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Advanced Energy offers a comprehensive suite of solutions tailored for every stage of the glass manufacturing journey. Highly controlled plasma power delivery, temperature measurement, and temperature control is critical for energy-intensive glass production processes.

Precise Control and Measurement for Higher Yield

Advanced Energy offers leading technology for every phase of glass production:

Plasma Power Delivery Systems
Pyrometers
Thermal Imagers
SCR Power Controllers

Glass Melting, Flat Glass, Container Glass, and Specialty Glass

Accurate and precise temperature monitoring is critical for efficient and cost-effective melting, glass viscosity control, heat zone adjustment, annealing, and stress reduction. For decades, our instruments have been used in continuous and batch glass manufacturing processes around the world, where robustness and reliability are critical. Temperature measurement is also directly related to glass quality as well as prolonging the life of critical assets such as refractory walls.

Glass Coating

New coating materials and layer stacks require advanced plasma power delivery solutions. Advanced Energy’s DC, pulsed DC, bipolar pulsed DC, and low-frequency AC solutions provide stable, reliable, precise power for innovative coating processes. Highly developed power delivery controls, including sophisticated arc management technology, increase uptime, deposition rates, and quality, while reducing cost of ownership.

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Ascent AMS II Pulsed and DC Power System

STABLE, REPEATABLE POWER | WATER COOLING | EMBEDDED IOT INTELLIGENCE

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Ascent DMS Pulsed and DC Power System

Advanced Dual-Magnetron Sputtering Accessories

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Ascent AP Pulsed and DC Power System

Unprecedented Power Control for Single- and Dual-Magnetron Sputtering

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Impac 8 Series Pyrometers

Fast and robust portable digital pyrometers for measurements on metals, pouring streams, and ceramics. Temperature ranges between 250 and 2500 °C.

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Ascent AMS II Pulsed and DC Power System Datasheet	Pulsed and DC Power Systems	STABLE, REPEATABLE POWER \| WATER COOLING \| EMBEDDED IOT INTELLIGENCE
Ascent DMS Pulsed and DC Power System Datasheet	Pulsed and DC Power Systems	Advanced Dual-Magnetron Sputtering Accessories
Ascent AP Pulsed and DC Power System Datasheet	Pulsed and DC Power Systems	Unprecedented Power Control for Single- and Dual-Magnetron Sputtering
Impac 8 Series Pyrometers Datasheet	Thermal Sensing	Fast and robust portable digital pyrometers for measurements on metals, pouring streams, and ceramics. Temperature ranges between 250 and 2500 °C.
Thyro-PX Power Controller Datasheet	SCR Power Controllers	Advanced SCR Power Controller Supports Load Currents Up to 5000 A and 1000 V
FurnaceSpection Series Datasheet	Thermal Sensing	Infrared Camera System for Continuous Reformer Tube Monitoring and Temperature Measurement Inside Furnaces
Impac 600 Series Pyrometers Datasheet	Thermal Sensing	Digital, Modular Pyrometers with Exchangeable Sensor Heads for Non-contact Temperature Measurement of Various Surfaces in Different Temperature Ranges Between -40 and 2500 °C.
Impac IN 140/5 Series Pyrometers Datasheet	Thermal Sensing	Digital pyrometer with focusable optics and integrated display for measurements on glass surfaces. Temperature ranges between 250 and 2500°C.
Impac IN 5/5 Series Pyrometers Datasheet	Thermal Sensing	2-wire pyrometer with fixed optics for non-contact temperature measurement of glass and quartz glass surfaces. Temperature ranges between 100 and 2500 °C.
Impac IN 5/5 plus Series Pyrometers Datasheet	Thermal Sensing	Digital pyrometer with fixed optics for non-contact temperature measurement of glass and quartz glass surfaces. Temperature ranges between 100 and 2500 °C.
Impac IN 6/78 Series Pyrometers Datasheet	Thermal Sensing	Accurate, Rugged, and Reliable Pyrometers for Non-Contact Temperature Measurement, 150 to 1100 °C
Impac IPE 140 Series Pyrometers Datasheet	Thermal Sensing	Digital Pyrometer with Focusable Optics for Non-Contact Metal Temperature Measurement, 5 to 1200°C
Impac IS 50-LO/GL Series Pyrometers Datasheet	Thermal Sensing	Fiber optics pyrometer for non-contact temperature measurement of molten glass. Temperature range 600 to 1800°C.
Impac 50-LO plus Series Pyrometers Datasheet	Thermal Sensing	Fast digital pyrometers with fiber optics for measurements on metals, ceramic, graphite, etc. Different optical heads available. Temperature ranges between 250 and 3500°C.
Impac ISR 6 Series Pyrometers Datasheet	Thermal Sensing	Highly accurate digital ratio pyrometer (switchable to mono mode) with focusable optics and integrated display. Temperature ranges between 600 and 3000 °C.
Thyro-A+ Power Controller Datasheet	SCR Power Controllers	Precise, digital SCR power controller that supports currents up to 650 A and voltages up to 500 V

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Process Control for Glass Manufacturing Brochure

Plasma Power Delivery, Temperature Measurement, and Temperature Control

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Molten Glass Case Study

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Exclusive Dynamic Reverse Pulsing Technology for Plasma Power

Oct 18, 2024

Dynamic Reverse Pulsing (DRP) is an AE patented power deliver configuration for coating large-area substrates that is exclusive to AE plasma power products. See how DRP provides synchronous power delivery to increase throughput and flexibility of coating systems. Learn more: • Ascent AMS II Pulsed and DC Power System: https://www.advancedenergy.com/en-us/products/plasma-power-products/pulsed-and-dc-power-systems/ascent-ams-ii/ • Ascent DMS Pulsed and DC Power System: https://www.advancedenergy.com/en-us/products/plasma-power-products/pulsed-and-dc-power-systems/ascent-dms/ • Ascent AP Pulsed and DC Power System: https://www.advancedenergy.com/en-us/products/plasma-power-products/pulsed-and-dc-power-systems/ascent-ap/ • Glass: https://www.advancedenergy.com/en-us/applications/industrial/manufacturing/glass/

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