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the suppliers then work for the
SpeedLine IS glass industry over the long-term
and are therefore aware of the
requirements.

GMP&A: CO2 emissions
reduction will certainly dominate
the coming years. What contribu-
tion can the container glass indus-
try make?
MK: Indeed you mention what’s
probably the most topical issue at
the moment: CO2 footprint or
decarbonisation. If you look at
the side of energy consumption
and leave compensation models
aside, then this is essentially about
the sensible use of energy and the
avoidance of energy waste.
For us as machine manufactur-
er, two different directions are rel-
evant when it comes to emissions.
The next development goal was tioned here. On the one hand, it’s a matter of
to create areas in the IS-machine With this machine, we have minimising losses, which means
where sensors, actuators, the nec- taken a giant step into digitisation. producing as much as 100 per-
essary cables and the processor There is now a ‘Communication cent of the glass bottles possibly
technology could all be installed Tower’ that combines all network without defects. Then you don’t
safely and reliably. Safety and reli- components, computers and serv- have to throw away glass bottles,
ability, within this context, means ers in one cabinet. The com- you don’t waste the energy need-
protection against heat, oils, oil ponents are interconnected and ed to make them and you have a
vapours, water, water vapour, dirt communicate with each other. better CO2 footprint.
and glass. We’ve succeeded very SpeedLine is a platform technol- On the other hand, the focus
well with the SpeedLine because ogy in which components such as is on equipment availability. It’s
we had conceived the design dif- robots or measuring and control best to operate the machine 24/7
ferently. The cable routing was systems can be integrated very and produce glass bottles without
first designed and then tested easily. Via the Communication defects. This also includes mini-
where the sensors must be mount- Tower there is also a gateway to mised job change times.
ed, which includes their protec- the outside, that is to the custom- To avoid emissions, it’s impor-
tion in technical terms to ensure er. The Application Programmable tant that errors be found and
long-term stability. Operating Interface ‘Heye SmartLink’ pro- eliminated as soon as possible.
sensors without failure in a 1.000° vides the customer with the data This is why it’s so important to
C hot environment is not so easy. of the manufacturing process for reduce the gap between Cold End
Thanks to the bus system, all sys- individual data analysis. information gathering and Hot
tems in the machine are networked End information processing. To
together and a large number of GMP&A: Do you do every- increase efficiency, we use the
sensors can be managed. This thing yourselves at Heye? For ‘PlantPilot’ information system,
naturally brings with it new possi- example, programming? which records the efficiency situ-
bilities and products, for example MK: We develop most of the ation and messages deviations to
the intelligent lubrication interval software, especially in the key those points that necessitate cor-
control - the ‘Heye Multi-Circuit technical areas. The hollow glass rection. This results in a signifi-
Central Lubrication’ - which saves industry is a relatively small and cant improvement of equipment
oil significantly and increases the very special market segment. It’s availability as well as an increase
lifetime of the components. Also difficult to explain the processes in yield by reducing transport
the inline measurement of pres- to external companies. There are and quality losses. So efficiency
sures and temperatures of the a few components that we pur- increase and CO2 reduction are
equipment should only be men- chase, such as sensors. However, always closely related.

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