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IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENT

AND CONFIRMATION

After an important period of company restructuring and collaboration in 2017,
leading to the new “RIVA BY RCN” chemical tempering line, designed and
built thanks to the collaboration with Senior Expert Gianfranco Rivaroli, R.C.N.
Solutions’ position on the market is now stronger, more innovative, highly
professional and with greater visibility.
cal tempering as it gives the Adjusting and adapting machine to the needs for Industry 4.0, RCN provides Italian and European clients
glass twice more mechani- with improved technologies aimed not only at responding to the needs for investments, but also to provide
cal resistance compared to improved handling and organization of more suitable production.
thermally tempered glass. The offer of a complete range of machines for production cycles, such as bending furnaces, chemical tempering
furnaces, laminating furnaces, all with sizes of up to 6 metres, allowing to work in sequence or independently,
GTI: Does this mean that enabling RCN to stand out from the crowd in the glass industry market compared to other solutions.
chemical tempering will The development and production of REVA BF that RCN has been producing for some years now, is no less
take the place of thermal important. In fact, this laminating interlayer was subject of considerable investments during 2018, aimed at increasing
tempering? production rates in response to the demands of today’s market, looking for product quality and precision.
Last but not least, and a key characteristic of the company’s philosophy, is the commitment to customization,
Gianfranco Rivaroli: Not for which means attention to the design of machinery built according to customer needs, always respecting the
all sectors because of the technological and quality choices of RCN. Therefore total ‘Made in RCN’ that is allowing the company to
time required to temper the move up to the top of the glass industry.
glass – about 16 hours for
window glass, for example. POWERLAM and LAMMY SYSTEM laminating furnaces
So for normal residential POWERLAM is RCN’s laminating machine without bags, developed and built in 2008. POWERLAM is the
home windows there will production and logistic solution for significant lamination quantities. POWERLAM has been studied to meet
be no real need for chemi- the most important production needs in very short working times, where volumes need: fast handling, precise
cal tempering. On the performance, little operator intervention, promptness of finished products.
other hand, chemical tem- This range of special machines works alongside the more traditional tempering furnaces with bags in different
pering is, and will be, used sizes for each and every production need. RCN has also given this product line a series of special features, such
more and more for archi- as the easy closure of the bags, an important characteristics to reduce times, and to ensure vacuum sealing.
tects in large curtain wall ECO SPECIAL bending furnaces
glazed areas, thanks to its The important comeback in the request for bending furnaces has enabled RCN to start-up and up-grade its
guarantee of high aesthetic production of bending furnaces, now with the possibility of customization and an increase in the number of
quality glass – especially independent heating zones, a fundamental feature to enable to carry out more complex bending, thanks to
with regards to flatness. independent controls and temperature zones.

Roberta Cometti: I think ‘RIVA by RCN’ chemical tempering furnaces
what will happen is that The winning choice in this period in which the market is requesting tempered glass with perfect flatness,
chemical tempering will without optical distortion, with the possibility of processing after tempering, highly resistant to impacts. Doubly
run side by side with ther- winning if we also add the possibility of customizing the machines and the technical expertise of an expert with
mal tempering according many years of experience in the construction of chemical tempering furnaces – Gianfranco Rivaroli – who has,
to the use that the glass in fact, more than 40 years of top level professional activity.
will have once tempered. REVA BF lamination interlayer
Another important advan- This project started up more than six years ago with the (limited) introduction of an EVA interlayer combining
tage of chemical temper- adhesion quality, transparency, ease of use, characteristics that are no so guaranteed in today’s range of EVA
ing is that the glass can be products.
processed after tempering: Indeed, this balance of very sensitive and difficult to calibrate quality has been reached only after years of
cut, drilled, edged without experience and collaboration with important chemical companies.
problems, unlike thermal REVA BF, which has been validated by international certification institutions, has undergone constant
tempered glass. development, along with the commitment to maintain high quality based on the targeted choice of raw materials,
supplied by one of the most prestigious international chemical companies and capillary and professional
Gianfranco Rivaroli: This production controls.
is made possible because Production has also increased thanks to an extension of the extruders range carried out in 2018.
thermally tempered glass
has internal stress tension

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