Michael Spellman

The Heating Section Is the Heart of Every Great Tempering Furnace. Anyone can build a furnace that gets hot. Building one that heats glass uniformly, consistently, and repeatably is a completely different engineering challenge. That’s where great tempering furnaces distinguish themselves, and this is one of the many reasons why IGE has chosen to partner with SAIL GLASS for the long-term. When glass enters the furnace, every degree of temperature matters. Every heating zone matters. Every...

I’ve spent nearly 50 years in the glass industry. (Yes…I finally did the math, and I’m still trying to convince myself it’s wrong.) One thing those years have taught me is that innovation doesn’t always begin with answers. More often, it begins with a simple question. During my recent trip through China, I had the opportunity to visit several manufacturers producing borosilicate tempering furnaces. What caught my attention was that many of these same furnaces were also processing conventional...

Your Single Source Provider for Glass Fabrication Equipment, Spare Parts, Service, Supplies, Rebuilds, & Retrofits Over the past four decades, I’ve had the opportunity to walk through glass fabrication facilities all over the world - different countries; different cultures; different levels of automation. But one thing is always the same: How glass moves through the factory determines how well that factory performs. All of these factory walks have taught us a lot, and all of these factory...