Batch Chargers

German batch and cullet plant manufacturer Zippe recently introduced newly designed Float Glass Chargers, which provide 24 hour-a-day batch feeding on call. Zippe says that these chargers have been supplied, or are under contract, to companies such as US Guardian Industries, UK's Pilkington, German Euroglas and French furnace specialist Stein Heurtey. This paper looks at the technology in more detail.