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

Bucher Emhart Glass will be showing two of its flagship machines at its booth during glasstec 2014.

South African glass manufacturer Nampak Glass recently invested in a second BIS machine from Bucher Emhart Glass. We find out why BIS is making so many waves in the container glass industry.

Jarmo Kammonen discusses how the co-ordinated efforts of equipment suppliers led to the creation of a lehr loading solution for a glass container producer operating a high performance quad gob NIS machine.

Bucher Emhart Glass' involvement with refractories dates right back to the firm's early years. In 1926, Hartford-Empire, the forerunner of today's Bucher Emhart Glass, formed Corhart Refractories, a joint venture with Corning Glass Works to design, engineer, and manufacture refractory systems.

The company was formed in 1912 by a small group of engineers and entrepreneurs. Soon, their experiments led to the technique of feeding molten glass into moulds in gobs, rather than by suction. Withint a a few years, they developed the IS technology, which quickly established itself as the industry standard.