Abstract: The present invention deals with integrating methods for manufacturing and applying a spacer frame to a glass plate, particularly in the circumstance of increased sizes thereof, of the rigid type, i.e. which profiles essentially are formed by a hollow body having cross section close to the rectangular, micro-perforated in the wall facing the chamber of the insulating glass, where at least the wall facing the outer cavity intended for the secondary sealant is made of solid metal material or with a metal liner, the remaining walls or all the walls being capable of being made of plastic or metal, e.g. aluminum or stainless steel. Certain innovative elements of the devices implementing such methods are also claimed.

Abstract: Apparatus for working a sheet comprising movement means configured to move at least one sheet at a time in a direction of advance, and at least one working unit comprising a working head on which there are installed at least one working tool and a stabilizer device having opposite first gripping members and second gripping members facing each other, and reciprocally mobile along an axis of grip and release to tighten said sheet between them and to release it.

Abstract: A device for unloading insulating glass from a production line has a support frame and a manipulator frame arranged on the support frame and having a manipulator plane provided with a matrix of suction cups adapted to achieve adhesion of the insulating glass to the manipulator plane, and brackets for supporting the insulating glass. Each bracket is movable between a retracted position, where the bracket does not protrude or has minimal protrusion from the manipulator plane, and an extracted position, where the bracket has maximum protrusion from the manipulator plane. A movable abutment moves in a direction substantially parallel to the brackets and interacts with the brackets by a first contact portion of an operating surface to push the brackets towards the retracted position so that the brackets assume a given protrusion with respect to the manipulator plane between the retracted and extracted positions.

Abstract: An apparatus for producing insulating glass having a distribution unit of thermoplastic spacers, a sheet coupling unit, and a thermal conditioning unit is provided. The thermal conditioning unit has an inlet area for glass sheets not yet coupled and possibly provided with a thermoplastic spacer, and an outlet area for the glass sheets. The inlet area and the outlet area define a transit direction for the glass sheets. The thermal conditioning unit has a fixed frame and a movable frame. The movable frame is suitable for movement relative to the fixed frame in a direction substantially perpendicular to the transit direction. A plurality of compartments adapted to house the glass sheets is provided on the movable frame. The movable frame is adapted to position each compartment of the plurality of compartments in line with the inlet area and the outlet area for the glass sheets.

Abstract: A process for the construction and application of a rigid spacer frame for insulating glass involves preparing segments of the rigid spacer frame, applying a butyl sealant to sides of the segments facing in use glass sheets, storing the segments at a warehouse, assembling the segments to form the rigid spacer frame at an apparatus for the construction and application of the spacer frame, the apparatus having a support movable in vertical direction between a lowered assembly start position and a raised assembly end position and arranged with references for the segments. The process further involves positioning the movable support at a height so as to allow positioning of the rigid spacer frame at a surface of a glass sheet arranged on a support surface of the apparatus, and positioning the rigid spacer frame at the surface of the glass sheet.

Abstract: The present relates to a device and a procedure for the extrusion and application of a spacer profile of insulating glass, particularly for a machine adapted to compose the spacer frame directly against one or more glass panes constituting the insulating glass starting from a thermoplastic product prevalently contained in drums, displacing the extrados thereof to an adjustable and controlled distance referred to the margin of one or more glass panes.

Abstract: A device for unloading insulating glass from a production line has a support frame and a manipulator frame arranged on the support frame and having a manipulator plane provided with a matrix of suction cups adapted to achieve adhesion of the insulating glass to the manipulator plane, and brackets for supporting the insulating glass. Each bracket is movable between a retracted position, where the bracket does not protrude or has minimal protrusion from the manipulator plane, and an extracted position, where the bracket has maximum protrusion from the manipulator plane. A movable abutment moves in a direction substantially parallel to the brackets and interacts with the brackets by a first contact portion of an operating surface to push the brackets towards the retracted position so that the brackets assume a given protrusion with respect to the manipulator plane between the retracted and extracted positions.

Abstract: An automatic device and an automatic method for filling with gas other than air the insulating glazing unit composed of at least two glass panes and at least one spacer frame. The device comprises mechanisms for flattening the glass panes when they are not sufficiently flat, for example in the case of laminated or tempered panes. This allows to perform in an optimum manner the filling with gas and to process insulating glazing units with special spacer frames.

Abstract: An apparatus for filling insulating glass with gas which has a fixed panel and a movable panel is provided. The fixed panel and the movable panel have respective working surfaces for holding glass panes and are configured to be juxtaposed along a direction perpendicular to the working surfaces to join the glass panes one to the other. The apparatus has closure elements forming a chamber impermeable to fluids between the fixed panel and the movable panel, and suction elements establishing and maintaining a predetermined pressure value inside the chamber.

Abstract: A machine (1000) for the automatic sealing of the perimetric cavity of the insulating glazing unit (1, 1?, 1?, 1??), the geometry of which is irregular in terms of flatness and shape with respect to the theoretical one, constituted by at least two glass panes (2, 2?, 2?, 2??, etc.) having a rectangular or other than rectangular shape and at least one spacer frame (3, 3?, 3?, etc., 5, 5?, 5?, etc.) located proximate to the perimeter at a finite distance from the margin of the glass panes or of the smaller glass pane, the glass panes being optionally aligned or offset along one or more or all the perimetric sides and the thickness both of each glass pane (2, 2?, 2?, 2?, etc.) and of each spacer frame (3, 3?, 3?, etc., 5, 5?, 5?, etc.

Abstract: A dosage device for extruding a bicomponent or a monocomponent sealant, particularly for an automatic machine for sealing a perimetric edge of an insulating glazing unit constituted by at least two glass sheets and by at least one spacer frame, having a finite width, is arranged proximate to the perimeter at a finite distance from the margin of the glass sheets, includes a first dosage assembly and a separate second dosage assembly for the dosage and feeding of the sealant, which can be activated alternately, in a first feeding step and in a third feeding step, so that one of them provides flow continuity to an extrusion nozzle while the other one is in the reloading step.

Abstract: An automatic machine and an automatic method for grinding the edges of glass sheets are disclosed. The machine is provided with a machine body with motorized support and conveyance rollers or belts, an input conveyor with motorized support and conveyance rollers or belts, an output conveyor with motorized support and conveyance rollers and belts. There are at least two elements for conveying the glass sheets, a lower one and an upper one, which actuate respectively the synchronous motions about a lower axis and an upper axis, which engage and convey the glass sheets, which are interfaced alternately, for example the odd sheets with the lower conveyance elements and the even sheets with the upper conveyance.

Abstract: The present invention deals with integrating methods for manufacturing and applying a spacer frame to a glass plate, particularly in the circumstance of increased sizes thereof, of the rigid type, i.e. which profiles essentially are formed by a hollow body having cross section close to the rectangular, micro-perforated in the wall facing the chamber of the insulating glass, where at least the wall facing the outer cavity intended for the secondary sealant is made of solid metal material or with a metal liner, the remaining walls or all the walls being capable of being made of plastic or metal, e.g. aluminum or stainless steel. Certain innovative elements of the devices implementing such methods are also claimed.

Abstract: The present relates to a device and a procedure for the extrusion and application of a spacer profile of insulating glass, particularly for a machine adapted to compose the spacer frame directly against one or more glass panes constituting the insulating glass starting from a thermoplastic product prevalently contained in drums, displacing the extrados thereof to an adjustable and controlled distance referred to the margin of one or more glass panes.

Abstract: A dosage device for extruding a monocomponent or a bicomponent polymeric product, particularly for an automatic machine for forming a spacer frame, includes a first dosage assembly and a separate second dosage assembly for the dosage and feeding of the product, which can be activated, in a first feeding step and in a third feeding step, alternately so that one of them provides continuity of flow to an extrusion nozzle while the other one is in the reloading step. The first and second dosage assemblies are activated, in a second swapping step that is intermediate with respect to the first and third feeding steps, simultaneously and jointly, one of them having a flow-rate ramp that passes from the steady-state value to zero and the other one complementarily having a flow-rate ramp that passes from zero to the steady-state value.

Abstract: A machine for the automatic sealing of the peripheral cavity of the insulating glass, which geometry is irregular for the planarity with regard to the theoretical one, comprising at least two glass panes having rectangular or other than rectangular shape and at least one spacer frame located in proximity of the perimeter at a finite distance from the boundary of the same glass panes or of the smaller glass pane, the glass panes being aligned or stepped along one or more or all peripheral sides and the thickness both of each glass pane, and of each spacer frame and consequently the total thickness of the insulating glass being mutable from insulating glass to insulating glass

Abstract: An automatic device and an automatic method for filling with gas other than air the insulating glazing unit composed of at least two glass panes and at least one spacer frame. The device comprises mechanisms for flattening the glass panes when they are not sufficiently flat, for example in the case of laminated or tempered panes. This allows to perform in an optimum manner the filling with gas and to process insulating glazing units with special spacer frames.

Abstract: A machine (1000) for the automatic sealing of the perimetric cavity of the insulating glazing unit (1, 1?, 1?, 1??), the geometry of which is irregular in terms of flatness and shape with respect to the theoretical one, constituted by at least two glass panes (2, 2?, 2?, 2??, etc.) having a rectangular or other than rectangular shape and at least one spacer frame (3, 3?, 3?, etc., 5, 5?, 5?, etc.) located proximate to the perimeter at a finite distance from the margin of the glass panes or of the smaller glass pane, the glass panes being optionally aligned or offset along one or more or all the perimetric sides and the thickness both of each glass pane (2, 2?, 2?, 2?, etc.) and of each spacer frame (3, 3?, 3?, etc., 5, 5?, 5?, etc.

Abstract: An automatic machine and an automatic method for the alternating application of a plurality of flexible spacer profiles, preferably made of expanded synthetic material, on a glass sheet in order to compose the insulating glazing, where a dynamic magazine, which contains a plurality of reels of flexible spacer profile is paired with an application head and the path of the flexible spacer profile lies around the rotation axis of the application head, thus rendering feeding from the magazine compatible, thereby allowing the alternability of the reels, with the functionality of the application head, which requires a 360° freedom of rotation.

Abstract: An automatic machine for drilling and milling substantially flat glass sheets shape, comprising includes a machine body; an input conveyor provided with a motorized roller conveyor or roller belt that conveys the glass sheet by its lower edge; an input conveyance surface provided with idle gliding wheels; an output conveyor provided with a motorized roller conveyor or motorized belt that conveys the glass sheet by means of its lower edge; and an output conveyance surface provided with idle gliding wheels. The machine further includes at least one carriage provided with synchronous horizontal motion along the longitudinal axis X2; and at least one pair of working heads provided independently with a synchronous vertical motion for adjustment and feeding along the axes Y1 and Y2, wherein, each head bears a tool provided with rotary motion (cutting) and feeding motion along the axes Z1 and Z2.