Indian solar glass producer Gujarat Borosil Ltd recently selected EME to engineer a capacity increase for its existing, non-EME batch plant, from 180 to 460 tonnes/day for the batch and cullet supply of two furnaces in Bharuch.

Phase one involved an exchange of the existing dosing equipment and mixer during full operation load of the 180 tonnes/day furnace. Part of the engineering, completed in a second phase, involved the design and installation of a batch transport system for the new 230 tonnes/day furnace.

At the end of 2019, the 180 tonnes furnace was replaced by a 230 tonnes installation, the upgraded batch plant reaching its full operating load of 460 tonnes/day. The parameters of cycle times, batch homogeneity and capacity of the batch plant surpassed calculated performance figures and the customer’s expectations.

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