Upgrading glass tempering machines for improved performance, quality and uptime Glass Technologies Control Systems Ltd of Derby, UK, specialises in the renovation and upgrading of glass tempering machines. Glass tempering processes have evolved to meet the new requirements for sophisticated tempered glass products for architectural use. This requires and justifies a radical upgrade to the […]
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January 2020, GTCS commenced an upgrade at Vista Therm Ltd in Lurgan, Northern Ireland. The Project was to upgrade a long-standing client’s existing GTCS system (originally upgraded by GTCS in 2007) from Windows XP, which was no longer supported by Microsoft. The equipment in question is a 28-year-old Tamglass HTF III 2136 Tempering Furnace. What
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FGTCS were contacted by Glascom whose primary business is in Denmark to modernize their existing tempering line and replace the now unsupported OEM equipment with the GTCS mk VI control system and install energy saving VSDs to their quench fans. “ At the time of writing during the coronavirus pandemic; the customer has reported more
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