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PATENTED
TECHNOLOGY
LEAP IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF
LAMINATED GLASS
AND LAMINATED
SAFETY GLASS
The manufacture of lami-
nated glass and laminated
safety glass also dominates
the showcasing of the flat-
bed vacuum autoclave
LamiPress that will be ex-
hibited in collaboration
with Fotoverbundglas Marl
GmbH and TU Darmstadt.
With an innovative combi-
nation of positive pressure,
vacuum and heat conduc-
tion, the machine is capable
of processing a great variety
of glass (float glass, tough-
ened glass, tempered glass,
thin glass, structured or spe- laserbird for glass finishing – with laser assistance, this machine can add coatings to
produce smart glass, for instance for active bird protection or to achieve significantly better
cial-purpose glass) and in-
mobile radio wave permeability. This machine is also able to add decorative features to
terlayers (PVB, SentryGlas, glass, using the non-destructive laser printing process among others
EVA, TPU) with short cycle
times from just 40 minutes
to produce high-quality and experts hope to attract visi- Development Dr. Thomas HEGLA will be at glasstec
certified laminated safety tors’ interest above all with Rainer explains. He adds in Hall 14, Stand A56.
glass. LamiPress also offers their enhanced laserbird. that besides processes to
flexible options for special Laser-assisted and without functionalise glass, the ma-
Hegla Gmbh &
lamination processes. The affecting the product’s opti- chine can also be used to Hegla Gmbh & Co. Kg
different types of interlayer, cal quality, this machine can produce decorative effects.
the types of glass and the apply coatings to produce And by means of altering
laminate thickness can be smart glass with features or removing layers, chang-
mixed and combined at will such as better mobile radio ing the glass surface or la-
within a batch. wave permeability and active ser printing, it is possible to
bird protection, and it is ca- fashion high-quality one-off
HIGHER VALUE pable of creating conductors items matched precisely to a
CREATION THROUGH for technical applications customer’s wishes.
LASER-ASSISTED within the coating. Thanks “We are looking forward
GLASS FINISHING
to the material-friendly pro- to glasstec,” says COO Industriestrasse 21
For the first time, the HEG- cess, the laserbird’s strengths Bernhardt Hötger. “That 37688 Beverungen - Germany
LA exhibition space will in- include the non-destructive is where the global glass Tel.: +49-5273-9050
Fax: +49-5273-905252
clude exhibits from HEGLA removal of coatings at the industry meets every two E-mail: info@hegla.de
boraident, which was incor- edge, which satisfies even years to exchange informa- www.hegla.de
porated into the group just the high demands of struc- tion and discuss the trends
under a year ago. The laser tural glazing, as Head of for the next few years.”

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