Vidrala in record-breaking furnace reconstruction

Published 17th February, 2015 by Greg Morris

Spanish group Vidrala has published a video of a record-breaking glass furnace reconstruction.

The reconstruction of a furnace at its Crisnova Vidrio plant in the town of Caudete took place in a record time of 59 days.

Good practices in prevention and safety resulted in zero accidents.

Equipment used included 3600 tons of refractories, 200 tons of iron, 15 kilometers of electrical cable, 700 metres of conveyors and almost 30 trucks to equip the cold end. A total of 35 international suppliers and more than 400 workers were involved.

The video is available at http://bit.ly/hornoVidrio

Greg Morris

Glass International Editor

Greg Morris has been editor of Glass International and organiser of the Glassman conferences since 2012, specialising in glass packaging. Prior to this he spent five years working in newspaper journalism.