In 2025, OSHA is expected to strengthen their existing material handling standards. There will be an emphasis on ergonomics, hazard communication and equipment safety. How much can your employees safely lift, push, or pull and are there any OSHA material…
The Pilkington Process Glass is made from melting sand into a liquid. You won’t see that happening at your local beach though. Sand melts into a liquid state at around 1700˚ C (or 30390˚ F)! In a commercial glass plant,…
The classic definition of fenestration refers to the design, construction and placement of windows and doors in a building. The term has grown over the years to include both indoor and outdoor windows, doors, skylights and any other opening designed…
The window screen manufacturing industry plays a vital role in providing essential products that enhance comfort and safety for homes and buildings. However, window manufacturers often face a range of window screen manufacturing issues when producing high-quality window screens efficiently.…
Bruce Willis flies into a window and glass shards spray everywhere. Miraculously he is unhurt. It’s a scene played out a hundred times in the Die Hard series of movies. It’s hard to think of an action movie that doesn’t…
When it comes to handling heavy and oversized windows, doors or special application products, the more hands the better. At least that used to be the case. A door flipping table and conveyor is a specialized workstation designed to assist…
Glass shipping racks are specialized racks designed to safely transport glass products. Wakefield’s glass shipping racks are constructed to provide support and protection for fragile Low E and IG units during transportation. Stop glass breakage and costly waste with an…
Thousands of years ago, craftsmen discovered the art of turning sand and soda ash into objects of beauty. Glass is as beautiful as it is versatile because of its ability to retract and diffuse light. Since that time, glass has…
If you’ve never seen an up cut saw in action, you might wonder what’s so special about them? Are they that different compare to a manual saw or automatic chop saw? Up cut saws are helping manufacturers be more competitive…
An unseamed edge of a glass lite is susceptible to cracking while undergoing the glass tempering process. Those cracks can release small flakes that could also stick to your machines and damage other glass in the tempered glass production line,…