On the bending line, the oven setpoint tells only half the story. The last few centimeters—where the glass hits the mold—are where surface quality and edge integrity are really decided. If the lamp is too hot or too cold at the wrong instant, you’ll see optical distortion, roll-in, or thermal stress fractures that don’t stay on the bending line. They tend to show up later, in tempering. So we built the precision glass bending lamp to deliver heat where it matters, exactly when it matters. What matters, technically We use short-wave infrared quartz elements because they respond fast and hold control tight. The output is tuned to match glass emissivity across the bending window, so you’re heating the glass itself, not the surroundings. You get quick ramp-up, stable dwell, and soak profiles you can run again and again. Standard configurations are 230V/460V, in compact sizes that fit common bending stations. Retrofit kits are available for legacy presses. Focus is adjustable to match part geometry, and the thermal field is laid out to cut hot spots that cause uneven sag. Why it holds up on the line Bending cycles run in minutes, and seconds add up fast. With this lamp, you can run tighter profiles on windshields and sunroofs without overshooting the curve. Temperature repeatability keeps the first piece and the thousandth in the same curvature band, which means less scrap and fewer reworks. Energy use drops because you’re heating only the target area, not the whole chamber. In production, that shows up as more parts per hour and fewer stops to recalibrate. What you need to watch It plays well with most bending presses, but mounting and focus have to be set right. Clearance to molds and shields matters—get too close and you risk localized overheating. Run a short commissioning pass to map the thermal pattern for your exact glass thickness and coating stack. You’ll spend a little more time up front on setup, then you’ll get the payoff back in yield and consistency.