Glass@Max

A specialty of IPCOS is its services for the glass industry. The office of IPCOS in the Netherlands has its roots in this business area. The people that started IPCOS have been the first in executing successful model predictive control applications in glass manufacturing in the early eighties.

Since 1974 we have been involved in a broad range of projects around glass manufacturing:
ranging from the design of electric furnaces for the production of borosilicate glass to the multivariable control of quartz glass tubing lines. Our people have executed control projects for tubing lines (both Vello and Danner), forehearths (for light bulbs, TV screens and tubing lines) and melters (TV screens).

Currently business development, project execution and product development for the glass industry is done in very close cooperation with TNO (see partners).

IPCOS offers state of the art Advanced Process Control solutions to the glass industry based on 3 ready to use systems (Melter@Max, Feeder@Max and Tubingline@Max)

References:

• Asahi/Glaverbel: 
• APC on a floatglass melter
• APC on a floatglass melter
• BGIF (China): Tubing Expert on boro-silicate tubes
• BSN (OI):  APC on a Melter (container)
• GE lighting:  
• APC on a feeder for tubeglass
• Modelling on a feeder for Glassbulbs
• LG Philips:  APC on a feeder (TV)
• Philips lighting:  
• APC on tubing lines for special lighting applications
• Optimal control of a melter
• Pilkington:  
• APC on a tinbath
• APC on melters
• Licenses for in house installations
• Rexam:  APC on feeders for container glass (Leonardo)
• Samsung Corning:  APC on a melter for TV glass
• Santos Barosa: TNO APC on a Melter (container)
• Schott:  
• APC on a feeder for TV glass
• Optimal control of a forming process for TV tubes
• SLI:  APC on a tubing line
• Thomson:  
• APC on a feeder for TV glass
• APC on a melter for TV glass
• TNO:  Design of a Melter Operating Support System