Stop Fighting Your Furnace Layout
Standard infrared lamps are great—until they aren’t. If you’re working with a cramped bending furnace or pieces with weird, irregular shapes, those off-the-shelf heaters usually leave you with annoying cold spots. It’s frustrating when the glass just won’t soften where you need it to. We fix this by ditching the “one size fits all” approach. We build quartz tubes that actually fit your specific chassis.
Getting the heat where it matters
When you don’t have room for big reflector arrays, you have to make every millimeter count. We make custom-length shortwave IR lamps that slide right into those tight gaps. By tweaking the filament length and wattage, we can concentrate the heat exactly where your glass needs it. The best part? It’s a drop-in replacement. You don’t have to tear apart your entire furnace frame just to get a better heat profile.
How we build them
We use high-purity quartz glass so the tubes don’t warp when things get hot. And if your workpiece is an odd shape, we can bend the tubes to follow that curve. Getting the heat source closer to the glass means less wasted energy. Plus, we can handle the wiring for you—whether you need standard lead wires or specific connectors to match your current control panel, we’ve got you covered.
A few things to keep in mind
Here’s the deal: when you cram more heat into a smaller zone, it gets intense. Because these custom shapes create such concentrated heat, you’ll want to keep a close eye on your temperature controllers. You don’t want to accidentally overheat the glass. Also, make sure your venting is up to the task. High-wattage, short tubes put out a lot of localized heat, and you don’t want your electrical components frying because the ambient air got too hot. At the end of the day, if you’re running a non-standard glass art setup, the only way to get a perfectly even preheat is to make sure the lamp actually fits the space.