Glass Furnace Industry

John W. McDougall Company has been providing the glass furnace industry with sheet metal fabrication and installation services for over 40 years. Our diverse history has allowed us to work as both a subcontractor and a prime contractor on emergency shutdown, scheduled rebuild, expansion and new construction projects. Some of the glass furnace industries served are:

Markets Served:

Plate Glass
Container Glass
Fiberglass
Light Bulbs
Florescent Tubes
Picture Tubes
Glassware

Primary Process Served:

Batch (batch bins, batch bin liners, weigh hoppers, chutes, dust collection, process ductwork, silos, bucket elevators, conveyors)
Melter (furnace cooling, man cooling, ventilators, hot combustion air, exhaust & recouperator stacks, inconel protection sleeves, backwall & frontwall covers, dedross pocket parts, camera jackets)
Tin Bath
Annealing
Forming (forehearth cooling, HVAC - man cooling, lehr cooling, exhaust collection, machine cooling, deadplate & conveyor cooling, forehearth stainless air manifolds, reflective spray hoods & manifolds, tin bath side shields & seals, tin bath bottom cooling, interior of gas hearth lehrs, annealing lehr parts, refiner cooling)
Cullet Transfer
Packing
Access & Safety (catwalks, handrails, stair cases, various guards)
Miscellaneous Equipment (dampers & slidegates, louvers, cullet tubs & enclosures, acoustical booths, housing & partitions, tanks, cullet breakers, material handling trailers, carts, racks & containers, fans)

Secondary Process Served:

Dust Collection
Electrostatic Precipitator
Bag Houses
Associated Environmental Processes
Material Handling

Furnace Types:

Gas Fired
Gas / Oxy Fired
Electric
Gas / Electric

Involvement (Prime & Sub Contracts):

Initial Construction & Start Up
Furnace Rebuilds
Hot Repairs
Emergency Maintenance
General Maintenance
Miscellaneous Fabrications & Equipment
Installations

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