Horn Glass Industries completed the largest end fired furnace project in the company's history with Turkish glass manufacturer Baştürk Cam.
German glass melting technology specialist Horn was contracted in June 2021 to build a 560 t/d furnace for Bastürk Cam in Malatya, Turkey, but the order for Furnace B was delayed by the tragic earthquake in February last year.
With a melting surface of 185.4 m², the furnace includes six forehearths for the production of container glass.
Heating of the furnace is by natural gas or back-up diesel oil burners.
Horn's scope of supply for the greenfield project included the engineering of the refractory and steel structure, the combustion system, boosting system, measuring and control equipment, a HVR 600F batch charger (650t/d feeding capacity) developed by Horn, NIR furnace camera, supervision of construction, heat-up and commissioning.
The end fired furnace, which produces glass in the colour flint, celebrated its first glass on June 2.
