SORG wins tender for new glass melting furnace in Thailand

SORG has announced that it will be supplying a new furnace to Siam Glass, along with the complete equipment, control system and refractory package.

Siam Glass intends to build a second production line at its plant Ayutthaya to produce bottles for energy drinks, popular in Thailand.

SORG’s supply scope includes a top modern glass melting furnace with four forehearths which won the contract for the supply of the furnace and glass conditioning system.the system concerns an energetically highly efficient regenerative end-fired furnace with a melting capacity of 310 tpd amber glass, which is heated with gas and equipped with an electric melting booster as well as the proven SORG® Deep Refiner®.

The glass will be supplied to the four production lines via a SORG® STW working end and four forehearths. Considering the forehearth pulls and production requirements, two forehearths type SORG® 340S® and two forehearths type SORG® 240 are planned.

Apart from the engineering for the furnace, working end and four forehearths, also the complete equipment, control system and refractory package will be supplied.