Float Glass is manufactured at the glassworks of Manfredonia Vetro in Italy. Every day, about 600 tonnes of Float Glass is manufactured in sheets with a thickness of 2 to 12 mm.
Understandably this results in a large amount of glass sheets that need handling between the production processes, between cutting, storing and in and out of the autoclave. The glass sheets are placed on trestles and are moved with a radio controlled Solving Platform Mover. The Mover is equipped with 12 air bearings and can move loads weighing up to 60 tonnes. It has two steerable drive wheels that make it possible to move loads in all directions and also to position the glass precisely at the cutting machine.
The Mover is manoeuvred with aid of a radio control, and the operator can then freely walk around the load during movement to ensure the movement path is clear.
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