GLASS STRAND INC.

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  SUPPLIER of TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING and EQUIPMENT to the GLASS INDUSTRY

 

Direct Melt Furnaces

Views of GSI designed glass furnaces and supporting equipment.  GSI has designed custom furnaces from 4,000 to 70,000 tons per year of melting capacity.

 

Fiber Forming-Bushing

View of 4000 tip bushing and supporting hardware operating in GSI's Open Forming Room System.

 

Fiber Forming-Winders

Views of various winding machines operating in several types of Fiber Forming rooms.

 

Unique Melting Furnaces

GSI designs and constructs many types of melting units and fiber forming stations for customers requiring unique fiber forming systems.

 

Specialty Glass Melting

GSI has built custom melting units for testing glass compositions, helped develop special non-boron glasses for fiber formation, fiberized basalt and built unique glass flow control devices for reflective hi-index glass beads.

 

Composite Systems and Machinery

GSI has built pultrusion machines and other custom machinery for use in various glass reinforced composite processes.  Some of these machines are for use in the latest state-of-art processes for ocean containers, electrical power poles and new types of wind generators for producing electrical energy.