Horn Glass Industries: Forehearth GCS® Series 301-Advanced

The HORN glass conditioning system GCS^® 301-advanced contains a specially designed cover block with direct & indirect centerline cooling. This cover block allows to separate areas along the control zones into two boundary areas to heat the glass and a central section to guide direct cooling air. The GCS^® 301-advanced offers high flexibility with its left/right heating system and uses high-performance insulating refractories for powerful glass conditioning. 

DESIGN

• The GCS^® Series 301-advanced design allows a wide range of gob temperatures to produce a variety of different sized articles
• Special cover block design for area separation along the control zones:
• Separated boundary areas to heat the glass particularly at the sides of the forehearth
• Separated central section to guide direct cooling air
• Improved thermal homogeneity through optimized transition between equalizing zone and spout
• Superstructure design with direct & indirect centerline cooling
• Use of high-performance insulating refractories
• Powerful glass conditioning

FEATURES

• High thermal homogeneity (THI) for flint glass and colored glass (incl. HORN forehearth boosting)
• Refractory can be designed for additional HORN equipment like: Stirrers, VARI-DRAIN^® or forehearth boosting
• High flexibility
• Wide range of production processes

Further informations at https://www.hornglass.com/products/glass-conditioning-systems/forehearth-gcs-series-301-advanced