of the various production lines will be staged: standard and warm-edge insulating glazing, lamination, vertical cutting and edge machining.
In 2007, the company presented the lamination line, a modern system able to work with many different types of special glazing in a very simple way. A number of machining processes, redesigned and updated to upgrade performance will be on show at Glasstec 2008, to highlight the company strong commitment toward innovation and progress.

Considering the work process of a glass manufacturing industry, we will find first the vertical cutting line for laminated glass interfaced with the storage warehouse and the loader for safe and automatic handling. Performances have been optimised and achieve a cutting capacity of more than 1000 square metres in a o hours’ production cycle (sheets of average dimension 1 square metre), employing just two operators.

Then we proceed with For.El core business: the insulating glass production line which has been optimised too for the production of panels of incredible dimensions, just unthinkable few years ago as well as for the assembling of top-quality panels whose heat and sound dampening coefficient results being excellent.
The scanner for identifying shapes and dimensions will be also installed in line. It automatically identifies the sheets of glass without having to enter the order data via software. The identification of the shape is immediate providing all the information to the following machines in order to complete the whole process.
Another big novelty is the in-line quality control scanner with integrated shape identification feature which checks and classifies any faults such as scratches and impurities affecting each single glass sheet and records the image files in a database. Scanner control considerably reduces any possible faults in the double-glazing panels.
After the prototype presented at Glassex / Gp&T 2008, big expectations for the presentation of the automatic applicator series TBB in its industrialised version, which automatically positions the T-Spacer spacer profile of the US company Edgetech along the perimeter of the glass to make both insulating glass panels and curtain walls.
Close focus has also been placed on the composition of the staggered insulating glass: the new gas filling press for structural glazing series APGS which couples together the panels injecting gas (Argon or Krypton) inside, all in one operation, with filling percentages above market standards.

In the edge-working sector, the breakthrough is represented by the vertical grinding unit series EM distinguished by continuous and complete edge machining on both straight and shaped glass without handling it, obtaining the “industrial polished edge” and the “squaring up” of the sheet, while considerably cutting operating time and respecting the production schedule of insulating glass systems.

Finally, in order to support the productive organisation of the glass manufacturers, For.El. presents a simple and complete management software package with numerous personalised functions and a highly intuitive interface, created thanks to cooperation with a famous industry software house, which fully completes the range of For.El. products and services, and reiterates the company role as supplier of competitiveness.

For.El. @ Glasstec Düsseldorf – Germany, 21-25 October 2008