High-quality glass with reduced emissions
High-quality glass with reduced emissions
Utilising a combination of electric and fuel combustion heating, SORG’s new hybrid furnace allows glassmakers to significantly reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions, whilst offering future-proofed flexibility for variations in pull rate and raw materials, explains Dirk Schnurpfeil. The full version of this article appears in the Sept/Oct 2023 issue that has been mailed globally and is also now available free of charge in the digital archive*.