Vertical drilling machine
The main advantage for vertical glass drilling machines are:
-They need less surface than horizontal glass drilling machines
-Time saving in glass handling
-Possibility for a glass drilling machine to work on line with other machines ( glass washing machine, glass double edger....))
-Possibility to have interesting options ( saw for laminated glass cutting, spindle for glass milling..) giving the possibility for the glass drilling machine to become a more versatile machine
-Less risks for accident for operators working on a glass drilling machines or scratches on glass
-Closed water circuit: it is easier for a vertical glass drilling machine to send the cooling water to a closed water network to usie it again and spare water.
-Less glass dimensions limitations if the vertical glass drillng machine is open top
Vertical glass drilling machine from Topdrill
But there are more expensive.
Moreover these machines are going to become real glass cnc machines with the possibility to edge and polish...
This kind of machines are going to be very interesting in the next future.