Glass & Solar

Pilkington Deutschland AG

Cold repair of production line 2

Weiherhammer,

Siemens has been a constant companion of the tank cycles since the plant was founded in 1979.
Pilkington has counted on automation systems from Siemens on both its lines from the very beginning: first on TELEPERM M as a process control system, and then later on the successor SIMATIC PCS 7.
In the current cold repair, the last three remaining TELEPERM M systems were replaced in line 2

"With the change to the PCS 7 process control system, we’re very confident that we’ve made a future-proof investment in float line 2.”

Reinhold Gietl, plant manager at Pilkington Deutschland AG in Weiherhammer

With PCS 7, Pilkington benefits from a technical foundation that takes into account the steadily growing requirements for efficiency, resource conservation, and environmental sustainability.
At the same time, the open system architecture realized with PCS 7 permits a high degree of flexibility and represents the optimal basis for future technical expansions.

In Weiherhammer, Germany, two lines produce flat glass primarily for the construction glass sector using the float glass method. In an online coating process during the float glass process, products like thermal insulation glass, self-cleaning glass, and special low-iron glass for solar applications are produced.
Weiherhammer is the plant with the most sophisticated product range in the NSG Group. There’s a demand for glass from 0.75 to 19 millimeters thick and in lengths up to 16 meters. That’s why “float two” had to be refurbished much sooner than is often the case.