Conveyorized Chemical Glass Etching and Cleaning Equipment

Etching to Strengthen: Etching increases the strength of glass by removing the external layer, which is weakened by defects.  

Micro-cracks are common issues with mechanical and laser etching, but not with chemical etching. Chemical etching removes or “rounds out” micro-cracks, significantly lowering crack propagation. 

No chipping along the etched surface and non-etched surface. 

Unlimited complexity: All features are etched at the same time, so there is no added machining cost to produce more complex parts. 

Fast Machining Process: Glass etching may be slow relative to metal etching, but it is fast relative to laser and mechanical machining. Laser and mechanical machining can only make one part at a time, so it is much slower than chemical etching. 

No expensive hard tooling: Since the tooling process is digital, prototyping and design changes are fast and easy. 

Our wet processing equipment is ideal for a variety of glass manufacturing projects—flat panel displays (FPD), cell phones, large frosted windows, small frosted parts, solar panel silicon cleaning or etching, and others. 

The flexibility of our XLi, CC8000, and 2300 Series allows equipment for glass products to be built with a broad range of process steps, dwell times, and rinsing configurations. 

Compared to heavy steel components, Chemcut’s lightweight conveyor construction reduces the possibility of damage to thin glass substrates. Standard conveyor configurations can accommodate piece sizes from 5–60 inches wide and 6–80+ inches long