Neptun Wave: Top-Tier Vertical Glass Washer
The Neptun Wave is what you put on the shop floor when compromise is off the table. It sits at the top of Neptun’s vertical washing lineup, built for fabricators who need a machine that cleans fast, dries perfectly, and keeps pace with whatever the production schedule throws at it.
The Wave isn’t just a washer: It’s a washer that earns its keep on day one and keeps earning it for years after.
Shops running high volumes of insulated glass, Low-E panels, or heavy architectural sheets tend to find their way to the Wave eventually. Once you have seen what flawless drying looks like at real production speeds, settling for less feels a little painful.
A Flagship Glass Washer Built for Demanding Shops
The Wave was engineered around one idea: give operators a vertical washer that handles anything without blinking.
Its heavy stainless steel structure runs through both the washing and drying sections, meaning every part of the machine that touches water, heat, or vibration is built to outlast the shift schedule.
Run it three shifts, run it through winter, run it on the toughest coated glass in the catalog. The Wave holds up.
That durability pairs with an innovative frame opening system that adjusts to the processed thickness during the washing cycle, keeping water where it belongs and off your shop floor.
Big diameter brushes and a touchless drying belt round out the design, which is exactly what you want when Low-E and soft-coat products come down the line.
You can pair the Wave with a Neptun Demi Series demineralizer to keep water quality where it needs to be, or run it inline with straight line edgers, sandblasting machines, or double glazing lines.
Industry 4.0 Intelligence Built Into Every Cycle
The Wave is not just mechanically impressive. Its brain might be the best part.
A touchscreen PLC manages speed, thickness opening, water temperature, scheduled maintenance, and interfacing with other machines on your line, so your operators spend less time adjusting settings and more time watching clean glass roll out.
What Industry 4.0 features mean for your production
The Wave comes loaded with smart systems that quietly save money every single day. The headline features include:
- Ecosave Full, the patented energy-saving system that cuts noise and electricity consumption by up to 60 percent based on glass size.
- NightCare, which empties the tanks at a preset time and refills them automatically, so every shift starts with fresh water.
- A-Qual water quality control, which feeds clean water into the circuit according to the purity level each job requires.
Taken together, these features turn the Wave into a washer that adapts to the job rather than forcing the job to adapt to the washer.
Heavy Duty Performance Meets Perfect Drying
If you process jumbo sheets or thick laminated panels, the Wave’s heavy-duty configuration will feel like a gift. With the Jumbo Kit option, the machine handles glass up to 80mm thick at loads up to 300kg per linear meter.
Brush motorization on top keeps drives protected from water and humidity, extending service life where other washers tend to falter.
The drying section is where a lot of operators fall in love. The combination of large brushes, configurable air management, and the touchless drying belt produces glass that leaves the machine genuinely ready for the next step, whether that is tempering, laminating, or IG production.
When your downstream processes rely on spotless surfaces, the Wave earns its place as the anchor of the line.
This glass washer can be used as a stand-alone, or in line with other machines like straight-line edgers or sandblasting machines. WAVE can also be installed in line with double-glazing production lines.
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- Innovation Wide range of workable glass thicknesses. Innovative opening system of the frame for optimal water containment during the washing cycle, according to the processed thickness. Heavy Duty execution (option) with maximum load up to 300kg/ml and thickness up to 80mm. Motorization brushes on top.
- Powerful control unit Wave is equipped with a powerful control unit with touch screen to manage the machine, remote diagnosis, scheduled maintenance and several innovative functions: water quality control A-Qual, energy saving Ecosave, SmartSpeed for differentiated speed management and optimal drying also of the final glass edge, NightCare for pre-heating of the water, programming of the automatic exchange of the water during the night.
- Conveying system in the drying section The conveying system in the drying section with touchless belt allows maximum adherence of the edge of the glass and an optimal drying of the surface, without leaving the typical marks of the conveying rollers.
- Water circuits The water circuits can be configured according to the application, with filters on inlet and outlet, pumps and dedicated sections.
- COMPLETE AUTOMATION of all functions for optimal integration in line or robotic islands
- ENERGY SAVING AND LOW NOISE thanks to the Ecosave system
- IDEAL FOR PROCESSING LOW-E GLASS thanks to large diameter brushes and touchless drying belt
- WIDE RANGE OF OPTIONS for maximum customization according to customer needs
- LONG LIFE thanks to the heavy stainless-steel structure in both the washing and drying sections
NightCare At a preset time set on the control panel, the NC activates the automatic emptying of the tanks, at the end of which they are refilled so as to have new water at the beginning of the shift. The function can be set for each day of the week
A-Qual Water circuits that can be configured according to the application, with inlet and outlet filters, pumps and dedicated tank sections. Water quality control and management system, which automatically feeds clean water according to the required level of purity
Special Brushes Soft or high density brushes according to the processing needs
Heating Heating device for a tank up to 60°
Demineralizer DEMI series water demineralization plants. Reverse osmosis system, for the generation of demineralized water. Available with production capacity of 190 lt / hr and tank of 500lt
Ecosave Full Patented system for energy saving according to the size of the glass. Allows a reduction in noise and electricity consumption by up to 60%
Quickservice It allows full access for assistance and updates, not only to the operator panel but also to PLCs, drivers, motors and sensors
Jumbo Kit Heavy duty configuration for Jumbo sheets with thickness up to 80mm and load capacity up to 300kg per linear meter
CN centers connection kit Connection to vertical numerical control centers
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