Edging

De Gorter, Inc is pleased to offer edging machinery from Schiatti Angelo, s.r.l.
Schiatti has been making both vertical and horizontal glass edgers for over thirty years, and their machines are known world wide for the strength, and the simplicity of their design. Schiatti machines are extremely user friendly.

Schiatti manufacturers over 30 models of vertical edgers, so we can offer you a machine designed to fit your specific production requirements. These machines are broken down into vertical and horizontal, referring to the orientation of the glass while being transported through the machine.

For your convenience, we have broken our edger section down into Vertical and Horizontal.

Vertical Glass Edgers:

Schiatti offers 31 models of both peripheral and cup wheel, vertical edgers. The differences between them are described below.

Peripheral Wheel Edgers:

These edgers are used when you wish to be able to manufacture a variety of edge styles, such as pencil, Ogee, waterfall, triple pencil, or other variations. They run a little faster than cup wheel edgers, but require more diamond and polishing wheels. This is because you need to have diamond and polishing wheels for each specific edge profile, and in most applications, for each glass thickness as well.

Schiatti manufacturers nine variations of peripheral wheel edgers, with as little as two wheels and as many as eight. The glass thickness and edge profile will determine how many spindles are required to properly fabricate your glass product.

Cup Wheel Edgers:

These edgers are used to produce flat edge, with or without an arris. Some models can be used for producing mitered glass, in addition to the flat edge. The benefit of these machines is that you only require one set of wheels, which will edge and polish all glass thicknesses for which the machine was designed to process. The set up time is minimal, compared to that of peripheral wheel edgers, and only minor adjustments need to be made when changing glass thicknesses.

Schiatti manufacturers 23 versions of cup wheel edgers. Seven of these are capable of mitering, and 16 are able to process glass as small as 2”x2”. In addition, 13 models use cerium slurry and felt wheels for furniture quality finishes. Several models use a cerium rubber wheel to achieve the same results, but without the mess associated with cerium slurry.

Horizontal Glass Edgers: Double Edgers

Schiatti offers 22 different models of horizontal, sometimes referred to as “double edgers”, in both cup and peripheral wheel designs. Double edgers are best suited for high volume production of glass panels of identical size. These edgers grind and polish two sides of the glass sheet, simultaneously. Two edgers can be joined by a right angle transfer table, creating a double edging line. These lines allow companies to put raw glass into the line and have it exit, completely ground and polished, without intervention of the operator to realign the glass sheets. Schiatti also offers a dubbing option, to grind off the sharp corners. These dubbing units are completely automatic and able to dub at high speeds. There are currently over 100 Schiatti double edgers in operation in the United States alone.

Peripheral Wheel Double Edgers:

Schiatti can offer 17 models of peripheral wheel double edgers. They can process glass from as thin as 2 mm and the maximum thickness of 12 mm. Some versions are designed for running louver strips exclusively, while others can open as large as 120”. The minimum glass size varies from either 3.2” or 6.5”, depending on the model. Schiatti can customize any model to meet the customer’s specific production requirements concerning production speeds and edge profiles, although peripheral wheel double edgers are best suited for pencil edge grinding for shelving and similar rectangular products produced in large quantities. Schiatti can vary the number of diamond and polishing spindles and can supply machine with or without dubbing spindles. Maximum speeds can vary from a standard of 390” per minute, up to 700” per minute upon request. Schiatti understands that production requirements vary from company to company and they are well suited to produce machines that fit the customer’s specific requirements.

Cup Wheel Double Edgers:

As described above, Schiatti manufactures 5 different versions of cup wheel double edgers. They can process glass as small as 6.5” and can open as large as 120”. Cup wheel designs can not run as fast as peripheral wheel wheels designs, due to the smaller surface area of diamond on a cup wheel as opposed to a peripheral wheel, but they can still save valuable production time when compared to vertical edgers. Again, the key to considering double edgers is the volume of glass to be process, which have the same dimensions. If the volume of identically sized glass is large, then double edgers are economical. However, if sizes vary, vertical edgers may be better suited for production.