BH-F has been in the forefront of glass conditioning technology for over 80 years

The only company worldwide to solely specialise in glass conditioning systems,
BH-F employs a team of skilled designers and engineers with in-depth glass process knowledge.
BH-F’s personnel have extensive professional experience across a number of market areas,
which ensures a wide knowledge base and complements their glass working experience.

Working with customers to provide optimum solutions

BH-F has created global partnerships with major glass producers worldwide,
using its design skills and practical experience in the application of proven technology
to produce optimum solutions to customers’ glass conditioning requirements.
Designers and engineers work closely with customers at every stage in the process
to provide technical advice and support,
ensuring the development and installation of systems
that will meet their particular application need practically and efficiently.
To ensure good control and communications throughout, a dedicated BH-F team is responsible
for individual project management, including co-ordination and communication with customers.

All BH-F equipment is custom designed at our Didcot office to the customer's requirements,
using the advanced CAD facilities which have greatly reduced lead times while increasing flexibility.
On approval of the final design, the product process is administered
using the latest in production control computer systems.

Our Market Place

BH-F installations are currently used to condition a variety of glass types,
such as soda lime, borosilicates, barium, lead crystal and fluorine opal.

BH-F conditioning systems are operating within many different production applications,
including containers, tableware, glass fibre, flat glass, technical glassware, light bulbs and tubes,
TV glass and automotive glass.

Our market place is truly world wide, with a strong presence in
Europe, North and Central America and the Far East.
BH-F participates in all of the glass industry's major conferences and exhibitions
and is therefore well known on the international scene.
With over 140 customers in the glass industry worldwide,
BH-F provides a complete global service.

Glass Conditioning and hot end equipment.

BH-F Engineering specialises in the development, design, manufacture,
installation, commissioning and support of glass conditioning systems and
machinery for use at the hot end of glass production.

The BH-F 400 Series range of Forehearths and Working Ends
has helped the glass industry realise the benefits of reduced energy consumption
together with improved levels of glass homogeneity and temperature stability.
The 400 Series design has been proven in many different installations.
Over 50 Working Ends have been installed,
the largest of which has a capacity of 400 tonnes of glass per day.
In addition, over 600 Forehearths, ranging in capacity from just one tonne of glass
to over 200 tonnes per day, have been successfully operated.

BH-F also produces a range of gob feeder mechanisms,
all of which are extremely adaptable to gob forming over a wide variety of sizes
and tonnages wherever glass is pressed or blown.

Over the years, BH-F has been continually improving its glass conditioning technology,
incorporating the latest state-of-the-art innovations.
This is illustrated by recent developments in Oxy-Gas Combustion systems for forehearths,
the Electronic Slow Gob (ESG) Feeder Mechanism and automatic advanced temperature control systems.

Extensive Technical Support.

From the initial enquiry, BH-F’s team of experienced designers and engineers,
at our plant and in the field, provides customers with a comprehensive technical support.
As part of our pre sales service, our sales engineers will visit customers' sites, wherever located,
to discuss their particular requirements, or arrange visits to our plant.
Our field engineers operate worldwide to install, commission and maintain equipment,
even in the most challenging environments.
They have the skills to install and commission systems quickly and efficiently.
Engineers will remain on site until the equipment is commissioned and operational.
A specialist Training Engineer will ensure that operators are trained in all aspects
of the system's set up, operation and maintenance,
including mechanical and software engineering.

After Sales Support

All BH-F installations are provided with an extensive warranty
which includes guaranteed technical support.
Experienced staff are always available to answer technical queries
and a team of trouble shooters will attend customers’ sites world wide
to quickly solve any technical problems.