The press-blow robot SMART M1/B is a new and innovative machine for the automatic production of blown glass and crystal articles. The six-axis robot is fitted with a new press-blow head specifically designed and manufactured by Glass Service for this kind of application.
The head has a sturdy structure and collects the glass ingot from a suction robot by means of a pressing operation. It features a large openable neck ring, with a diameter of up to 140 mm and a pneumatic plunger with a 60 mm stroke. Thanks to this pre-forming operation the glass or crystal ingot is collected, manipulated, shaped and finally blown following the same procedure of manual production, granting high-quality finished articles.
The system includes an external additional device for the pre-shaping of the glass integrated with the robot controller. All the main parts of the robot are protected against the heat given off by the melting furnace and the glory hole by screens granting constant machine reliability.
Glass Service has specifically developed an easy-to-use and flexible programming system GBL (Glass Blowing Language) that allows glassmakers – even if they are not software experts - to install the robot in any environment while achieving high productivity as well as good quality after only a short trial period.

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