Depending on the type of glass produced-float glass, container glass, fritted glass, or fiberglass, the production processes and heat enclosure requirements differ considerably. Detrick offers appropriate constructions for each of these industries including suspended feeder end walls, waist walls, waist cover arches, front walls, noses, roofs, float bath entrance hoods, and float bath entrance and exit lintels.

For the container glass industry, Detrick engineers have developed and patented an air-pressurized roof. Combined with pressurized front and end walls, positive pressure surrounds the enclosure eliminating gas penetration through the refractory tile.

Tile integrity is protected and the life of the entire enclosure is extended. Fiberglass and float glass manufacturers appreciate the chemical stability and physical strength of our refractory constructions for their own specific reasons: in fiberglass production, for their high resistance to chemical attack, particularly that of borosilicate batch gases; in float glass production, for their ease of installation and successful prevention of batch contamination.