Page 49 - Glass-Technology International no. 4/2017

and now has approximately standard triple glaz- LISEC: BEST IN GLASS PROCESSING
1,500 employees at 16 lo- ing). The FastLane
cations. Schollglas is one constitutes the bench- LiSEC based in Hausmening/Amstetten is a globally active group, which has
of the leading independ- mark regarding cy- been offering innovative individual and overall solutions in the field of processing
ent companies in the field cle time, low level of and refining of flat glass for more than 50 years. LiSEC s service portfolio
of production, refining and investments and top comprises machines, automation solutions and services. In 2016, the group with
trading of flat glass and a product quality at the its approximately 1,200 employees and more than 20 locations generated an
long-term customer of the same time because aggregate turnover of about EUR 230 million at an export rate of more than 90 per
LiSEC Group. only one applicator cent. LiSEC develops and produces glass cutting and sorting systems, individual
On the second day of the and one press are re- components and entire production lines for the production of insulating and
event, specialist presenta- quired due to the in- laminated glass as well as machines for the processing of glass edges and tempering
tions came from LiSEC. telligent production systems. With a reliable technology and intelligent automation solutions, LiSEC sets
Herbert Jung, Head of the logic on the line. “The standards in terms of quality and technology and makes a substantial contribution to
Business Unit Tempering TPA technology offers the success of its customers.
gave an overview of the an enormous degree
benefits of the AEROFLAT of freedom in terms of
air cushion technology of production planning and
the tempering furnace. makes the manufacturer proach, the attendees were footing and led to discus-
“Given the customers of insulating glass very able to witness this tech- sions which were also con-
wishes, we have precisely flexible. We, as the plant nology at a test station. tinued after the event had
analyzed the processes and manufacturers have to do LEARNING ended. “In these two days,
construction costs of the justice to the characteristic FROM THE BEST I learned a lot about the
AEROFLAT furnace and features of the material at new interesting technolo-
are now able to offer it in any point in order to ensure The event was wrapped gies. For the years to come,
two different categories. the quality of the end pro- up by Matthias Dolderer, we have planned steps to-
The solution when it comes duct. For me, that includes world champion of the wards automation. This
to the curing of single- the consistent support of Red Bull Air Race 2016. is why the topics covered
sheet safety glass of 4 to the (triple) insulating glass He talked about the im- were a tremendous en-
10mm constitutes a highly unit from the press up to portance of recognizing richment for me,” Philipp
economical and extremely the placing on the transport and setting objectives and Dahmen, Project Engineer
flexible alternative to the rack. With the LiSEC tech- how the correct planning of Saint Gobain, drew his
established furnaces, ex- nology, there is no offset of will lead to success. Mat- personal conclusion.
plained the freshly gradu- the sheets, reports Clem- thias Dolderer’s presen-
ated specialist for single- ens Macarei with tangible tation shows us that it is
sheet safety glass. pride. essential to set objectives.
With his presentation on Product Manager of the “We will only be able to
the FastLane concept, Cle- Business Unit Insulating jointly develop the right
mens Macarei linked to the Glass, Wolfgang Radler, solutions if we are aware of Lisec Group
factory tour the day before. presented the new operator our objectives”, Clemens
The concept was already system for insulating glass Macarei emphasizes this
presented at the glasstec plants, the Cockpit. “For approach.”
2016. Due to the partly the operator, automation The issues of increasing
parallel transport of the has to mean that the opera- automation and the per-
sheets on different levels tion of the plant is getting manent improvement of
Bahnhofstrasse 34
on the insulating glass line easier and clearer. All im- the cycle time ran through A-3363 Hausmening - Austria
combined with the latest portant information of the the two days like a com- Tel.: +43-7475-5050
LiSEC TPA technology, it plant has to be provided mon thread. After every Fax: +43-7475-50540
E-mail: sales@lisec.com
is possible to realize very for the operation and deci- individual presentation, an
www.lisec.com
short cycle times (1,200 sion making in one place.” exchange on the respective
x 800mm in 33 seconds, Following this practical ap- topic took place on equal

Glass-Technology International 4/2017 47