Zippe secures European patent for Vibrotube batch charger

Published 4th April, 2017 by Greg Morris

Zippe’s Vibrotube batch charger has been officially patented by European Patent no. EP2894131.

The patent was filed on 25.09.2014 and is already valid for 38 states.

The features of this patent are the conveying of glass batch by vibratory tubes that counteract abrasion, a completely sealed doghouse, and the creation of small batch piles by servo driven and sealed linear pusher elements.

First installations show a substantial reduction of energy consumption and high reliability.

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.