Every kind of glass requires a different type of furnace, which in turn depends on individual circumstances. That's why each one has a unique design and special features – and we can produce them all. For example, a standard green wine bottle can be produced on a gas-fired, low boosting regenerative end port furnace, as well as on an oxy-fired highly boosted melter. Here are the typical furnace types for typical applications.
Whether you're making jars or bottles, you need a container glass furnace you can rely on to work non-stop without interrupting production. Even the slightest delay can have huge knock-on effects. That's why every SORG furnace is designed for performance and endurance – working 24/7 and producing up to 700 t/pd for up to 15 years – all backed by our whole of lifecycle support.
RETURN TO TOPSORG has risen to the challenges of the glass industry and developed an exciting new hybrid melting concept to ensure a much more sustainable future for our customers around the world.
Find Out MoreFlexible and highly sophisticated with low operation costs, regenerative end-fired furnaces are very popular worldwide.
Find Out MoreThe SORG VSM® all‐electric furnace is a cold‐top, vertical melter, in which the processes of batch charging, melting, fining and refining all take place in a vertical direction.
Find Out MoreWhile end‐fired furnaces are commonly used for melting areas of up to 180 m2, regenerative cross‐fired furnaces are used for larger melting areas with very high tonnages. Today they are the main furnace type for the production of float glass, so they are also called float furnaces. The name of this furnace comes from its unique way of production, as the molten and fined glass are floated on a tin bath to improve its surface quality.
Find Out MoreThis furnace can be designed with either a single or a twin doghouse, located either on the rear wall of the tank or on the side.
Find Out MoreThis type of side‐fired furnace is similar to recuperative side‐fired furnaces but uses oxygen-fuel combustion for heating.
Find Out MoreThe innovative OxEcon® Melter incorporates conventional oxy‐fuel firing and combines it with the advantage of internal batch preheating to reduce energy consumption.
Find Out MoreThis furnace concept is primarily used for special glasses and small installations, with melting capacities of up to 45 t/24h.
Find Out MoreThe FlexMelter® is designed for continuous or discontinuous production of high-quality glass. When the furnace is not being pulled, it is not necessary to drain the glass.
Find Out MoreThe LoNOx® Melter is a special recuperative furnace developed to operate with very low NOx emission levels.
Find Out MoreFrom windows and windscreens to oven doors, float glass has many uses. However, they all share the need for quality and efficiency at every stage. A SORG-designed furnace gives you the confidence that whatever you make, performance is secured throughout its whole lifecycle. Our furnaces are designed and built to offer 24/7 production on any scale of output without interruption. All supported by our professional servicing and maintenance teams who are always there for you.
RETURN TO TOPWhile end‐fired furnaces are commonly used for melting areas of up to 180 m², regenerative cross‐fired furnaces are used for larger melting areas with very high tonnages. Today they are the main furnace type for the production of float glass, so they are also called float furnaces. The name of this furnace comes from its unique way of production, as the molten and fined glass are floated on a tin bath to improve its surface quality.
Find Out MoreThere are in general two types of fibres: short fibres for insulation, and continuous fibres for reinforcement. Insulating fibres are made of low viscosity glasses and produced for applications such as insulation blankets. Fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) or glass-reinforced plastic (GRP), commonly known as fibreglass, has fibres with less than 20 µm-diameter range, used in a vast array of applications. To produce it, glassmakers must heat glass until molten and then force it through super-fine holes. It is a complex process made easier by SORG's solutions.
RETURN TO TOPThe SORG VSM® all‐electric furnace is a cold‐top, vertical melter, in which the processes of batch charging, melting, fining and refining all take place in a vertical direction.
Find Out MoreThis furnace can be designed with either a single or a twin doghouse, located either on the rear wall of the tank or on the side.
Find Out MoreThis type of side‐fired furnace is similar to recuperative side‐fired furnaces but uses oxygen-fuel combustion for heating.
Find Out MoreThis furnace concept is primarily used for special glasses and small installations, with melting capacities of up to 45 t/24h.
Find Out MoreSORG has risen to the challenges of the glass industry and developed an exciting new hybrid melting concept to ensure a much more sustainable future for our customers around the world.
Find Out MoreTableware is part of the day-to-day life of billions of people worldwide. Its characteristics depend on the local culture, religion, event and many other variables. But one thing is stable worldwide: the best tableware is made in SORG's furnaces.
RETURN TO TOPThis furnace concept is primarily used for special glasses and small installations, with melting capacities of up to 45 t/24h.
Find Out MoreThe FlexMelter® is designed for continuous or discontinuous production of high-quality glass. When the furnace is not being pulled, it is not necessary to drain the glass.
Find Out MoreFlexible and highly sophisticated with low operation costs, regenerative end-fired furnaces are very popular worldwide.
Find Out MoreThe SORG VSM® all‐electric furnace is a cold‐top, vertical melter, in which the processes of batch charging, melting, fining and refining all take place in a vertical direction.
Find Out MoreSORG has risen to the challenges of the glass industry and developed an exciting new hybrid melting concept to ensure a much more sustainable future for our customers around the world.
Find Out MoreThis furnace can be designed with either a single or a twin doghouse, located either on the rear wall of the tank or on the side.
Find Out MoreThis type of side‐fired furnace is similar to recuperative side‐fired furnaces but uses oxygen-fuel combustion for heating.
Find Out MoreThe innovative OxEcon® Melter incorporates conventional oxy‐fuel firing and combines it with the advantage of internal batch preheating to reduce energy consumption.
Find Out MoreSORG's furnaces can be used to manufacture all types of solar glasses, including thin-film modules, made mostly with amorphous silicon, or the PV glass that can be up to 50% transparent and is ideal for balconies and façades.
RETURN TO TOPWhile end‐fired furnaces are commonly used for melting areas of up to 180m2, regenerative cross‐fired furnaces are used for larger melting areas with very high tonnages. Today they are the main furnace type for the production of float glass, so they are also called float furnaces. The name of this furnace comes from its unique way of production, as the molten and fined glass are floated on a tin bath to improve its surface quality.
Find Out MoreFlexible and highly sophisticated with low operation costs, regenerative end-fired furnaces are very popular worldwide.
Find Out MoreThis type of side‐fired furnace is similar to recuperative side‐fired furnaces but uses oxygen-fuel combustion for heating.
Find Out MoreMineral wool is made of stone or silica heated at extreme temperatures until molten. The molten glass is then whirled to form a flexible, fibrous mat. SORG has specially designed furnaces that are ideal for this type of product.
RETURN TO TOPThis furnace can be designed with either a single or a twin doghouse, located either on the rear wall of the tank or on the side.
Find Out MoreThis type of side‐fired furnace is similar to recuperative side‐fired furnaces but uses oxygen-fuel combustion for heating.
Find Out MoreCast glass continues to defy design limitations, thanks to moulds with unimaginable shapes. It has limitless applications in the engineering sector, which is why SORG is fully committed to producing the best furnaces in the world.
RETURN TO TOPFlexible and highly sophisticated with low operation costs, regenerative end-fired furnaces are very popular worldwide.
Find Out MoreThe SORG VSM® all‐electric furnace is a cold‐top, vertical melter, in which the processes of batch charging, melting, fining and refining all take place in a vertical direction.
Find Out MoreSpecial glasses are manufactured with a very product-specific recipe that has only been developed for specific applications. These glasses have outstanding chemical and thermal characteristics, as well as exceptional durability and quality. This is often accompanied by special requirements for the melting furnace and the melting process. Worldwide, companies from fields as different as pharmaceutical, electronics, optics and construction trust SORG's furnaces to melt their special glasses.
RETURN TO TOPThis furnace concept is primarily used for special glasses and small installations, with melting capacities of up to 45 t/24h.
Find Out MoreThe SORG VSM® all‐electric furnace is a cold‐top, vertical melter, in which the processes of batch charging, melting, fining and refining all take place in a vertical direction.
Find Out MoreThis type of side‐fired furnace is similar to recuperative side‐fired furnaces but uses oxygen-fuel combustion for heating.
Find Out MoreThe BORO-OXI-MELTER® is a speciel furnace to melt boron containing glasses in a very excellent glass quality. For this the furnace is equipped with oxygen heating,electrical boosting aned a fining bank
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