INFORMATION LETTER N° 3

CHANNEL BLOCKS

Dear Customer

IN LAST FEW YEARS BONDED MATERIALS TAKE OUT A CONSIDERABLE MARKET SHARE AGAINST FUSED CAST.

AS IN PICTURE SHOWED BELOW, WE CAN SAY THAT MARKET WAS AND STILL TO KEEP NOT ONLY FOR PRICE DIFFERENT LEVEL BUT ALSO FOR QUALITY AND TIME LIFE AND PERFORMANCE.

IN PICTURE N° 1 YOU CAN SEE A CHANNEL BLOCKS K 48’’ WIDE IN ZIRCON-MULLITE INSTALLED IN BEGINNING OF 2001.

IT WAS REMUVED END OF 2011 WITHOUT PROBLEMS.

DURING OPERATION, THERE WAS NO PROBLEMS IN GLASS QUALITY : NO STONES, NO BLISTERS AS WELL NO ZIRCONIA CAT-SCRATCH CAUSED FROM THEM.

THROUGH THE CHANNELS WAS PRODUCED APPROX 590.000 TONS OF GREEN AND AMBER GLASS

IN PICTURE N° 2, CHANNEL BLOCKS K 48’’ WIDE IN ALUMINA.

MATERIALS WAS INSTALLED IN 2004 AND REMOVED IN 2012 DUE TO FURNACE REBUILDING (NOT FOEHEARTHS PROBLEMS).

SURE, ACCORDING TO THE PICTURE , FOREHEARTHS COULD WORKS FOR MANY OTHER YEARS.

FOREHEARTH DURING HIS LIFE PRODUCED APPROX 480.000 TONS OF FLINT GLASS.

DURING OPERATION, THERE WAS NO PROBLEMS IN GLASS QUALITY : NO STONES, NO BLISTERS AS WELL NO ALUMINA CAT-SCRACH CAUSED FROM IT.

NEW LINEAS WAS SUPPLY. OUR CUSTOMER DECIDE (ACCORDING TO ALUMINA PERFORMANCE) TO INSTALL ALL FOREHEARTS AS WELL WORKING-END WITH SAME QUALITY……...ALUMINA.

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