Valves to Russia
December 1st 2007

ARI Armaturen has supplied manual isolation, flow control and safety valves to a float line glass-making project in Russia, in partnership with Air Products.

Air Products was asked to provide the hydrogen and nitrogen gas mixing system that creates a protective atmosphere over the sheet glass during production.

ARI's valves are used for the 'always on' gas mixing system within float line glass making and help to ensure that downtime is kept to a minimum, preventing the ceasing of furnace operations and loss of production. Since the system has been in operation there have been no unplanned shutdowns.

Tony Harrison, operations manager at ARI-Armaturen's UK headquarters in Tewkesbury, says "The valves used in this application had to be reliable, safe and extremely resistant as they are being used in such a tough environment.

"With ARI Armaturen we have created a system that is at the forefront of technology and will act as a vehicle of next generation large scale mixing systems of this kind into the glass industry."