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hall 14 / stand E28

People to contact at our stand

PETER DIXEN CEO
BETTINA JOST MANAGER INTERNAL SALES

4.0 data platform on which multiple
data streams from production and vari-
ous software systems can be automati-
cally stored and evaluated in an intel-
ligent memory. This data is extremely
valuable and can be used to improve
processes and identify untapped sav-
ings potential. For example, the user
can seamlessly track and document the
production process of a single sheet or Optimal layout of furnace beds
a complete batch along the entire value The A+W Furnace Optimizer,
chain, thus identifying opportunities which A+W will be presenting for the
and weak points in complex systems. first time at Glasstec 2018, makes the
best possible use of the capacities of the
Digitizing stencils - TG furnace and facilitates glass track-
fast and flexible ing. The A+W Furnace Optimizer is an
Digitization often begins with the online optimization that works exactly
capture of a single shape – the cus- with the sheets that are currently avail-
COMMUNICATING MACHINES - tomer provides his glass refiner a tem- able in the furnace inlet. Since these
INTELLIGENT DIGITIZATION plate, but the CNC machine needs the panes were registered for Toughened
Understanding digitization as an digitized shape to produce the glass. Glass production in a networked pro-
opportunity: At Glasstec 2018, under Digitizing the stencil is now very easy duction process by scanning operating
the catchphrase ‘Connecting Digital with the brand-new A+W iShape data during previous processing, the
Worlds’, software company A+W is program: The customer photographs furnace operator can reliably identify
presenting new solutions with which the stencil in front of a special refer- each pane by means of a simple bar-
glass processors can exploit the oppor- ence object using a good smartphone code reading and position it in the
tunities offered by Industry 4.0 to gain camera, which does not even require current furnace batch in accordance
concrete market advantages. calibration. The software eliminates with the specifications of the A+W
With A+W IoT - Smart Trace, for possible distortions. This works quickly Furnace Optimizer. The optimized
example, the company is for the first and flexibly, and the machine file can batch is reliably displayed on the A+W
time providing an intelligent industry be created within a few minutes. Production Monitor in the furnace inlet.
In addition, the A+W
FurnaceOptimizer
facilitates reproduc-
tion in case of break-
age. If, on the other
hand, furnace beds
have been assigned
‘intuitively’ without
software support, it
is not always easy to
identify and assign
the affected pane.

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