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HOT-END SENSORS
Hot-end sensors
Beyond that, the online Tiama raise a specific warning in the cooled, flashes articles on the
HOT system portfolio is com- case it recognizes a critical defect. conveyor.
pleted with the Tiama HOT mass The Tiama HOT eye is
for gob weight monitoring, as the equipped with two high defini- LIGHT TRANSMISSION
former Tiama GIA, Gob Image tion cameras (Tiama cameras) MEASUREMENT
Analyzer. placed inside two metallic tubes The choice of infrared technol-
Today, Tiama is integrating its fixed on the conveyor. Because ogy avoids disturbing the opera-
Tiama HOT systems technologi- most glass plants suffer from tors by flashes while they work
cal portfolio with the presenta- a lack of space in the hot-end on the line. The Tiama HOT eye
tion of the Tiama HOT eye. area, the different parts of the has been designed to resist to the
device are fixed directly onto harsh environment at the hot-end
UNIQUE AND INNOVATIVE the conveyor in order to reduce and requires little maintenance.
SOLUTION AT THE HOT-END the footprint. The cameras are This configuration is based upon
The main feature of the Tiama located in the lower parts of the light transmission measurements
HOT eye is to detect and rec- tubes to protect them from the instead of emissivity measure-
ognize defects at the hot-end. heat due to the articles radiation ments like the other systems
It means that once the system on the conveyor. These tubes are equipped with infrared cameras.
has detected a defect, it informs air cooled, using vortex systems. The Tiama HOT eye is the first
the operators about what kind In front of them, an infrared system to use this technology and
of defect was produced and can light source, which is water- to allow critical defect recognition
at the hot-end. Pending patents
were filed to protect the original
features of the Tiama HOT eye.
The solution is located just
after the IS machine and is syn-
chronized with it. Thanks to this
synchronization, the images cap-
tured by the system are all linked
to a section and a cavity. It allows
to withdraw statistics per section
and cavity. The system works
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