A furnace using both electricity and fossil-fuel, with high flexibility with regard to load changes, has been developed to replace pot furnaces. The first Flex Melter, commissioned in Yugoslavia in 1988, was designed for a pull of 10.5 tons/day of potassium glass for stemware production.
Origin
Nikolaus Sorg Gmbh
Journal Title
Glass October 1989 380, 383
Sector
Domestic glass
Class
D 73