
Wear Resistant Systems for Glass
Maintain plant efficiency and integrity with Kingfisher Industrial
Plant abrasion – we understand the pain
As with typical manufacturing plants, the glass industry involves a range of procedures, equipment, materials and most importantly, technicians. The key to maintaining optimum control of process quality and productivity is the elimination of any process variation of these requirements. Proven technology from within the industry or implemented by OEM’s is continually evolving and improving quality control and productivity, hence dependency on automation is of paramount importance. To this end, the availability of plant and equipment to be able to maintain operational availability is key to the success of the process.


Increase plant efficiency and service longevity
In the production of glass, the raw minerals and glass cullet used to prepare the batch are both aggressive in terms of their inherent hardness characteristics and the quantities and velocities they are conveyed at. Equipment used to handle these materials suffer from extreme abrasion and as many of the parts are situated either before or directly after the glass tank, then failure to perform could result in unexpected downtime. Production runs depend on continuity, and unexpected downtime is costly both in terms of time and money, therefore the integrity of plant and equipment to cater for the harsh conditions they are subjected to, sit high on the list priorities.

The Solution Providers
Kingfisher have had significant success in undertaking a combination of the design, manufacture and protection of material handling equipment used to convey both the materials used to prepare the batch and likewise the transportation and recycling of glass cullet via the glob chutes and conveyors. Drawing on past achievements we feel confident that we can add value to the plant and equipment used within your plant and process.
Protection over replacement
See below an example how Kingfisher Industrial can help with Wear Protection within the Glass industry
Problem
Handling raw cullet is a very abrasive process for many glass bottle manufacturers, as the process begins by melting glass in a furnace which melts cullet (crushed, recycled glass), sand, soda ash, limestone, and other raw materials, during this process pipework used to convey raw material to the furnace is subject to high levels of wear and abrasion, eventually causing the structural shell of the pipe to deteriorate and perforate.
Solution
Many manufacturers are having to replace pipework every 6months or less, resulting in thousands in maintenance costs. Following on from a site visit for a well-known glass bottle manufacturer, Kingfisher’s engineers recommended a trial is carried out on the pipework which would be lined with a combination of K-BAS and K-ZAS ceramic lining systems, so the end user could compare the performance of a lined pipe VS un-protected pipe.
Benefit
After comparing thickness test’s on both sets of pipework after 4 weeks of production, it was clear the wear protected pipe had superseded the performance of the unlined pipe. Kingfisher were awarded the manufacture and installation of line one pipework, followed by a similar project carried out on the same plant for line 2, however due to the increased temperatures, it was recommended these pipes were installed with our 92p high alumina K-ALOX ceramic lining system.
Key Benefits
Improved Wear Resistance
Maintain Blending capacity
Prevention of material build-up
Cheaper than replacing internal liner
Out performs traditional liners by a factor of 6-8 times
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Wear Protection
Kingfisher offer a full range of ceramic, metallic and polymer lining systems. With our experience protecting process plant and equipment in many industrial applications and the performance knowledge of the materials we provide we offer a totally unbiased solution for each individual application.
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