Hot end technology
Waltec moves towards better ‘economics’ for press lines � Fig 1. The servo technology will allow glassware factories to increase their sustainability
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and efficiency.
Herman Green* reports that Waltec’s next-generation ESERVO press technology and powered performance components are driving the sustainable optimisation of hot end processes.
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any in-market pressing machines and processes for tableware, cookware, glass bricks, insulators, washing-machine windows and other pressed products are still powered by obsolete technologies. Although most of the time these are still functional, they no longer comply with today’s economical and environmental requirements. This has become a huge challenge for older glassware factories. Survival and profitability are connected to investments
in smart and clean technology now more than ever. Shareholders, owners, banks and other investors are pushing this agenda more and more. Validating investments in new machines is no longer based solely on speed and output. It has become essential to reach compulsory targets related to resource efficiency, cost reduction, lowering environmental impact and boosting supply chain values. As such, new technology transitions are quickly transforming costs into revenue.
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