The installation of Guardian Industries £35M magnetron coater at its Goole plant is now complete. All elements of the coater installation have now been signed off ahead of schedule and handed to Guardian's process group and production team. The coater is now operational on three shifts. Guardian's team will be working ont he characterisation and calibration of the cathodes to produce ClimaGuard A+. The product will undergo product testing at its R&D centres and a production date set for October 2012. Technical advancements in magnetron glass coater technology have broadened the scope for coated glass products, enabling Guardian to produce products such as its SunGuard High Selective SN Series. These types of glass coatings require more chambers and equipment and therefore a bigger coater. This created a design challenge, which was fulfilled using an ingenious method of working levels, unique to the Guardian coater.
