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Hardening furnace and coating plants with Siemens process control- and automation technology
Masters of glass processing
Hardening furnace and coating plants with Siemens process control- and automation technology
Glass & Solar
NorthGlass
Reduction in energy consumption
High demand for reliable quality and efficiency
Chinese glass processing specialist NorthGlass can produce very large-format bent glass in its tempering furnace – in world record-breaking dimensions.
Energy consumption reduced by 50% compared to previous solutions
Use of the Simatic PCS 7 process control system
Use of energy-efficient drive and automation solutions
Siemens has been a partner to NorthGlass since the company was founded
Siemens is a reliable partner in the areas of automation, drive and visualization systems, instrumentation, as well as in industrial switching technology and information systems
The global presence and service capability of Siemens
NorthGlass is the largest company in the world that supplies both glass production machinery as well as glass products. In its more than 20-year history, the company has installed approximately 4,000 glass tempering furnaces worldwide.
NorthGlass not only specializes in tempering furnaces, it is also considered to be one of the world’s largest manufacturers of coaters.
In the Chinese province of Hebei, a new coater was automated based on the Simatic PCS 7 process control system and Simatic S7-400 automation devices. In addition, Simatic WinCC from Siemens is being used.
