Expert control for furnaces and forehearths
The Glass Service Expert System III (ES III) has emerged as a leading supervisory model-based predictive control for furnaces and forehearths, helping to bring Industry 4.0 to life.
Many major float, container and fibre glass producers have implemented ES III as their standard for improved furnace control. It provides stability and improved quality, aiming for 2-3% energy cost savings, plus CO2 and NOx emission reduction, with a return on investment of about six months.
During the current Covid-19 pandemic especially, with low operator and engineering personnel in attendance, the ES III has contributed to keeping all systems running in optimal automatic mode, without risk of exposure to the virus.
The GS-ASENS NIR furnace camera can monitor a glass furnace with specialised artificial intelligent software analysing what is going on in a furnace and advise the system to take actions if needed. Even with current travel restrictions, GS has been able to realise some 40 installations worldwide, reaching a total of 290 installations.
