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Glassworks Conveyors & Handling

A traditional basic industry, glassmaking involves the storage and handling of the raw materials used in the process, the largest of which, is sand. The raw materials are usually stored in large silos and metered out in the required quantities via vibratory equipment, blended and then transported to the furnace for melting.

The environmental angle is important in this industry as government, local councils and the glassmakers themselves encourage the recycling of glass via bottle banks and trade waste collection. An increasing proportion of the material used to make new glass comes from recycled glass, known in the industry as cullet.

The successful handling of both sand and cullet demands a full understanding of the high wear characteristics of these materials and the precautions necessary to ensure against premature failure of storage vessels and transfer chutes.

Nightingale engineers have a wealth of experience within the glassmaking industry, both flat and container products. This experience includes raw materials handling and storage, weighing, batching, mixing and transport to the furnace. We also have a broad knowledge of cullet handling and storage, metering and blending onto the batch under tightly controlled proportions.

Finished products are also handled on conveyors to and from the packaging processes.

Typical handling equipment provided for the glassmaking industry includes:-

• Belt Conveyors
• Screw Feeders incorporating Weighing
• Vibratory Feeders incorporating Weighing
• Elevators
• Chain Conveyors
• Roller Conveyors
• Crushers
• Vibratory Screens

With associated equipment including:-

• Storage Bunkers, Hoppers and Silos
• Steel Supporting Structures
• Access Platforms, Ladders and Stairways

40 Town End
Bolsover
Derbyshire
S44 6DT
Tel: +44 (0)1246 828822
Fax: +44 (0)1246 822908