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Size matters – and so does expertise
As a power supply system provider, Eurotherm by Schneider Electric obviously had to anticipate this shift in developments ahead of...
Preventing power outages and reducing electricity tariffs
A glass plant can have many instances of high power electrical equipment demanding power from the main supply. The biggest...
The decarbonisation fuel challenge
Since the Paris Agreement made at COP21 in December 2015, commitments have been made to avoid the worst impacts of...
Considerations for alternative furnace fuels – where to start?
To be honest, I cannot recollect when the discussion around carbon footprint and zero emissions started, even though NOx has...
Reducing energy consumption via predictive power strategies
A key feature of the EPower controller’s popularity is Predictive Load Management, which uses proprietary control strategies in combination with...
Hydrogen or Electrical Power for a Greener Glass Industry
René Meuleman and Lois Holman discuss the options and challenges involved in reducing the glass industry’s carbon footprint. Is hydrogen...
Model-Based Predictive Control Solutions Collaboration
Eurotherm Ltd partners with CelSian Glass & Solar BV to make model-based predictive control solutions widely accessible to the glass...
DCS Vs PLC For Glass Process Control
René Meuleman discusses justifications in support of distributed control systems (DCS) for glass industry process control, against programmable logic controller...
Delivering efficient control solutions for Latin American glassmakers
According to Marco Antonio Fernandes Aguilar, Sales Director at Eurotherm Ltda in Braxil, the glass industry in South America representsan...
How to maximise the availability of assets
Business leaders put in time and effort to ensure that the correct decisions are made in the procurement cycle and...
Are we finally speeding up developments?
René Meuleman sees important signs of change within the glass industry’s approach to manufacturing innovation.It has been said before, and...
The efficient future for the glass industry is “all-electric”
Glass melting has been carried out for nearly 6000 years and for most of that time wood was used as...
