Emhart Glass enhances safety across its IS Machine range

Emhart Glass has announced three innovative safety enhancements that have been made standard across all IS machines, significantly improving the safety of operators.  

 

All new IS and AIS machines are now supplied with Blow Mold & Blow Head Interlock technology, the new special cycle for glass removal and safety flaps for the blow-side manual overrides on the 26-line Electro Pneumatic Valve Block (EPVB).

 

The new Blow Mold & Blow Head Interlock technology (patent pending) is a pneumatic shut-off valve that cuts the pilot air to the valves so that the blow molds and blow head remain safely deactivated while the blow-side operator is carrying out maintenance.

 

As well as delivering safer blow-side operation, Blow Mold & Blow Head Interlock also ensures there is a clear distinction between operation modes. It replaces the old mushroom-type P-Snap valves.

 

 

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发送日期: 2013-7-12 8:13:45

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Glasshouse is Opening its Windows to Austin

Glasshouse is making another home in Austin, Texas, and says it is committed to enhancing the Austin skyline with glass for both luxury residences and commercial projects alike, according to a company release. The Barton Creek office will provide services to the Austin metro area and beyond.

 

“Glasshouse is very excited to expand into the Austin market,” says company president Tim King. “We have been doing projects in the area for years from the Dallas area, but now have a physical presence in the Capitol City. Designers and architects have requested us to do projects here and we look forward to bringing our unique products to a new market. Our team has also expanded to include several very experienced Austin glass professionals.”

 

Glasshouse is expanding its services to include high-end and custom residential jobs. The potential projects now range from showers to mirrors to art glass (which include stained glass, leaded glass, laminated glass, cast glass and sandblasting.) Glasshouse also specializes in creating custom antiqued mirrors, which are becoming more and more popular in the Austin area.

 

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GlasWeld Opposes Boyle’s Motion to Dismiss

Posted on July 11, 2013 by John Hollis

GlasWeld has filed a memorandum in opposition to Michael Boyle’s motion to dismiss the alleged patent infringement case the company had filed against him back in 2012 in the U.S. District Court of Oregon.

 

“In short, the motion fails to show that GlasWeld’s allegations are insufficient to state a claim for relief and the motion fails to prove patent invalidity or establish any equitable defenses to patent infringement. Therefore, the motion should be denied,” GlasWeld’s attorneys state in court documents.

“Boyle’s motion is based (almost) entirely on argument with no actual supporting evidence or citations to the evidence of record. That alone is fatal to Boyle’s motion because a party seeking summary judgment must support that motion with particular citations to the evidence of record. … It’s not surprising Boyle cannot provide citations to any evidence in the record because discovery has only recently begun and no documents have been produced, no interrogatory answered, no admissions served and no depositions scheduled,” attorneys added in the memorandum.

 

In his motion for dismissal, Boyle, a former president of GlasWeld who is representing himself in the case, wrote, “It is the belief of the defendants that the plaintiff [GlasWeld] has no claim for relief on the basis of doctrine of acquiescence. The plaintiff has long forgone its rights to claim by knowingly allowing similar products that undeniably infringe upon the plaintiff’s patent 5,670,180 (the `180 patent), pertaining to devices for windshield repair.”

 

In the original complaint filed by GlasWeld in 2012, the company alleges that Boyle has engaged in the “unauthorized making, using, selling or offering to sell GlasWeld’s patented technology after his departure from GlasWeld, including but not limited to, improperly engaging in these infringing activities with GlasWeld’s own customers.”

 

The patents referenced in the complaint are U.S. patent No. 5,670,180 (`180 patent), “Laminated Glass and Windshield Repair Device,” and U.S. Patent No. 6,898,372 (`372 patent), “Lamp System for Curing Resin in Glass,” issued to GlasWeld in September 1997 and May 2005, respectively. While Boyle was named as an inventor on the `372 patent, GlasWeld officials allege that he assigned all of his rights of ownership to the company and “has no right to practice the technology claimed in the `372 patent.”

 

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SolarWorld guarantee for glass-glass solar panel covers 25 percent more power than industry-standard guarantee for conventional panels

 

SolarWorld, the largest U.S. solar manufacturer for more than 35 years, once again is leading the world’s major solar-panel producers by debuting a leading power-performance guarantee for its Sunmodule Protect glass-glass solar panel that covers about 25 percent more energy generation than the industry-standard 25-year linear power guarantee for conventional solar panels.      

 

The Sunmodule Protect, along with its guarantee, will be available for review at SolarWorld’s booth (No. 7609) at the Intersolar North America Exhibition from July 9 to 11 in San Francisco.

 

The Sunmodule Protect guarantee covers 30 years of power performance, a 20 percent gain from the industry-standard 25 years.  The policy also limits declines in performance protection to .35 percentage points in each of the 30 years – the lowest degradation rate for such a guarantee among major world industry producers.

 

Compared with energy generation guaranteed under a standard 25-year linear guarantee, the power guarantee for Sunmodule Protect solar panels in a hypothetical 250-kilowatt system installed in Southern California would cover additional generation that under typical meteorological conditions would be expected to realize a net present value of  $25,981, assuming a commercial retail energy rate of 10.12 cents per kilowatt hour, an annual utility inflation rate of 3 percent and a discount rate of 12 percent.  Under the same assumptions, similar systems would guarantee additional energy generation typically worth $24,075 in Austin, Texas, and $25,158 in Newark, N.J.

 

The panel is no heavier than a standard, 46-pound glass-film panel.  The product substitutes a panel’s conventional backsheet with lightweight glass to better shield energy-producing solar cells against stress and environmental factors.  In addition, they come with the same sturdy aluminum frame used in Sunmodule Plus glass-film panels.

 

Because Sunmodule Protect provides substantial, long-term power-performance advantages over panels containing polymer-based backsheets, the product can be guaranteed to provide a trail-blazing 86.85 percent of nameplate performance in its 30th year of service.  The debut marks at least the third time when the company has set an industry guarantee milestone, including the first 25-year step guarantee in 1997 and first 25-year linear guarantee in 2009.

 

“This product and policy advance enables SolarWorld once again to showcase the unbreakable bond between high product reliability and high financial returns,” said Kevin Kilkelly, president of SolarWorld Americas, the company’s commercial unit for the Americas.  “In solar, it should be clearer than ever that they are flip sides of the same coin.”

 

About SolarWorld AG

 

SolarWorld AG manufactures solar power systems and in doing so contributes to a cleaner energy supply worldwide.  The company, located in Bonn, employs approximately 2,500 people and carries out production in Freiberg, Germany, and Hillsboro, USA.  From raw material silicon to the solar module, SolarWorld manages all stages of production ? including its own research and development.  Through an international distribution network, SolarWorld supplies customers all over the world with solar modules and complete systems.  The company maintains high social standards at all locations across the globe, and has committed itself to resource- and energy-efficient production. SolarWorld has been publically traded on the stock market since 1999.   More information at www.solarworld-usa.com.

www.solarworld-usa.com 

 

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Emhart Glass enhances safety across its IS Machine range

 

Emhart Glass has announced three innovative safety enhancements that have been made standard across all IS machines, significantly improving the safety of operators.  

 

All new IS and AIS machines are now supplied with Blow Mold & Blow Head Interlock technology, the new special cycle for glass removal and safety flaps for the blow-side manual overrides on the 26-line Electro Pneumatic Valve Block (EPVB).

 

The new Blow Mold & Blow Head Interlock technology (patent pending) is a pneumatic shut-off valve that cuts the pilot air to the valves so that the blow molds and blow head remain safely deactivated while the blow-side operator is carrying out maintenance.

 

As well as delivering safer blow-side operation, Blow Mold & Blow Head Interlock also ensures there is a clear distinction between operation modes. It replaces the old mushroom-type P-Snap valves.

 

Special cycle mode deactivates valves and servos. Using the special cycle and the Blow Mold Blow Head Interlock, operators no longer need to match a specific time window, since the special cycle synchronizes automatically. They can also stay standing in a stable position and concentrate on the task at hand; previously, they would have to operate P-Snap switches with their feet while removing glass.

 

Finally, the 26-Line Electro Pneumatic Valve Block (EPVB) on the blank side is now installed with safety flaps that prevent the operator accidentally activating the manual overrides while maintenance is being carried out. With the safety flaps in place, blow-side override events such mould open/close (MOC) and blowhead notifies the operator and require a two-handed operation on the blank side.

 

The safety flaps for the EVPB is possible to retrofit on existing EPVB valve blocks.

 

These three improvements are supplied as standard on all new IS and AIS machines.

 

These three safety innovations confirm our ongoing commitment to making our IS machines safer, as well as more effective,’ comments Martin Jetter, Emhart Glass’ President. ‘Instead of relying operators’ own vigilance and skill, we’re aiming to “design out” the possibility for accidents to occur.

 

About Emhart Glass// Emhart Glass, a division of Bucher Industries AG, is headquartered in Cham, Switzerland, with offices and manufacturing facilities located throughout the world. The company is a leading supplier of forming machines, inspection machines, controls, and parts to the glass container industry.