[Furnace Maintainance] Repair Costs Reduced By More Than 30% At Cardinal Glass

Cardinal Glass, a leading glass manufacturer in the USA, was an important industry partner in developing the SmartMelter sensor for inspecting furnace bottoms. The glassmaker's first experience using the technology on the bottom of a float furnace turned a potential surprise leak into a well-planned repair, keeping customer orders on track and saving time and money. After validating the accuracy of its data in this first case, Cardinal FG made SmartMelter monitoring a standard in the glassmaker's maintenance programme saving repair costs, as this article explains.