In October 2024, PKU Pioneer (Beijing Peking University Pioneer Technology Corporation Ltd.) entered into a cooperation with a well-known glass manufacturer in China to design and set up a VPSA oxygen generation system for its 50,000 tonnes per year pharmaceutical glass production line. The VPSA oxygen plant, with a capacity of 1,615 normal cubic metres per hour and a purity of 93 percent, will provide stable, flexible and cost-effective oxygen for the oxy-fuel combustion process in glass furnaces, which will help the user optimize glassmaking processes, reduce production costs and improve glass product quality and manufacturing efficiency, to further enhance its market competitiveness.
The glassmaker has been dedicated to producing pharmaceutical glass packaging materials. Compared to ordinary glass, pharmaceutical glass products demand higher quality and safety. As a nationally supported initiative specially approved by the State Council, the client’s pharmaceutical glass bottles production project aims to meet the industry’s stringent requirements for high-end pharmaceutical glass products and to advance the technological level and production capacity of pharmaceutical glass in China.
According to the project plan, by 2026, the client will build 4 glass production lines. Once fully operational, the total production capacity will reach 200,000 tonnes per year, making it the second-largest pharmaceutical glass manufacturer in China, to inject new vitality into the upstream and downstream segments of the industrial chain.
As a world-leading supplier of VPSA/PSA oxygen equipment, PKU Pioneer has built nearly 30 oxygen generation units for glass and fiberglass manufacturers, both domestically and internationally, by providing high-quality and efficient oxygen generation solutions for the application of oxy-fuel or oxygen-enriched combustion technology in glass melting furnaces, which not only reduces NOx and CO2 emissions during combustion, enabling green and low-carbon production, but also significantly improves combustion efficiency and reduces energy consumption, saving substantial production costs for glassmaking enterprises. VPSA/PSA oxygen generation technology is becoming the preferred choice for many glass manufacturers, contributing to the high-quality and sustainable development of the glass industry.