Intelligent stemware line from IPROTec
German glass machine manufacturer IPROTec GmbH recently delivered its newest intelligent stemware line to Shanxi Dahua Glass Intelligent Manufacturing Ltd., a leading producer of tableware and stemware in the Chinese market that is establishing the country’s first smart glassware factory in North China’s Shanxi province.
Equipped with latest generation equipment from iPROTec, the new production line for high quality stemware features an advanced platinum tube system for perfect gob feeding, a press machine with torque drive for table and pressing system, a blowing machine with iPROTec’s patented gob loader for reduced moil size, an LFC laser filament moil cutting machine and intelligent software for total control of the line.
Having successfully completed projects requiring the delivery of sophisticated production lines in Europe, USA and China, IPROTec is keen to cement its reputation as a worldwide leading machine supplier for the high-end segment of stemware manufacture.
Part of the Zwiesel Kristallglas group (previously Schott Zwiesel), iPROTec is continuously developing new concepts for the tableware industry, focusing on improved solutions for pressing, blowing, polishing, laser cutting, inspection and packaging machines that are controlled by 4.0 intelligent software.
Image: IPROtec’s blow moulding machine can produce up to 60 glasses per minute from a modular design that can be equipped with 6–32 blowing stations.
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