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Glass laminators in comparison
basis - comparability - categorization regarding:

Personnel:
Number of employees per shift
Training level of these employees

Operational efficiency:
Energy efficiency & consumables
Continuous material flow

Flexibility:
Cycle times
Preparation effort

Product portfolio:
Number of different products
Quality and reject rate of these products

Throughput:
square meters per cycle / shift / year

Investment:
Acquisition costs
Price-performance ratio

Laminating glass with different systems

In order to create comparability among the current laminating systems, they are each defined based on 6 attributes and shown graphically in the following diagrams.

For a better overview, LAMIPRESS® is included in each diagram.

LAMIPRESS® - laminating high-quality glass flexibly and efficiently

  • Not the cheapest system on the market
  • Not suitable for >800 sqm per day
  • Some handling steps cannot be automated
  • Certified quality for all laminated products on the market
  • Laminates glass from 45 minutes cycle time
  • Hardly any consumables + most energy-efficient process
  • Different film types and glass thicknesses in one process
  • Always optimal utilization (>85%) and maximum flexibility
  • 100% customizable in terms of throughput and hall space

Autoclave with nip-roll line - the conventional process for laminating glass.

  • Process used as the basis for certification
  • Product quality is the standard for PVB laminates
  • Process is considered to be easy to automate
  • High acquisition costs
  • Long cycle times (> 5 hours) => high energy consumption
  • Labor-intensive handling, clamping, re-autoclaving
  • Poor utilization, especially for fixed-size laminates
  • Inflexible and time-consuming pre-planning necessary
  • Less suitable for special products (e.g. SentryGlas)

Autoclave with vacuum bags - when producing basic laminates alone is not enough

  • A supplement to the classic autoclave process
  • Only in this way are many special products possible
  • High acquisition costs remains
  • Even longer cycle times, as vacuum bags insulate
  • Therefore the most energy-inefficient process
  • Problems with the use of vacuum bags are known
  • Most labor-intensive process
  • Very inefficient utilization of the autoclave
  • Often not useful as a stand-alone system

Autoclave with nip-roll line and vacuum bags - loss of mass advantage

  • Possibility to use the strengths of both processes
  • Lamination of simple glasses with nip-roll line
  • Special glasses are laminated in the vacuum bag
  • Still high investment
  • Still long cycle times
  • Still high energy consumption
  • Still problematic use of vacuum bags
  • Still very labor-intensive
  • Vacuum bags block possible output of the nip-roll line

Autoclave-free vacuum ovens - The cheap alternative from the PV industry

  • Cheap
  • Suitable for laminating glasses with EVA film
  • No certification for many applications
  • High rejection rate for PVB products
  • Long cycle times
  • Building vacuum bags takes time and is error-prone
  • Inflexible and time-consuming pre-planning necessary
  • Technically very limited
  • Limited possibilities to laminate high quality glass

Options on the market to laminate glass:

LAMIPRESS® (Black)

Autoclave with vacuum bags (Gray)

Autoclave-free vacuum ovens (Red)

Autoclave with nip-roll line (Yellow)

Combination of autoclave with nip-roll line and vacuum bags (Green)

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