SOLON, OHIO — Integrated Automation Systems is introducing new gas filling systems that deliver huge improvements in a critical mostly overlooked part of insulating glass production.
The new OptiGas systems offer precise, tunable and consistent automated gas-filling that essentially eliminates krypton waste and operator errors. And with the optional ThermalCERT by OptiGas thermal conductivity testing system, you get instant verification of true thermal performance and a program you can use in your marketing.
“OptiGas gives you complete control of the marketable thermal performance of all your product lines and units,” said Mike McHugh, president of Integrated Automation Systems. “You can pinpoint thermal performance for each line, produce high-performance U value IG for the lowest possible cost and cost-effectively use Krypton across more of your mid-value product lines.”
OptiGas uses a patent pending process to efficiently fill insulating glass with Argon and Krypton through a single nozzle, McHugh said. The process measures the actual gas inserted into the space, rather than estimating fill completion by measuring what does or does not come out. This eliminates practically all krypton waste, which is 50 percent in conventional filling. OptiGas also has a built-in leak alert system.
OptiGas is automated with bar code scanning to match the right unit to the right gas fill. It can be used standalone or integrated with FeneVision or any other ERP or production system. Integrated Automation Systems and FeneVision developer FeneTech jointly developed OptiGas with input from industrial gas giant Praxair.
Two units are available: the six station rack OptiGas 500 and the customizable OptiGas 1000 carousel, which works in flow to cool and fill IG units.
The ThermalCERT testing station and program, an option with either OptiGas system, measures actual thermal conductivity by batch using proven statistical process control techniques. Integrated Automation Systems provides ThermalCERT glass stickers, certificates of verification for end users and materials that can be used to include proven thermal performance in your marketing and promotions, McHugh said.
For more information, contact Mike McHugh at Integrated Automation Systems at 330-954-3070 or mike@savekrypton.com.