AUTOMATION
Part of an automated Moretto PET processing plant.
Getting to the Core of
CORE MATERIALS
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hen it comes to high-volume products that cry out for automation, you can hardly find a better example than automotive windshields, side windows, sunroofs and LCD back lights. And TYROLIT VINCENT Srl (Thiene, Italy, www.tyrolit.at/en/) is a leading manufacturer of diamond tools for just such applications. TYROLIT VINCENT belongs to GIMAV, the association of Italian manufacturers and suppliers of machinery, equipment and special products for glass processing (www.gimav.it/en/), and all projects of its Glass Division are developed in Italy by the R&D department and carefully followed by the technical and marketing team all over the world. One such milestone in the automotive glass industry are TYROLIT high-quality diamond pencil wheels for grinding automotive glass at 40 m/min (1,574 IPM). Another more recent development is the “single
4
use” HALO profile wheel. Conventional wheels used for this application must be re-profiled when worn, changing their diameter and forcing the production staff to ship wheels back to the manufacturer, await their return and return them to stock. Not to mention having to track the number of re-profiles, which is usually limited to four cycles. The HALO is designed as a cost-effective “disposable wheel” that can be discarded after use. Because all HALO wheels have the same outer diameter, the operator doesn’t need to adjust for changes in diameter, which contributes to easier setup and automation. And because a worn wheel is simply discarded, the user is spared the logistical challenge of managing re-profiles. TYROLIT also provides a wide range of single-piece drills and adjustable-countersink drills for the automotive glass industry. They are specially designed and manufactured to guarantee the best hole
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