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Our work 3D animation · Video production

Xtend Blower

The same tempering cycle twice: first with a steel impeller, then with a carbon fibre one. Two animations show where the energy saving comes from.

Client
Xtend Blowers Finland Oy
Production
Blender and After Effects
Duration
60.8 s + dashboard 29.2 s
Completed
September 2026

01 Goal

In the blowers of a glass tempering line, the Xtend Blowers carbon fibre impeller replaces the steel one. The energy saving of the lighter impeller had to be made visible, so the difference is clear at a single glance.

02 Solution

The 3D animation runs the same tempering cycle first with the steel impeller and then with the carbon fibre one. Speed, the power curve and cumulative energy move on screen in step with the machine, so the video also works without sound.

Xtend Blower animation: two blowers beside a glass tempering line

03 Chapter by chapter

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Steel impeller starts up: Two blowers accelerate towards the quench, and cumulative energy rises as a bar.Quench and cooling: Glowing glass arrives, and the blowers cool it at 1,500 rpm. Then the speed drops to the holding level, and the power curve draws along the bottom.Cycle ends: The blowers slow to a stop. The steel impeller cycle used 18.6 kWh.Impeller swap: The camera moves inside the machine, and the 355 kg steel impeller is replaced by a 95 kg carbon fibre one.Same cycle in carbon fibre: The same tempering cycle from the start. A new bar grows next to the steel one, and the saving is shown as a percentage.Result: The carbon fibre impeller cycle used 11.1 kWh, the steel impeller 18.6 kWh.

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Steel impeller starts up

Two blowers accelerate towards the quench, and cumulative energy rises as a bar.

04 For sales presentations

The same comparison at a glance.

The dashboard version puts the machines side by side and brings cumulative energy, motor power and savings into one view. It was made for sales presentations, where the figures need to be seen at once.

Xtend Blower dashboard: steel and carbon fibre impeller side by side, 41% saving

05 From the client

The video is great, and it has been praised.

Mauri Saksala Xtend Blowers Finland Oy

06 Delivered

  • 3D animation4K, 60.8 seconds. The steel and carbon fibre impeller cycles one after the other.
  • Dashboard version4K, 29.2 seconds. The same comparison side by side for sales presentations.
  • Works without soundSpeed, power, energy and savings are all visible on screen.

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