Thai Glass Increases Product Quality With AMETEK Land Thermal Imaging
AMETEK Land has enabled Thai Glass, one of the leading container glass makers in Thailand, to optimise its production quality with the installation of a high-performance temperature monitoring system.
Traditional CCTV cameras in the glass melt tanks were replaced with a system that would add both visual and temperature measurement to its process control. AMETEK Land’s NIR-Borescope-656-Glass thermal imaging solution produces high-definition thermal images and highly accurate temperature measurements in the range of 1000 to 1800°C.
The new system allows Thai Glass to obtain a wider variety of temperature measurements in different locations, and can trend measurements at key points, including the crown, ports, and burner blocks.
A spokesperson for Thai Glass commented: “We have seen significant advantages of using AMETEK Land’s NIR-B-656-Glass in terms of process optimization and quality control.The data obtained is invaluable in enabling us to monitor batch flow closely and to ensure optimum efficiency in the operation of the melt tank.”
Phillipe Kerbois, Glass Sector Manager at AMETEK Land, said: “Glass producers worldwide are looking for more robust thermal imaging solutions that provide much more than just CCTV images. Our systems offer a truly unrivalled data-driven solution to the challenge of effective temperature measurement of glass melt tanks and increase production efficiency.”
Caption: NIR-B-656-Glass mounted on the Electrical Auto-Retract (AR) System
