Image Automation has won orders for two new float glass inspection systems, a success which comes hard on the heels of the seven new orders announced in May.
The first is for one of Pilkington“s-LOF…
Image Automation has won orders for two new float glass inspection systems, a success which comes hard on the heels of the seven new orders announced in May. The first is for one of Pilkington“s-LOF“s two high-capacity production lines in Laurinburg, North Carolina, US. The line is scheduled for a rebuild later in the year when the existing inspection system will be replaced by a FastScan II, which will includes the latest optical quality and distortion detection channels. Unlike many other lines, the glass is washed and dried to remove surface contaminants. The second line at the site is already equipped with an earlier FastScan 32 Image Automation system. Also from the US is a further order from Guardian Industries, for their Richburg, South Carolina plant. This approximately 12-year-old facility, whose single float line produces mirror and architectural glass, will introduce automatic inspection using a FastScan II system. This follows two recent orders from the company to upgrade their plants in Geneva, New York, and Corsicana, Texas. “This is a further demonstration of how our laser-based systems are sweeping the board when it comes to high performance glass inspection systems. This is true not just in North America but throughout the world,” said Image Automation“s deputy managing director, John Claridge. Both the systems ordered are equipped with the latest FastScan Optical Quality system for on-line measurement, enabling the optical quality of the glass to be measured directly, during the on-line defect detection process.