Why Most Glass Manufacturers Start to Choose Quartz Infrared Heaters

What is Infrared heating? It's a heating method used to warm surrounding bodies with infrared radiation. An infrared heater or heat lamp is a body with a higher temperature that transfers energy to a body with a lower temperature through electromagnetic radiation. Depending on the temperature of the emitting body, the wavelength of the peak of the infrared radiation ranges from 750 nm to 1 mm. Infrared Heating Lamps have so many advantages according to their characteristics:

1. Speed: Infrared equipment can achieve full output in seconds.

2. Efficiency: Infrared can be up to 90% more efficient than conventional heating.

3. Flexibility: Infrared emitters and configurations can match particular applications and accommodate changing products and processes.

4. Maintenance: Infrared systems require little maintenance and have relatively long lives.

5. Productivity: Faster equipment and higher heating rates mean more products in less time.

6. Safety: No open flames, reduced emissions and less dust provide a safer environment.

7. Cleanliness: Reduced airflow means less dirt and dust contamination, and operating on electricity means no on-site emissions (though emissions from process chemicals can still occur).

8. Product Quality: Consistent process heating and controls produce more even coloring and coating.

9. Size: Infrared ovens are compact and save floor space.

Heating or preheating is important for many industries' production. Most manufacturers hope to produce high quality products by using the right heating method but with little cost. In many cases, infrared heating can offer significant advantages over other types of heating ways, More and more manufacturers start to choose quartz Infrared heaters, especially for the glass industry. As glass can absorb the spectrum, Infrared heating technology is required in these processes.

Paints, coatings drying on glass and mirrors

Screen print on car glass

Annealing of incandescent bulbs and energy-saving lamps

Preheating of glass bottles

Heating processes of glass under vacuum conditions

Manufacture and cutting of laminated glass

Medium Wave Infrared Elements are commonly used in the glass industry.

Infrared Heater for Drying: Screen print on car glass, coatings on mirror backs, or decoration painting - the widest range of coatings on glass are dried reliably and in line with infrared heating elements. Infrared radiation penetrates into the material and dries the lacquer film from the inside outward. The result is a brilliant surface quality. Compared with hot air drying, time, space, and energy are saved.

Infrared Lamp for Lamination: The various interlayer materials used for lamination are very good absorbers of infrared energy. Infrared systems can be turned so that the energy from the emitters penetrates through the glass to the interlayer, heating it directly.  This saves time and energy that would be spent heating the glass in a convection system.

Infrared Element for Bending: Quartz infrared heaters are frequently used for glass bending. As the high level of control is offered by infrared systems, energy can be targeted to specific areas when performing complex bends.  This helps decrease cycle times and increase production capacity.

Quartz IR Lamp for Annealing: Since glass readily absorbs infrared, it can be quickly heated to the annealing temperature by an infrared system.  The precision control offered by infrared equipment then allows for a fast and accurate annealing process that can be completed in a matter of minutes.

Most industries need heating processing,and infrared heater is the best choice,Quickly has a team of experts on staff who would be happy to discuss your requirements and offer an infrared heating solution to fit your needs. We manufacture and supply superior quality medium wave infrared heater that consists of a helical wound resistance coil housed in a quartz tube. The quartz tubing is terminated with ceramic insulating caps, they are are tightly fastened to the quartz tube with high temperature cement that allows the quartz to breathe. Made of high quality material, these are superior in performance and offer long serving life.Whether you want an infrared heating emitter or an infrared heating module, contact us if you have any doubts!