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From the furnace,
sodium silicate glass
is filled into moulds
to make clear bottles
and jars

ANCHOR GLASS
CONTAINER
Anchor runs between 10 and 50 the same mixture, Gesek says, CORPORATION
per cent recycled glass, Gesek and the components are dry, so
says, with the flint glass line usu- cleaning is unnecessary. Tel: +1 - 813 - 884-0000
ally running 15 to 20 per cent Anchor Glass has developed a E-mail: info@AnchorGlass.com
recycled glass. preventive maintenance program www.anchorglass.com
All the components are dry, to minimise unexpected down-
and are gravity fed from the silos, time, helping keep the mixer
assisted by vibratory feeders. A on the job all these years. “We
scale measuring each component change the inlet and outlet seals
signals the PLC to discharge the annually, and every couple of
material onto a belt conveyor, years we change the trunnion MUNSON
which empties into a chute feed- rings and rollers,” Gesek says. MACHINERY
ing the mixer inlet. Anchor replaces the drive chain COMPANY, INC.
After the ingredients are load- (which stretches) and the small
Tel: +1 - 315 - 797-0090
ed, mixing takes only 90 seconds. sprocket semi-annually. E-mail: info@munsonmachinery.com
The discharge gate opens and the Some components last longer.
batch empties into a bucket ele- “We change the big sprocket www.munsonmachinery.com
vator, transferring it onto a belt every 10 years,” Gesek says. He
conveyor which, in turn, loads changes out the discharge gate
holding bins, ready for the fur- assembly every three to five years. One modification that Anchor
nace. The bins hold more than 36 The mixing flights, he says, lasted Glass made was to install an
tonnes of blended batches. for 20 years despite the abrasive- inverter drive so the drum rota-
“A batch weighs about 1.8 ness of the glass batches. tion could start up slowly and
tonnes,” says Gesek. Historically, The Glass Batcher performed reduce stress on the mixer drive
the Glass Batcher’s daily through- its job for 30 years before it was system.
put ranges from 245 to 336 time for a replacement drum, Over its long history at Anchor
tonnes depending on demand. accomplished quickly onsite in Glass in Elmira, the Rotary Glass
2011. The Anchor Glass mainte- Batcher has been a dependable
ATTENTION TO nance team worked with Munson part of the flint glass line. “There
MAINTENANCE KEEPS THE on the rebuild, Gesek says. “It has never been a production out-
GLASS BATCHER ONLINE took two days, and we ran it at age because of it in more than 38
The Glass Batcher always runs the end of the second day.” years,” Gesek says. Q

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