Facilities
The company currently operates four continuous furnaces with a production capacity of 370 tons of glass per day, with state-of-the-art technology for glass melting, with oxygas and biogas combustion, regenerative and computerized monitoring. There are 23 production lines, including I.S. machines, in the blown-blown and pressed-blown processes, and rotary presses, in the pressed process. Wheaton also has clean rooms, with assured quality, in the lines dedicated to the pharmaceutical industry, and air-conditioned rooms, with positive pressure, for the cosmetics line. Check out the complete structure of Wheaton glass production:
COLD END PRODUCTION AREA
7 optical inspection machines with (iris ultimate neo)
11 visual inspection systems
12 cameras (7 iris evolution 12 + 4 mcal4)
14 light refriction (refraction?) Termination inspection machines (5 check detector + 4 argos + 4m + 4mx4)
2 visual inspection system (multi 4)
20 automatic inspection lines
HOT END PRODUCTION AREA
12 machines with fire polishing finish
7 climate-control systems (adapting work area for operators)
7 machines with color feeder
7 blow and blow (for better distribution of the glassy mass in the bottle)
5 blank mold (temperature control (tcs) systems)
1 machine for the production (of samples with color feeder)
19 electronic is machines 64 sections
Within modern facilities, with air-conditioned rooms, the Decoration unit has more than 30 different glass packaging decoration technologies, consisting of:
ACCESSORY APPLICATION – In-house or outsourced application
Decal – 1 line for production and application
FROSTING – 2 automatic lines
Hot stamping – 9hot stamping machines and 1 automatic CNC equipment
Heat Transfer – 1 line for heat transfer application
Laser – 1 machine
METALLIZATION – 1 metallization line with 3 metallizers
PAD PRINTING – 1 automatic line, 5 semiautomatic lines
INORGANIC PAINTING – 2 semi-automatic painting lines
ORGANIC PAINTING – 9 continuous painting lines, 1 setup line. Water-based, paints Infrared curing with lamps, 1 inner color machine
LABELING – 2 machines for applying labels on cylindrical bottles 1 machine for applying
labels on flat vials
Silk Screen – 8 CNC automatic machines, 4 automatic screen-printing machines, 1 semi-automatic screen-printing machine, 20 manual machines
Wheaton holds as a value its excellence in customer service, using state-of-the-art technology and distinctive design. The production of glass, decoration and manufacture of molds and equipment in the industrial park of São Bernardo do Campo allows the company to offer complete and innovative solutions in glass packaging, with less time to respond to the needs of its customers and the market.