Modern Glass Conditioning From Throat To Orifice

A review of typical operating conditions of high capacity container production lines clearly indicates the need to increase the cooling capacity and to concentrate this in the working end. The forehearth will be used to achieve the thermal homogeneity and will need an increase in control zones in order to be able to influence all areas of the glass bath. These changes will lead to more complex installations, and a computer based intelligent control system will be required to obtain optimum results.