Furnace Draining
The Hotwork Interantional Furnace Drilling Equipment. We have worldwide 5 sets of Pneumatic Drilling Machines 3 sets of Electric Drilling Machines.
The Client or our Crew will install the ZAC or Silimanite Plate in the required dimension. In order to preheat the Plate correctly, the client should install the plate 5 days before drilling.
Hotwork International will drill holes with the appropriate size into the Furnace.
At this stage our Crew will do the Draining Channel Installation. There are many option for any installation…
The Drilled holes are secured all over the time with water cooled regulating plugs. A metal spout with refractory lining will be installed on the ZAC Plate.
Our Pumps have max. capacity of 80 Nm³/h at 8 bar pressure. We are able to supply up to 200m of piping to connect it with our Draining Water-Jet.
Before the Furnace Draining can be started, it is necessary to Heat Up the refractory lined spout.
Safety First. In any case there is anytime one member of the crew in stand by for any case.
One member of the crew will start opening the plugged hole. While all others are at the designated position in order to operate the regulating equipment.
At the beginning the glass flows slowly through the refractory lined spout.
Regulating the glass flow.
In order to keep the temperature in the refractory lined spout, it will be covered with fibre plates after adjusting the glass flow.
The Glass flow is continuously controlled by our crew.
The Glass flow during a draining
The Glass is flowing into a container.
A mountain of hot Glass Cullet in a Cullet bay.
One Crew Member regulates the Glass Flow with our special regulating devise.
The Hot Glass flows into our high pressure Water Jet.
During the Furnace Draining…
The Glass flow from the spout into our Water Jet.
A Furnace get emptied through an electrode holder.
Adjusting the Glass flow during a Furnace Draining.
Furnace Draining in conjunction with a Scrapper Conveyor
Installation of our scrapper conveyor system, with our own pumps.
Front view of the Scrapper conveyor.
Top view onto a Scrapper conveyor.
Two Scrapper Conveyors during the Furnace Draining.