A leading glass product manufacturer designed and built a shearing distribution system that is used to precisely measure and shear specific amounts of molten glass for a finished high-quality glass component. The original design of the equipment employed a hydraulically actuated shearing mechanism that was not accurate enough to cut consistent amounts of molten glass, particularly with a capacity increase that was needed by the customer.
Cleveland Motion Controls was chosen to design a servomotor that could drive a blade to precisely shear the molten glass and operate in a 100°C environment for 45,000 hours before maintenance. The result: a specialty servomotor that enables the manufacturer to produce consistent, high-quality glass components with significant reductions in operating costs.
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