BÜRKLE confirms quality standards for inline lamination process
Machine and system manufacturer BÜRKLE launched easy-LAM IFL for inline lamination of flat glass in 2018.
The three-stage laminating concept, comprising heating, vacuum and cold press, enables flat and laminated safety glass manufacturers to replace the cost- and energy-intensive autoclave in their production with an efficient lamination process that can be fully integrated into new or existing production lines.
Following successful installation of the ‘IFL-Process’ test system in BÜRKLE’s Technology Centre, development and test trials with partners and interested parties can now be carried out at the company’s Freudenstadt site in south-west Germany.
The test system also permitted BÜRKLE to complete another important part of the technology’s development strategy: the initial type test according to DIN EN 14449 (Test parts: DIN 12600 & DIN ISO 12543-4) quality standards.
This has enabled the manufacturer to confirm its promised quality standards for easy-LAM IFL with regard to breakage, temperature and irradiation safety.
“The initial type test according to DIN standards are a central part of being able to guarantee our customers the highest end product quality,” said Robert Gaiser, Sales Director Glass Division at BÜRKLE. “It makes us all the happier that we have achieved these standards after intensive process development.”
Image: The easy-LAM IFL from BÜRKLE offers low energy consumption compared to autoclaves (Photo: BÜRKLE).
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