Sylvania Lighting is one of the world’s
largest artificial light source manufacturers. We have a broad product
offering, from incandescent light bulbs, halogen, and low-energy lamps
for the consumer market to fluorescent lamps, high-intensity discharge
(HID) lamps, and various special products for professional use.At the Sylvania plant in Tienen, Belgium,
we produce and develop metal halide lamps. To develop a new, smaller
type of lamp, we needed a production machine that would let us easily
adapt all process parameters. The standard “pinch process,” in which
two metal blocks press melted glass around electrode-foil wires to
create an impermeable bond, is not capable of producing these new
lamps. Therefore, we developed a new process to melt the glass directly
around the foil, requiring a totally new machine and a new, optimized
production process.Read the full case study
