19.09.2024
Fives, an industrial engineering group, and Guardian Glass, one of the world’s largest float glass manufacturers, put an innovative, energy-efficient furnace into operation in Bascharage, Luxembourg.
The low-energy furnace - Prium® Float-Melt – combined with L.E.M.® technology is unique in the glass industry. It has a heat recovery system that enables the preheating of pure oxygen and natural gas. The furnace, which produces lower carbon glass, has been in operation since the end of 2023.
Over time, the use of this new technology should reduce the furnace’s gas consumption by 25% and CO2 emissions by 20% compared to a conventional air-fuel furnace, marking it one of the lowest energy consumption levels in the sector.