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Taiyo Nippon Sanso, together with Nippon Gases Euro‑Holding S.L.U., implemented the Innova‑Jet^® Forehearth oxy‑fuel burner in a customer’s forehearth* production facility in Europe, and conducted a demonstration test. By reducing the number of burners from 12 conventional air‑fuel burners to four Innova‑Jet^® Forehearth burners, the test demonstrated that the forehearth could be heated uniformly, with no anomalies such as localized overheating, and that fuel consumption was reduced by 65 % compared to conventional burners. The company will continue to advance the development of oxy‑fuel combustion technology for application across a variety of industrial furnace processes, including glass manufacturing, to reduce CO₂ emissions and contribute to the realization of a carbon‑neutral society.

* A forehearth is a long, tunnel‑shaped channel that distributes molten glass from a glass melting furnace to molding machines, such as those for bottles or fibers, Forehearths must maintain a uniformly high temperature to keep the glass in a molten state.