Talk with Messer about oxygen supply, combustion technology, and application solutions for your glass production operation.
Messer combines industrial gas supply, combustion technologies, and application experience to help glass manufacturers optimize furnace operations and support long-term production goals. From initial evaluation and testing through implementation and ongoing support, Messer works as a long-term partner focused on helping customers improve performance, maintain operational consistency, and achieve production objectives.
Messer combines dependable oxygen supply with glass-industry application experience to help manufacturers improve furnace performance, increase throughput, support product quality, and reduce fuel use and emissions.
Our account managers and application specialists work with your team to evaluate furnace operations, oxygen requirements, burner performance, and opportunities for oxy-fuel conversion or oxygen enrichment.
Messer also helps align the mode of supply with the scale and continuity requirements of the operation.
Messer helps glass manufacturers evaluate burner technologies, oxygen requirements, and combustion control strategies. Solutions include gas-cooled burner designs that can help address concerns associated with water exposure near molten glass while supporting precise oxygen and fuel delivery for furnace operation.
Through Messer’s North American production and distribution network and National Operations Center, glass manufacturers receive 24/7 monitoring, telemetry-based tank management, and centralized delivery coordination designed to support continuous furnace operation and reduce supply risk.
Safety and operational discipline are embedded in how we operate. From production and delivery to on-site systems, our standards support the supply consistency, system performance, and day-to-day process support glass manufacturers expect from their gas supplier.
Oxy-fuel technology replaces combustion air with oxygen to improve heat transfer, accelerate glass melting, increase furnace throughput, and reduce fuel consumption and emissions.
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Oxygen enrichment, oxygen lancing, and hybrid air-fuel/oxy-fuel systems can help glass manufacturers improve furnace performance without converting immediately to a full oxy-fuel system.
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Nitrogen and hydrogen mixtures are used in the tin bath during the Pilkington float glass process to maintain a controlled atmosphere and help protect both the molten tin and glass surface from oxidation.
OXIPYR® burners support glass melting and heating applications across furnaces, forehearths, feeders, and channels, with adjustable flame characteristics designed to promote temperature uniformity, combustion efficiency, and lower NOx emissions.
OXIPYR® burners can also support flame polishing applications for containers and other glass products, helping create a smoother, more uniform surface appearance.
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Messer supports bottle, jar, and technical glass manufacturers with oxygen supply and combustion technologies designed to improve melting performance, furnace efficiency, throughput, and process consistency.
Flat glass producers can use oxy-fuel combustion and oxygen-enrichment solutions to support high-temperature melting, temperature uniformity, product quality, and emissions reduction.
Messer supports automotive glass manufacturers with gas supply and combustion technologies used across high-temperature glass production and processing applications where temperature control, surface quality, and process consistency are critical.
Messer supports fiberglass insulation manufacturers with oxygen-enhanced melting solutions that can help improve heat transfer, production efficiency, and furnace performance.
Glass fiber producers rely on stable, efficient melting conditions to maintain consistent production and product quality. Messer provides oxygen supply and application technologies aligned with those requirements.
Specialty glass manufacturers benefit from controlled combustion and dependable oxygen supply in production environments where temperature control, cleanliness, and process consistency are critical.
Messer’s Cleveland Technical Center gives glass manufacturers access to application experience, testing capabilities, and combustion technology support before system implementation.
For glass manufacturing applications, the Technical Center can support evaluation of oxy-fuel combustion, burner performance, gas-injection systems, and control strategies. The team can use laboratory testing, computer-aided analysis, and CFD modeling to customize burners or gas-injection systems based on variables such as flame characteristics, injection points, and flow rates.
Oxy-fuel combustion and oxygen-enrichment technologies can help glass manufacturers improve heat transfer, reduce fuel consumption, increase furnace throughput, and lower NOx emissions and potentially reduce overall CO2 emissions through improved combustion efficiency and fuel utilization. Messer can also support broader decarbonization efforts through hydrogen-capable burner technology, energy-efficiency optimization, and ZeCarb™ carbon capture solutions.
Talk with Messer about oxygen supply, combustion technology, and application solutions for your glass production operation.
