Improved thermal distribution in the bowl

Consistent and symmetrical ow patterns

Easily installed in existing spout casing
Extra spout insulation layer
Economical and efcient product
BH-F Feeder Cascade Bowl
www.vesgroup.com Driving progress
Innovations in feeder technology
Benets
Improved temperature stability in the bowl
Improved gob weight and gob shape stability
Consistent gob thermal homogeneity
Reduction in glass rejects
Disappearance of cold, slow moving glass
Bowl entrance temperatures less affected by the speed of the tube
Even wear on the tube seat
Rapid payback on initial cost
Cascade Bowl
Consistent thermal homogeneity of the gob is assured by this
innovative design of spout bowl. The Cascade bowl holds the glass
longer in the upper part of the bowl and upon entering the lower
well the glass moves faster to the gap under the tube, thus reducing
any deterioration in glass thermal homogeneity that occurs out of
the zone of inuence of the surface heating.
The outer shape of the Cascade bowl also permits the complete
application of an additional thermal insulation layer within the
feeder/spout casing to further reduce heat losses in this area and
improve gob temperature stability.
When the residence times of the specic glass ow paths are
compared at different pulls, then the glass in the Cascade Bowl
is held for a longer time period in upper area (where the glass
temperature can be maintained by the surface heating system) than
the conventional bowl .
The cascade bowl also transports the glass quicker through the lower
part of the bowl (where the glass temperature cannot be maintained
by the surface heating system). The glass ow patterns fostered by
the cascade bowl maintain the thermal homogeneity produced in
the forehearth much better than the conventional bowl design.
= GOB WEIGHT
= TUBE HEIGHT POSITION
= DEVIATION
= SET POINTS

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Rejects for thin wall containers
Average for std bowl = 1
Average for cascade bowl = 0.34
Improvements in Wall Thickness
CONVENTIONAL SPOUT
CASCADE SPOUT
Improvements in weight control
These graphs (actual historical display) illustrate the performance
difference between the Cascade Spout bowl Design and Conventional
Spout Bowl Design. The production line selected for a comparison
test between the two bowl types was equipped with a 16-section,
double gob, IS machine fed from a F 400 Series tandem T type
forehearth with two BH-F type 900 feeders. The trial cascade bowl was
installed on one of these feeders, while the second feeder remained
conventional spout design.
The line speed was 180 gobs per minute with an average gob weight
of 131g. The tube height positions on both feeders were automati-
cally controlled by the Heye gob weight control system. This system
monitors the plunger displacement in the parison moulds and adjusts
the tube height accordingly.
This adjustment was monitored and recorded (blue line). Individual gob
to gob weights for each feeder were monitored and recorded (green
lines). Also displayed on the graph is the gob weight set point (orange
line) and the gob weight deviation from set point (yellow line).
Though the gob weight deviation (yellow line) from set point on
both feeders are very similar, it can be seen that the adjustments of
tube height (blue lines), required to correction variations from set
point, for the cascade bowl were at least 50% less than those for the
conventional bowl. Furthermore the spread, or deviation, of the gob to
gob weight readings (green lines) are much improved on the cascade
bowl when compared to those on the conventional bowl.
On the graph titled Rejects for Thin glass (produced from results taken on the same production line), it can be seen by direct comparison
of the two recordings that the average reject rate for the cascade bowl is 0.3 (/3rd) of the average reject rate for the standard bowl.
Inserted Spout Spout Bowl
Benets
Improved temperature stability in the bowl
Improved gob weight and gob shape stability
Consistent gob thermal homogeneity
Reduction in glass rejects
Disappearance of cold, slow moving glass
Bowl entrance temperatures less affected by the speed of the tube
Even wear on the tube seat
Rapid payback on initial cost
Cascade Bowl
Consistent thermal homogeneity of the gob is assured by this
innovative design of spout bowl. The Cascade bowl holds the glass
longer in the upper part of the bowl and upon entering the lower
well the glass moves faster to the gap under the tube, thus reducing
any deterioration in glass thermal homogeneity that occurs out of
the zone of inuence of the surface heating.
The outer shape of the Cascade bowl also permits the complete
application of an additional thermal insulation layer within the
feeder/spout casing to further reduce heat losses in this area and
improve gob temperature stability.
When the residence times of the specic glass ow paths are
compared at different pulls, then the glass in the Cascade Bowl
is held for a longer time period in upper area (where the glass
temperature can be maintained by the surface heating system) than
the conventional bowl .
The cascade bowl also transports the glass quicker through the lower
part of the bowl (where the glass temperature cannot be maintained
by the surface heating system). The glass ow patterns fostered by
the cascade bowl maintain the thermal homogeneity produced in
the forehearth much better than the conventional bowl design.
= GOB WEIGHT
= TUBE HEIGHT POSITION
= DEVIATION
= SET POINTS

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Rejects for thin wall containers
Average for std bowl = 1
Average for cascade bowl = 0.34
Improvements in Wall Thickness
CONVENTIONAL SPOUT
CASCADE SPOUT
Improvements in weight control
These graphs (actual historical display) illustrate the performance
difference between the Cascade Spout bowl Design and Conventional
Spout Bowl Design. The production line selected for a comparison
test between the two bowl types was equipped with a 16-section,
double gob, IS machine fed from a F 400 Series tandem T type
forehearth with two BH-F type 900 feeders. The trial cascade bowl was
installed on one of these feeders, while the second feeder remained
conventional spout design.
The line speed was 180 gobs per minute with an average gob weight
of 131g. The tube height positions on both feeders were automati-
cally controlled by the Heye gob weight control system. This system
monitors the plunger displacement in the parison moulds and adjusts
the tube height accordingly.
This adjustment was monitored and recorded (blue line). Individual gob
to gob weights for each feeder were monitored and recorded (green
lines). Also displayed on the graph is the gob weight set point (orange
line) and the gob weight deviation from set point (yellow line).
Though the gob weight deviation (yellow line) from set point on
both feeders are very similar, it can be seen that the adjustments of
tube height (blue lines), required to correction variations from set
point, for the cascade bowl were at least 50% less than those for the
conventional bowl. Furthermore the spread, or deviation, of the gob to
gob weight readings (green lines) are much improved on the cascade
bowl when compared to those on the conventional bowl.
On the graph titled Rejects for Thin glass (produced from results taken on the same production line), it can be seen by direct comparison
of the two recordings that the average reject rate for the cascade bowl is 0.3 (/3rd) of the average reject rate for the standard bowl.
Inserted Spout Spout Bowl
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USA
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Fives Stein Ltd.
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Southmead Park, Didcot,
Oxfordshire OX11 7HB, UK
Phone: +44 (0)1235 811111
Fax: +44 (0)1235 817676
E-mail: [email protected]
Materials
The BH-F Cascade Bowl is available in the following:
Zircon Mullite, Zircon Free material. or fusion cast AZS
Zircon Mullite or Zircon Free material. with Fusion cast AZS or Chrome Insert.
Note: Installation Package available for all BH-F 900 Series Feeders and most larger feeder types. The total installation package of the cascade
bowl, microporous insulation, burner blocks, and cover blocks (including installation supervision if required) is available from Fives Stein Ltd.
Technical Data
Forehearth Mounted Spout
Layouts