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SPECIAL EVENTS

During the factory tour of Schollglas,
the attendees were able to experience
the LiSEC TPA-line in operation.
They were accompanied by Mr.
Weidemann and Dr. Ostendarp.

LiSEC. Therefore, a visit
of the production plant at
Schollglas Isernhagen was
part of the agenda on the
first day. With his speech
on unmanned production
in which he presented the
TPA insulating glass con-
cept, Jürgen Wuchter, Sales
Manager LiSEC Germany,
prepared the attendees for
this factory tour. After that,
the attendees had the pos-
sibility to experience the
more than 63-metres long
LiSEC TPA line in opera-
tion, a demonstration that
was met with great interest.
The TPA lines are individu-
corporate objectives and processing industry when it how LiSEC was able to ally adapted to customers’
the objectives of the entre- comes to the drafting of the reduce cycle times in the requirements. One objec-
preneur. “Markets strongly regulations. cutting area by more than tive is to integrate them as
driven by competition need Leopold Dammelhart, 17 per cent due to the op- space-saving as possible in
the most efficient solutions Technical Support at timization and orientation production. Thus, LiSEC
and the most important LiSEC Austria, then pre- to the customer s situa- offers every customer the
pieces of information, he sented the cutting machine tion. By means of the new right, tailor-made solution.
stated when opening the for laminated glass for the laminated glass cutting When planning the new
event. fully automatic cutting of plant with X-Y-Z cutting plant, Schollglas lengthy
The first presentation was X, Y and Z sections. The bridge, the speaker very production experience in
given by Dr. Klaus Hunt- expertise in terms of the descriptively demonstrated the field of TPA already
ebrinker, General Manager tailor-made cutting line how it is possible to realize led to the demand that the
of ‘Isolar Glas Beratung’. for laminated safety glass an output of more than 90 sheets should preferably
He spoke about the new consists of implementing square metres laminated be able to cure automati-
versions of the standards an optimized mapping of glass per hour with only cally after sealing without
for the glass dimension- the cutting patterns pro- one operator. suffering a loss in quality
ing. He outlined the status vided by the customers in THEORY due to the handling of the
of the standardization and the unit. The applied out- WAS FOLLOWED sheets that were not dried
the interpretation of the feed and lateral transport BY PRACTICE out. This problem was
regulations in a clear way lengths thus have a signifi- solved with the tailor-made
and gave a passionate plea cant influence on the cycle Practical experience and UTS system by LiSEC.
to point out the personal time. Using an example, operator expertise play The company Schollglas
responsibility of the glass- Dammelhart demonstrated an important role at was established in 1969

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