Out on the line, a mismatch in heat hits you right away—bowed bending molds, uneven tempering, or laminated windshields that crawl through the cure and drag down throughput. In glass processing, heat isn’t just a setpoint. It’s repeatable thermal behavior, steady across the whole cycle. What matters under the hood We build the stainless heater housing around a modular electric core, chosen to match the process window. Short-wave for quick surface response in tempering and coating drying. Medium-wave when you need deeper penetration in bending and annealing. And stable convection for consistent lamination and insulating glass sealing. The housing keeps thermal mass low without sacrificing rigidity, so setpoints snap without overshoot. Internal baffling and reflective shielding cut stray radiation, keeping the heat on the glass, not on the frame. You get tight zone control, measurable temperature uniformity across the active area, and a service life that holds up under continuous duty. Why it holds up in a glass plant This housing steps right into the rhythm of real production. In tempering, it steadies the heating and quench phases, helping keep optical distortion and thermal stress in check. In bending, it delivers repeatable sag profiles, so you see fewer reworks from edge roll and crown issues. For EVA/SGP/PVB lamination, it holds the cure profile without hot spots, so edge bond quality is solid and bubble defects drop. For insulating glass, it keeps primary and secondary seal curing consistent, keeping the line moving and rejects low. Energy use comes down because the design focuses on heat transfer efficiency, not just raw wattage. Here’s what to watch for Installation is straightforward, but alignment is everything. Mount the housing square to the glass path, and keep clearances around airflow and radiation windows exactly as specified. After commissioning, give it a short warm-up window to stabilize. Then double-check that your temperature sensors and control strategy match the response of the heating core you picked. When everything lines up, it runs like a drop-in workhorse—not a lab experiment.