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"A+W is a reliable partner that continues to enhance its products and offer new solutions. A+W has many interface solutions with other providers and it works exceedingly well with all machine partners."

Thorsten Hoffmann

- HoffmannGlas GmbH & Co. KG

HoffmannGlas

Investment in state-of-the-art machine technology

The company HoffmannGlas has started up a Forel insulated glass line in its Halle /Peißen plant – this is the first one anywhere in Germany. At the same time, an automatic edging machine, also from Forel, is being integrated into an existing insulated glass line that is designed for jumbo dimensions, that is, large-format shaped sheets. This is how the HoffmannGlas Group can offer its customers, especially those in the demanding project business, even more services in the future. All of the new systems are controlled by A+W interfaces.

HoffmannGlas has been an A+W customer for 24 years. Along the way, we have learned that this corporate group always cooperates in the innovation network with mechanical engineering firms and with A+W as software partner, and with a sense of proportion, it has always made the right investments.

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Thorsten Hoffmann,
Managing Director

Press Article

The company HoffmannGlas has started up a Forel insulated glass line in its Halle /Peißen plant – this is the first one anywhere in Germany. At the same time, an automatic edging machine, also from Forel, is being integrated into an existing insulated glass line that is designed for jumbo dimensions, that is, large-format shaped sheets. This is how the HoffmannGlas Group can offer its customers, especially those in the demanding project business, even more services in the future. All of the new systems are controlled by A+W interfaces.
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Flexible cutting optimizer for efficient production runs

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The A+W Realtime Optimizer revolutionizes cutting optimization in glass production by enabling flexible and extensive interventions in manufacturing processes. Even after optimization, runs can be linked, split, and reassembled.

Furthermore, optimization parameters (such as edge cut, etc.) can be changed immediately before cutting. The system distributes optimization runs online to different cutting tables, seamlessly integrates rush orders and damaged glass, while ensuring compliance with the original stacking sequences.

The intelligent utilization of leftover plates maximizes glass yield by automatically or manually identifying and linking residual plates. Additionally, the A+W Realtime Optimizer offers efficient breakage management, marking damaged panes and enabling automatic reproduction.
  • Online re-optimization of created jobs from A+W Production or A+W Business Pro (same glass type)
  • Consideration of production sequence from the production system
  • Possibility of entering rush lites / rush jobs
  • Quick-Optimization after cutting was started
  • Reduction of residue plates by using rush jobs, breakage, or sheets from following optimizations / jobs
  • Dynamic re-optimization of breakage
  • Online control of cutting tables and breakout display
  • Avoids residue plates by linking and mixing of cutting jobs
  • Improves the yield and cutting performance
  • Managing local and global breakage with re-optimization

A+W Business Pro is a professional and cost-effective entry-level solution for small and medium-sized companies where order processing and production planning are completely integrated.

A+W Production is an extremely flexible PPS solution for complete rough and detailed scheduling for insulated glass, tempered glass, and laminated glass production. The system allows planning and control of even the most demanding multi-level production flows.

Solutions without ERP system

With A+W Production, we can plan and conduct our production much more efficiently, especially in the interplay with production control and completion reporting by plant data collection. Currently, we are working with A+W on the implementation of a breakage pool, with which we can reproduce defective lites quickly.

Iwan Schmid / Flachglas Schweiz AG Read more

High-quality innovative products are just not enough to be competitive as a glass processor. Requirements such as adherence to delivery dates, flexibility and short delivery times are becoming more and more important, competing in this vein with factors such as quality and costs. Lean processes and far-reaching IT support by our A+W system, which we have been successfully working with for many years, contribute considerably to our success in a fiercely competitive market.

Dave Offland / Float Glass Industries LTD Read more
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HoffmannGlas GmbH & Co. KG
Max-Otto-Hoffmann-Str. 1
31228 Peine
Germany
+49 (0)5171 291-0
info@hoffmannglasgruppe.de
https://hoffmannglas.de/

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