Many inspection machine producers claim to have the ability to run the odd-shaped, high-end glass articles found on the top shelves in many pubs and bars. However, Bucher Emhart Glass believes it has taken this to a new level with its FleXinspect product line.

Bucher Emhart Glass, the leading manufacturer of glass container machines and equipment, is delivering a range of new products and improvements to make customers’ lives easier, from quiet, easy-to-use servo-driven forming machines to more accurate cold-end inspection. Catching up with the firm at glasstec, we spoke to Werner Gessner, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, and Michael Curry, Vice President of Inspection, to learn more.

Who would have thought that the 15th and 16th Century concepts of Nicolaus Copernicus and Galileo Galilei would be applied to glass container inspection? According to Mike Rentschler, an application of the concepts from Copernicus and Galileo can be found in the tramp glass detection option available on the Bucher Emhart Glass FleXinspect T machine.

Srpska Fabrika Stakla (Serbian Glass Factory) was the location of a major project by Bucher Emhart Glass encompassing the full range of its hot end and inspection equipment.

For several years measurement systems such as Plunger Process Control (PPC) and Temperature Control System (TCS) have been giving glass container manufacturers valuable
insights into their production processes. However, for machine operators, systematically monitoring all the parameters involved and making manual adjustments is a demanding job. To achieve consistent production and higher efficiency, the next logical step is to automate this process with closed loops.

Since a few years, measurement systems like Plunger Process Control (PPC) and Temperature Control System (TCS) provide valuable insight into the production process of glass containers. For the machine operator it is however a tough job to systematically monitor the measured parameters and perform
all the appropriate manual readjustments. Automating this process with closed loops is therefore a logical step, leading to more constant production and thus higher efficiency