{"id":91,"date":"2021-12-17T18:35:37","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T18:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.feracitas.fi\/?page_id=91"},"modified":"2024-05-19T16:43:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-19T14:43:21","slug":"bending-and-tempering","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.feracitas.fi\/index.php\/bending-and-tempering\/","title":{"rendered":"Bending and Tempering"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Product Manager for Bending and Tempering Equipment Tamglass Engineering Oy (now GLASTON Oyj)<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n
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In the end of 1980’ies and in 1990’ies GLASTON Oyj made very profitable business with HTF flat tempering furnaces and ESU windscreen bending furnaces.\u00a0 It had a new, even higher margin product, HTBS,\u00a0 for door glasses of cars.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The product development team failed to develop a car rear glasses machine. It is much more difficult process than HTBS.\u00a0 I invented in 1990 a simple system, later called BTF,<\/strong> (Bending and Tempering Furnace). The development team did not want BTF. The management did not understand the technology.\u00a0 Development team proposed CBTS.<\/strong> In my opinion a bad process. This created a dispute. Further, I gave important advices to the top management of arrogance.\u00a0 I was fired in 1992 although I was very correct for both!<\/p>\n

I sued GLASTON to court for illegal, dirty and untrue dismissal. We solved the dispute in such a way that GLASTON agreed to give me the BTF patent rights, paid patent fees for some years and paid a small reimbursement. BTF would have been extremely profitable 1990’ies!\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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WHAT HAPPENED TO BTF?<\/h5>\n

GRUPPO FININD had a small glass machinery business called IANUA.\u00a0 GRUPPO FININD is now\u00a0https:\/\/www.isoclimagroup.com\/en\/<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0I contacted IANUA. Mr. Alberto Bertolini, technical and commercial ”brains” of ISOCLIMA.\u00a0 He understood the potential of BTF immediately.\u00a0 I got quickly an order of customer who understood the process correctly.\u00a0 After this it was designed and manufactured. The glasses were impressive in 1990’ies.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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BTF and its glasses<\/h5>\n

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BTF photo in IANUA workshop just after the first glasses were made in 1995.\u00a0 The glass held by employees was Toyota Cressida rear glass.\u00a0 Bending depth 127 mm, cross curvature 4 mm, thickness 3,8 mm. Chief designer of BTF, ex Tamglass\/GLASTON engineer is standing on left.\u00a0 Later he designed CONVAIR, flat tempering furnace.\u00a0 Next to him\u00a0 BTF inventor, Risto Nikander.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Several glasses were tested as per video from 1995 in IANUA workshop.\u00a0 https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2cIsqubeJn0<\/a><\/p>\n

Soon\u00a0PININFARINA<\/span>, a famous car designer in 1990’ies, bought prototype<\/span>\u00a0glasses<\/span> made by <\/span>BTF prototype.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Many Ferrari owners wanted to change new \u201cSTOP SOL\u201d glasses to their cars.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>The production took place in IANUA workshop by protype BTF.\u00a0<\/span> Door glass radius was 890 mm, cross curvature 4 mm.\u00a0 \u00a0Soon glass sales were a small but profitable business to IANUA. IANUA did not deliver the prototype BTF to the customer but BTF was installed it to ISOCLIMA factory.\u00a0 IANUA made a new one for the customer.<\/p>\n

BTF is producing excellent boat glasses in Canada and airplane glasses in USA. GLASTON made\u00a0 BTF 25 years later<\/span> as per link https:\/\/glaston.net\/releases\/?id=55D9E431486F20E8<\/a>, <\/span>Risto Nikander tried to pressurize GLASTON to make BTF by complex, reverse curvature glasses by patent FI 88909, while still working in Tamglass\/(GLASTON).\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

BTF prototype; even more impressive glasses<\/h5>\n

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