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Welcome to the 76th Conference on Glass Problems (GPC), a content-rich, technically oriented conference, designed as a SAVE THE DATE high-value resource for the glass manufacturing industry 77th Conference on professional. The Glass Manufacturing Industry Council, in partnership with Alfred University, co-organize the Glass Problems conference, with programming directi on provided by an Robert Weisenburger Lipetz, MBA November 7-10, 2016 Conference Director industry advisory board. As a result, GPC off ers a wealth Columbus, Ohio Glass Manufacturing Industry Council of resources. Technical sessions are designed to cite real The exhibit and technical sessions will take place world data from manufacturers and soluti ons providers. at the Greater Columbus Conventi on Center. Additi onal resources are available, such as our popular short courses, this year in operati ons, combusti on, and The Hospitality Suites will be located fracturing. A symposium on Forming in Glass Manufacturing across the street at the makes use of an enti re day to examine the criti cal processes Hilton Columbus Downton. and latest technologies in depth.
You will fi nd the most extensive platf orm for glass manufacturing S. K. Sundaram, PhD industry networking and exhibiti ng in North America, with extensive vendor Program Director booths, hospitality salons, hospitality booths, and social events. Alfred University The Conference on Glass Problems is organized by the glass manufacturing industry for the glass manufacturing professional seeking a wealth of high-value resources in one event. Welcome to the 76th Conference on Glass Problems.
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WHO IS GMIC ALFRED UNIVERSITY The Glass Manufacturing Industry Council (GMIC) is a trade associati on The Kazuo Inamori School of Engineering at Alfred University (AU) is a of the glass industry that includes among its members, representati ves leader in glass and ceramic educati on. Established in 1900 as the New of all four sectors: container, fi ber, fl at and specialty glass companies as York State School of Clayworking, the school has a long-standing history well as leading suppliers to the industry, research insti tutes, and industry of providing industry a workforce well-educated in the manufacturing of experts. Our goal is to promote the interest, growth, and sustainability of glass and ceramic materials. Today, the school off ers BS and MS degrees in the glass industry. GMIC does for individual companies what they can’t fi ve disciplines: Biomaterials Engineering, Ceramic Engineering, Glass Engi- easily do on their own—provide technical educati on, coordinate techni- neering Science, General Materials Science and Engineering and Mechani- cal initi ati ves, advocate with lawmakers, and promote the usage and im- cal Engineering as well as doctoral degrees in the materials disciplines. age of glass products as a vital part of society around the globe. The school also serves industry by advancing the forefront of ceramics If you are a glass industry manufacturer, supplier, or research organiza- and glass research. In additi on to maintaining an acti ve portf olio of fed- ti on, and you are not presently a member, we encourage you to join erally funded research, the faculty routi nely collaborate with industry or GMIC now to ensure the vitality of the industry through your support projects ranging from fundamental research through product/process of the industry’s trade associati on. Membership dues are based on development. Interacti ons with industry are conducted through the company size and category. Contact GMIC’s Executi ve Director, Robert Center for Advanced Ceramic Technology (CACT) and the Center for High Weisenburger Lipetz, for full informati on. Temperature Characterizati on (CHTC). The CACT facilitates collaborati on between industry and academia with the goal of creati ng economic im- GMIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE pact for the CACT’s industrial partners. The CHCT is a user facility that Steve Weiser, Owens-Illinois, President; Keith Bagarus, RoviSys, Imme- provides research, and unparalleled access to equipment designed for diate Past President; Brian Navaken, Toledo Engineering Company, Inc., characterizing materials in the situ at high temperatures. Vice President; Rob Hofman, Roman Manufacturing, Treasurer; Robert For more informati on about the Kazuo Inamori School of Engineering: Weisenburger Lipetz, GMIC, htt p://engineering.alfred.edu Secretary Doreen Edwards, Dean, Inamori School of Engineering Alfred University, [email protected] GMIC BOARD OF TRUSTEES K. Sundaram, Inamori Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Aaron Huber, Johns Manville; Andrew Richardson, Linde; Andrew Alfred University, [email protected] Zamurs, Rio Tinto Minerals; Bruno Purnode, Owens Corning; Dave Ulmer, SORG Services, USA; Elmer Sperry, Libbey; Euan Evenson, Praxair, Inc.; Ken Bratt on, Emhart Glass; Marti n Goller, Corning Incorporated; GPC ADVISORY BOARD Mohan Rajaram, Hollingsworth & Vose Fiber Co.; Steve Olesen, World Andrew Zamurs, Rio Tinto Minerals Kitchen; Rajiv Tiwary, PPG; Steve Badger, Pitt sburgh Corning; Susan Bruno Purnode, Owens Corning Jones, Anheuser Busch Elmer Sperry, Libbey GMIC STAFF Glenn Neff , Glass Service USA, Inc. Robert Weisenburger Lipetz, Executi ve Director James Uhlik, Toledo Engineering Company, Inc. Donna M. Banks, Executi ve Assistant Jans Schepp, Owens-Illinois Kenneth Bratt on, Emhart Glass CONTACT GMIC Larry McCloskey, Anchor Hocking 600 N. Cleveland Avenue, Suite 210 Westerville, OH 43082 Laura Lowe, HarbinsonWalker Internati onal +1-614-523-3033 | [email protected] | www.gmic.org Marti n Goller, Corning, Incorporated GMIC MISSION Phillip Tucker, Johns Manville Facilitate, organize and promote the interests, economic growth, and Robert Weisenburger Lipetz, GMIC sustainability of the glass industry through educati on and cooperati on in S.K. Sundaram, Alfred University the areas of technology, and the environment. Uyi Iyoha, Praxair, Inc. Warren Curti ,s PPG
PUBLICATION OF THE 76TH GPC PROCEEDINGS Registered att endees of the 76th Conference on Glass Problems will receive a bound copy of the proceedings, published by The American Ceramic Society and Wiley, and shipped to you by mid-2016.
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SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE Wednesday, November 4, 2015 Monday, November 2, 2015 7:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Registrati on 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Registrati on 8:00 – 9:00 a.m. Exhibiti ng 12:00 – 4:30 p.m. Student Plant Tour 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. Environmental Session 12:00 – 5:00 p.m. Fundamentals of Batch and Furnace 10:00 – 10:30 a.m. Exhibiti ng Operati ons 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Modeling Session 12:00 – 5:00 p.m. Combusti on 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. Lunch & Exhibiti ng 12:00 – 5:00 p.m. Breakage Analysis of Glass Containers 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. Forming Session 5:00 – 5:30 p.m. Student Meeti ng 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. GMIC Member Meeti ng 5:00 – 11:00 p.m. Hospitality Suites at Hilton Thursday, November 5, 2015 Tuesday, November 3, 2015 7:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Registrati on 7:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Registrati on 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Forming Technology in Glass 8:00 – 8:45 a.m. Exhibiti ng Manufacturing 9:00 – 10:30 a.m. Energy and Glass Melti ng Session 11:50 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Lunch 10:30 – 11:00 a.m. Exhibiti ng 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Batching Session 12:30 – 2:00 p.m. Lunch & Exhibiti ng 2:00 – 4:30 p.m. Combusti on, Refractories, and Sensors Session 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. Exhibiti ng 7:30 – 11:00 p.m. Hospitality Suites at Hilton
PROGRAM SCHEDULE TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2015 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2015 8 – 8:45 a.m. EXHIBITING 8:45 – 9 a.m. OPENING REMARKS 6:30 – 9:30 p.m. GPC ADVISORY BOARD DINNER – Robert Weisenburger Lipetz, GPC MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2015 Conference Director, Executi ve Director, 12 – 4:30 p.m. STUDENT PLANT TOUR – Glass Manufacturing Industry Council ANCHOR HOCKING – S. K. Sundaram, GPC Program Direc- tor, Inamori Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Kazuo Short Courses Inamori School of Engineering, The 12 – 5:00 p.m. New York State College of Ceramics, FUNDAMENTALS OF BATCH AND FURNACE OPERATIONS – Alfred University Room C-121 9 – 10:30 a.m. Instructor: C. Philip Ross, President, Glass Industry Consulti ng TECHNICAL SESSION: ENERGY AND GLASS MELTING Internati onal (GICI) Session Chairs: Jan Schep, Owens-Illinois, Inc. and Elmer Sperry, COMBUSTION – Room C-122 Libbey Instructor: Kevin Lievre, Glass Industry Consultant – The 9 – 9:30 a.m. Dr. Hong Li, Senior Staff Scienti st, PPG content of this class is jointly developed by John Connors, Industries, Inc. – Strength of Glass Chief Technology Engineer, Batch & Furnace, PPG Fiber Glass and Kevin Lievre 9:30 – 10:00 a.m. Stefan Laux, Director R&D, Praxair, Inc. – Operati ng Experience with BREAKAGE ANALYSIS OF GLASS CONTAINERS – Room C-123 OPTIMELT™ Regenerati ve Thermo-- Instructor: Peter W. de Haan, Senior Scienti st, American Glass Chemical Heat Recovery for Oxy-Fuel Research (AGR) Furnaces 5 – 5:30 p.m. STUDENT MEETING – Room C-121 10 – 10:30 a.m. Mikael Le Guern, Business Develop- 5 – 11:00 p.m HOSPITALITY SUITES AT HILTON ment Manager, Schneider-Electric – Energy Savings through Automati c Load Tap Changer SCR Firing Tech- niques with Closely Coupled Transformers 10:30 – 11 a.m. EXHIBITING 6 76th Conference on Glass Problems glassproblemsconference.org
11 – 12:30 p.m. 9 – 9:30 a.m. Uyi Iyoha, PhD, Business Development TECHNICAL SESSION: BATCHING Manager, Praxair, Inc. – Opti mizing Low Session Chairs: Phil Tucker, Johns Manville, Andrew Zamurs, Rio Momentum Oxyfuel Burner Performance Tinto Minerals, and Marti n Goller, Corning Inc. in Glass Furnaces to Minimize Furnace Emissions and Alkali Volati lizati on 11 – 11:30 a.m. Thomas Hughes, Senior Industry Techni- cal Consultant, Nalco an Ecolab Com- 9:30 – 10 a.m. Hwanho Kim, PhD, Research Associ- pany – Opti mizati on Program for Batch ate, Air Liquide – Air Liquid’s Heat Oxy- Wetti ng Off ers Benefi ts in Furnace Life, Combusti on: An Innovati ve Energy Energy Effi ciency Operati on Saving Soluti on for Glass Industry 11:30 – 12 p.m. Mathieu Hubert, PhD, Scienti st, CelSian 10 – 10:30 a.m. EXHIBITING Glass & Solar BV – Eff ect of Borate Raw 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. Materials on the Melti ng Behavior of TECHNICAL SESSION: MODELING Alkali-lean Borosilicate Glasses Session Chairs: Bruno Purnode, Owens Corning and Warren Curti ,s 12 – 12:30 p.m. Stefano Ceola, Chemist, Sr. Project PPG Industries, Inc. Manager, Stazione Sperimentale Del 10:30 – 11 a.m. Erik Muijsenberg, PhD, Vice President, Vetro – Glass Cullet: Impact of Color Glass Service Inc. – Opti mizing the Energy Sorti ng on Glass Redox State Input to a Glass Melti ng by Intelligent 12:30 – 2 p.m. LUNCH Furnace Design and Operati ng Practi ces 12:30 – 2 p.m. EXHIBITING 11 – 11:30 a.m. Andries Habraken, Senior Consultant, 2 – 4:30 p.m. CelSian Glass & Solar BV – CFD Base TECHNICAL SESSION: COMBUSTION, REFRACTORIES, AND SENSORS Control Glass Furnace Control System Session Chairs: Laura Lowe, HarbisonWalker Internati onal and Based on Time Transient Computer Model Larry McCloskey, Anchor Hocking 11:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. Andries Habraken, Senior Consultant, 2 – 2:30 p.m. Mark D’Agosti ni, PhD, Senior Research CelSian Glass & Solar BV – Glass Melt Associate, Air Products – Oxygen- Quality Opti mizati on by CFD Simula- Enhanced Solid Fuel Combusti on in ti ons and Laboratory Experiments Glass Melti ng Furnaces 12 – 1:30 p.m. LUNCH 2 – 3:00 p.m. Amul Gupta, PhD, R&D Manager, RHI 12 – 1:30 p.m EXHIBITING Glass – Fused-cast AZS Corrosion, 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. Exudati on and Start-up Defects TECHNICAL SESSION: FORMING 3 – 3:30 p.m. Peter Simurka, PhD, Associate Profes- Session Chairs: Ken Bratt on, Emhart Glass Research, Inc. and sor/Researcher, Insti tute of Inorganic Uyi Iyoha, Praxair, Inc. Chemistry SAS - Corrosion of AZS 1:30 – 2 p.m. Alan Stephens, Director, Fives Stein Refractories – Source of Defects in Limited – Forehearth Heati ng Tableware Glass 2 – 2:30 p.m. Pierre Lankeu Ngankeu, Senior Mecha- 3:30 – 4 p.m. Michel Gaubil, PhD, Senior Scienti st/ nical Engineer, Bucher Emhart Glass – Glass Refractory Expert Manager, Saint- Improvements to Bucher Emhart Glass Gobain CREE – What Makes Good Verti fl ow Mold Cooling Applicati ons in Fused Cast AZS Glass Container Producti on 4 – 4:30 p.m Yakup Bayram, PhD, Chief Technology 2:30 – 3 p.m. Steve Heveron-Smith, VP Business Deve- Offi cer, PaneraTech., Inc. – Advanced lopment, Lumetrics – Non-Contact Opti - Furnace Inspecti on and In-situ Furnace cal Measurement of Multi layered and Monitoring via Radar Based Sensors Coated Glass at the Hot or Cold End 4:30 – 5:30 p.m EXHIBITING 3 – 3:30 p.m. Steven Brown, Principal Mechanical 7:30 – 11 p.m. HOSPITALITY SUITES AT HILTON Engineer, Bucher Emhart Glass & Dubravko Stuhne, Producti on Technique, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2015 Vetroconsult, Ltd. – The Qualifi cati on of a 8 – 9 a.m. EXHIBITING New Glass Strengthening Process 9 – 10 a.m. 4 – 5:00 p.m. GMIC MEMBER MEETING – Room C-110 TECHNICAL SESSION: ENVIRONMENTAL Session Chairs: Glenn Neff , Glass Service USA, Inc. and James Uhlik, Toledo Engineering Co., Inc.
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FORMING TECHNOLOGY IN GLASS MANUFACTURING – at Hilton lobby level | Elijah Pierce Room A Symposium of the Glass Manufacturing Industry Council
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2015 10:20 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. PROGRAM III – TABLEWARE AND Descripti on: The Symposium on Forming Technology in Glass Manu- CONTAINER GLASS facturing focuses on the latest technologies in the market to support 10:20 – 10:45 a.m. Modeling of Gob Delivery, Shape and criti cal processes and address current challenges in glass manufactur- Temperature through Scoop, Trough ing. It provides a forum for the audience to gain technical knowledge and Defl ector – Xu Ding, Emhart Glass and exchange experiences with each other in support of the advance- Manufacturing ment and applicati on of forming technologies 10:45 – 10:50 a.m. Q&A Audience: Glass manufacturing engineers and technical managers in 10:50 – 11:15 a.m. Blank Mold Loading on IS Machines – container, tableware, fi berglass, and fl oat glass segments, as well as Dr. Walter Anderson, Owens-Illinois; forming products and services providers. co-author Robin Flynn, Owens-Illinois Objecti ves: The parti cipants should come away from the symposium 11:15 – 11:20 a.m. Q&A with knowledge of problem soluti ons and new developments in form- 11:20 – 11:45 a.m. Coati ng to Reduce Swabbing – Robert ing technology in glass manufacturing. Morin, Material Science Group Program Committ ee: Chairman: Alessandro Borsa – Senior Research Associate Process Tech- 11:45 – 11:50 a.m. Q&A nology, Johns Manville 11:50 a.m.– 12:30 p.m. LUNCH Kenneth Bratt on – Manager of Forming Process Engineering, Emhart 12:30 – 12:55 p.m. Benefi ts of Plunger Monitoring with Glass Research PPC – Chris van Reijmersdal, Processing Matt hew Hyre – Senior Scienti st/Physicist/Professor of Mathemati cs, Forming Tech, Emhart Glass Manufacturing Emhart Glass Research and Nothwestern College, St. Paul Gregory Nafziger – Senior Forming Research Engineer, Owens-Illinois 12:55 – 1:00 p.m. Q&A Steven Olesen – Senior Advanced Technology Engineer, World Kitchen 1:00 – 1:25 p.m. Tribological Investi gati ons of the Glass– Richard Pudliner – Producti on Manager, World Kitchen Metal Contact in Glass-container Pro- David Purvis – Senior Engineer, Owens Corning ducti on – Dominik Orzol, Friedrich- Andrew Thomsen – Project Engineer, Guardian Industries Schiller-Universität Jena Robert Weisenburger Lipetz, MBA - Executi ve Director, Glass Manufac- 1:25 – 1:30 p.m Q&A turing Industry Council 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. PROGRAM IV – FLOAT GLASS 8:00 – 8:30 a.m. PROGRAM I - INTRODUCTION 1:30 – 1:55 p.m. A New Era in Float Glass Forming – 8:00 – 8:05 a.m. Welcome – Robert Weisenburger Lipetz, Bertrand Strock, Fives Stein Glass Manufacturing Industry Council 1:55 – 2:00 p.m. Q&A 8:05 – 8:30 a.m. Overview of Forming in all Segments of Glass Manufacturing, Including Diff er- 2:00 – 2:25 p.m. Modeling Glass Forming in Float Baths – ences and Commonaliti es –Container Rajiv Tiwary, PPG Industries Glass - Gregory Nafziger, Owens-Illinois; 2:25 – 2:30 p.m Q&A Tableware - Steven Olesen, World 2:30 – 3:50 p.m. PROGRAM V – MODELING Kitchen; Float Glass – Rajiv Tiwary, 2:30 – 2:55 p.m. Forehearth Modeling – Erik PPG Industries Muijsenberg, Glass Service 8:30 – 10:20 a.m. PROGRAM II – FIBERGLASS 2:55 – 3:00 p.m. Q&A 8:30 – 8:55 a.m. An Overview Glass Fiber Manufacturing 3:00 – 3:20 p.m. BREAK Technologies – Bruno A. Purnode, 3:20 – 3:45 p.m. Fiber Forming Physics – Alessandro Owens Corning Borsa, Johns Manville 8:55 – 9:00 a.m. Q&A 3:45 – 3:50 p.m. Q&A 9:00 – 9:25 a.m. Issues in Forming Very Fine Fibers – 3:50 – 4:30 p.m. PROGRAM VI - WRAP UP Doug Boessneck, AGY 9:25 – 9:30 a.m. Q&A 3:50 – 4:20 p.m. Panel Discussion – Moderated by Alessandro Borsa, all speakers parti cipate 9:30 – 9:50 a.m. BREAK 4:20 – 4:30 p.m. Concluding Remarks – Alessandro Borsa 9:50 – 10:15 a.m. New Plati num DPH-Materials for the Glass Industry - Dr. Stefan Vorberg, 4:30 p.m. SYMPOSIUM ENDS Heraeus Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG 10:15 – 10:20 a.m. Q&A
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HarbinsonWalker International ing facilities, glass melting furnaces and all related systems Salon # Bellows A and industries. Lilja Corp. has been serving the needs of 1305 Cherrington Parkway, Suite 100, Moon Township, PA the glass industry for over 35 years. With offices located 15108 in the US and Canada. Phone: +1-412-375-6000 www.thinkHWI.com Optimation HarbisonWalker International (formerly known as North HB 307 American Refractories Company) engineers, manufactures 50 High Tech Drive, Rush, NY 14543 and supplies a full line of refractories to support the most Phone: +1-585-321-2300 demanding glass making applications. HWI’s experienced www.optimation.us Installation Group provides the glass industry with high Optimation offers a multi-disciplined design team for any quality hot and cold repair service as well as hot sealing aspect of your batch processing needs, with best prac- of new furnaces. Our Glass Support Team is located in tices for equipment arrangements, dust collection, stor- Pittsburgh, Pa. and Cincinnati, Ohio with sales representa- age, weighing, mixing and transport of batch. The team tives that cover the United States, Latin America, South has tackled a full-range of batch problems, providing America, Europe and Asia. Our glass support team works leading-edge solutions for end clients. During the feasibil- closely with each customer to ensure the best possible ity phases of your projects, Optimation can provide ser- refractory solutions are met. We have 17 plant locations vices for cost assessment, risk assessment and high-level in the United States, one each in the United Kingdom, design. Once capital approval is secured, the design team Mexico, China, and Indonesia. is available for engineering drawing packages, equipment schedules, site plans and test plans. We offer continuity Henry F. Teichmann, Inc. throughout specification, design, integration, develop- HB 16 ment, implementation, calibration, troubleshooting, start- 3009 Washington Road, McMurray, PA 15317 up, debug and production. Phone: +1-724-941-9550 www.hft.com Praxair, Inc. Henry F. Teichmann, Inc. started servicing the glass indus- HB 204, HB 206 try in 1947. Our engineering, technical service, purchasing, 39 Old Ridgebury Road, Danbury, CT 06810 construction and project management team is committed Phone: +1-360-320-4131 to providing turnkey services for batch plants, complete www.praxair.com/glass glass plants, electric furnaces, container glass furnaces, Praxair is a leader in innovative oxyfuel technologies for float glass furnaces, fiber glass furnaces, foam glass fur- the glass industry. With over 70 years of oxyfuel com- naces, sodium silicate furnaces, pressed glass melting ser- bustion experience in the glass industry and over 200 vices, TV glass furnaces, hand glass processes, tableware oxyfuel projects completed worldwide, our technologies and lighting products. In our 68 years we have serviced can deliver substantial fuel savings, increased productiv- over 1,000 projects worldwide. Our engineering staff has ity and product quality, reduced NOx emissions and alkali provided furnace designs utilizing regenerative package volatilization, and prolonged furnace campaign. Praxair furnace, cross-fire furnace, end-fire furnace, electric fur- is a Fortune 250 company. We also supply atmospheric, nace and oxyfuel melter technologies. process and specialty gases, high performance coatings, and related services and technologies. Among the gases Lilja Corp. we supply are oxygen, nitrogen, argon, carbon dioxide, HB 205, HB 207 helium, and hydrogen. 229 Rickenbacker Cr., Livermore CA 94551 Phone: +1-925-455-2300 www.liljacorp.com Lilja Corp. is an assertive leader in industrial and glass fur- nace construction. Our managers, supervisors and crafts- man are known industry wide for their high standards, performing quality work, meeting project schedules and a commitment to a safe working environment. We are a full service general engineering contractor, specializing in the construction of processing, manufacturing and warehous-
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RHI US Ltd. Experience spans decades and includes projects with every Salon # Emerson Burkhart A major glass manufacturer. Our capabilities span a complete Attn: Glass Group, 3956 Virginia Avenue, Cincinnati, OH range of services, from the batch house through furnace, 45227 production line packaging utilities and environmental. Phone: +1-513-753-1254 www.rhi-ag.com Toledo Engineering Co., Inc. RHI AG is the world market and technology leader in high- Salon # Bellows B grade ceramic refractory materials. A global player with 3400 Executive Parkway, P.O. Box 2927, Toledo, OH 43606 Austrian roots, RHI employs roughly 8,000 people world- Phone: +1-419-537-9711 wide at 33 production sites in Europe, North America, Latin www.teco.com America, South Africa and China and is represented by over The TECO Group, consisting of Toledo Engineering Co., Inc., 70 sales offices in four continents. RHI is the only global TECOGLAS Ltd., KTG Systems, Inc., KTG Engineering Ltd., refractories supplier to offer products for all aggregates ZEDTEC Ltd., EAE Tech and Dreicor Inc. specialize in the of the basic industry. The RHI umbrella brand combines design and construction of glass melters of all types, includ- a series of traditional brands that have been established ing fuel-fired regenerative and recuperative furnaces, oxy- in the market for many years, including Didier, Veitscher, fuel furnaces, electric melters, electric boost systems and Radex, Dolomiti Franchi, Interstop, and Monofrax. forehearths and distributors/working end. The TECO Group also provides batch plants, emission control systems and pro- RoviSys cess control systems on a turnkey basis. KTG Engineering Ltd. HB 301, HB 303, HB 305 manufactures furnace equipment such as batch chargers, 1455 Danner Drive, Aurora, OH 44202 electrode holders, spy hole covers, etc. Glass plant engineers, Phone: +1-330-995-8103 designers, constructors, and technical service providers. www.rovisys.com As an engineering services company, RoviSys specializes ONLINE GPC CONFERENCE EVALUATION in process control and information automation. We have We conti nually strive to improve the quality of incorporated state of the art systems around the world for the conference. Your feedback from the online major glass manufacturers. As an independent company, evaluati on will be considered carefully by the GPC we work with you to design and develop the best solution advisory board in designing future conferences. to meet your needs, not ours. With 400 employees and Please go to the website address below for this four locations worldwide we are well suited to provide brief evaluati on. you with state of the art control and information systems. htt ps://www.surveymonkey.com/r/76_GPC_Att endees We have experience in all major sectors of the glass man- ufacturing industry. From your batch house to your ware- Online Conference Evaluati on (for exhibitors only) house RoviSys delivers on time, every time. If you presented an exhibit booth at the 76th GPC, we would appreciate your feedback to help us Saint-Gobain SEFPRO improve the exhibiti ng opportunity. (This survey is HB 201, HB 203, HB 300, HB 302 for exhibitors only.) 9200 Shelbyville Road, Suite 531, Louisville, KY 40222 Please go to the website address below for this Phone: +1-502-329-7605 brief evaluati on. www.sefpro.com htt ps://www.surveymonkey.com/r/76_GPC_Exhibits SEFPRO is glad to support glassmakers’ success by deliver- ing top quality refractory products and services that give Online Conference Evaluati on (for hospitality suite you the advantage. Thanks to our worldwide network and hosts only) outstanding innovation power, you can trust us for meet- If you presented a hospitality booth or salon at ing your ever evolving needs. Tell us about your projects – the 76th GPC, we would appreciate your feedback working together, we can and will make the difference! to help us improve the opportunity. (This survey is for hospitality suite hosts only.) SSOE Group Please go to the website address below for this HB 15 brief evaluati on. 1001 Madison Avenue, Toledo, OH 43604 htt ps://www.surveymonkey.com/r/76_GPC_Hospitality Phone: +1-567-218-2234 www.ssoe.com THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO PROVIDE YOUR SSOE Group is a full service engineering company and your FEEDBACK ON CONFERENCE HOSPITALITY SUITES. resource for glass plant engineering from start to finish. 12 EXHIBITORS
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Advanced Control Soluti ons, Inc. Advanced Energy Booth # 105 Booth # 219 8750 Resource Park Drive, Sylvania, OH 43560 1625 Sharp Point Drive, Fort Collins, CO 80525 Phone: +1-419-843-4820 Phone: +1-970-221-0108 www.acsitoledo.com www.advanced-energy.com/pcm As an integrator of informati on and control system solu- Advanced Energy has devoted more than three decades ti ons, ACSI engineers in both the United States and Eu- to perfecti ng power—enabling design breakthroughs and rope are able to provide customers with quality technical driving growth for leading semiconductor, industrial, and engineering, system design, factory acceptance, installa- solar customers. AE thermal management systems of- ti on supervision, commissioning services, and training. fer energy-effi cient, electric heat soluti ons used for glass Our knowledge can be applied to fl oat glass, fi berglass, manufacturing and costi ng. Soluti ons include specialty py- container glass, tableware, lighti ng, tubing, and specialty rometers with acti ve-refl ectance measurement, SCR power systems. Types of soluti ons we provide are temperature controllers, and power supplies. control, DCS replacement, batching control, glass level control, model predicti ve control, packaging & sortati on control, and producti on tracking.
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Allstates Refractory Contractors, LLC Antonini & Figli s.r.l. Booth # 403 Booth # 118 P.O. Box 256, 218-B Mechanic Street, Waterville, OH 43566 Represented in the USA by Argent Enterprises Inc. Phone: +1-419-878-4691 Phone: +1-724-499-5800 www.allstatesrefractory.com www.antoninisrl.com We are a full-service industrial process general contractor Antonini s.r.l. is an Italian company specialized, from over providing all-encompassing soluti ons for the glass, metals’ 60 years, in annealing and decorati ng lehrs, tempering lines, and petrochemical industries. mould preheati ng ovens and other accessories for hollow glass industry. Designers, manufacturers, suppliers and in- American Ceramic Society, The stallers of annealing and decorati ng lehr’s, also special lehrs Booth # 415 for glass blocks, toughening and car head lamps. 600 N. Cleveland Ave., Ste. 210, Westerville, OH 43082 US agent: Argent Enterprises Inc. | [email protected] Phone: +1-866-721-3322 www.ceramics.org AREA IMPIANTI Corp The American Ceramic Society is the leading professional Booth # 114 membership organizati on for ceramic and glass materials 24-15 Queens Plaza North, Long Island City, NY 11101 scienti sts, engineers, researchers, manufacturers, plant Phone: +1-718-937-7770 personnel, educators, and students. The Society serves www.areaimpianti .it more than 9,000 members from more than 70 countries. Area Impianti designs and installs fl ue gas treatment and American Glass Research co-generati on turnkey plants worldwide. Our company has Booth # 418 successfully accomplished fl ue gas fi ltrati on systems for 603 Evans City Road Butler, PA 16001 more than 80 glass furnaces. Thanks to an advanced know- Phone: +1-724-482-2163 how, we can treat all the pollutants generated from the www.americanglassresearch.com glass fusion process, namely: dust, SOx, HCl, HF, metals and American Glass Research, an independent, research, con- others. We have also conceived a special soluti on for the sulti ng and analyti cal laboratory, off ers experti se in testi ng, catalyti c treatment of the NOx (DeNOx SCR). Our technol- design analysis, training, glass compositi on, heavy metal ogy includes heat recovery system and cogenerati on with analysis, product liability and auditi ng for glass container producti on of electric power. The company is certi fi ed ISO industry. 9001, 14001, OHSAS 18001 UL. US agent: Argent Enterprises Inc. | [email protected] AMETEK Land Booth # 212 Argent Enterprises, Inc. 150 Freeport Rd., Pitt sburgh, PA 15238 Booth # 116 Phone: +1-412-828-9040 PO Box 163, Graysville, PA 15337-0163 www.landinst.com Phone: +1-724-499-5800 Monitors and analyzers for industrial infrared temperature www.aeincglass.com measurement, combusti on effi ciency and environmental Argent Enterprises Inc., together with its industry partners, pollutant emissions. Infrared temperature measurement provides services and equipment to the enti re glass in- product range includes on-line thermometers and systems, dustry. Antonini – Italy, Area Impianti – Italy, Bati sti – Italy, portable infrared thermometers, thermal imagers, and in- Falorni – Italy, General Glass Equipment – USA, JSJ Jodeit frared linescanners. Combusti on and environmental moni- – Germany, Lahti Precision – Finland, Longwall Services toring products, including combusti on effi ciency monitors, – USA, Lubisol – Bulgaria, Moti m Fused Cast Refractories stack gas emissions analyzers, portable gas analyzers and – Hungary, Parkinson-Spencer Refractories – England, coal-fi re detecti on systems. Markets include glass, iron Pneumofore – Italy, TECNO 5 – Italy. and steel, metals and metal processing, and the mineral We have eight table top exhibits at the 76th GPC meeti ng, processing industry. please visit us. Argent Enterprises Inc., is the exclusive agent in the USA for the following companies: • Moti m Fused Cast Refractories Ltd – Hungary E25 Suppli- ers of AZS materials. • Parkinson Spencer Refractories Ltd – England E29 Sup- pliers of Distributor & Forehearth systems, and Refractory materials. • Antonini srl – Italy E30 Suppliers of Lehr’s.
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Borton-Lawson Carmeuse Lime & Stone Booth # 319 Booth # 206 613 Balti more Drive, Suite 300, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702 3600 Neville Rd., Pitt sburgh, PA 15225 Phone: +1-570-821-1999 Phone: +1-412-777-0747 www.borton-lawson.com www.carmeusena.com Borton-Lawson, a full-service, multi disciplinary engineer- Carmeuse Lime & Stone is a leading manufacturer of lime ing fi rm has been providing soluti ons in the glass industry and limestone/dolomite to the glass industry. Carmeuse since 1994. Our projects have ranged in size from full has 28 plants that supply and serve most of the USA and furnace rebuilds to upgrades or replacements of ancillary Eastern Canada. We also have a technical service labora- systems. Our design and constructi on support services en- tory in Pitt sburgh Pa., staff ed by glass industry experts. compass all facets of engineering including civil, structural, refractory, electrical, mechanical, automati on, environ- DIAS Infrared Corp. mental, surveying, and procurement and constructi on ad- Booth # 215 ministrati on services. Our high-value process approach and 6 Barbara Dr., Warwick, NY 10990 use of the latest 3D laser scanning and design technologies Phone: +1-845-544-7055 makes Borton-Lawson the right choice to add full-service www.dias-infrared.com engineering support to your project team. Soluti ons for noncontact temperature measurement, infra- red cameras, line cameras, pyrometers, calibrati on sources, Bucher Emhart Glass pyroelectric detectors and system soluti ons. Booth # 214 Emhart Glass SA, Hinterbergstr. 22, 6330 Cham, Switzer- DSF Refractories & Minerals, Ltd. land Booth # 107 +1-573-437-2132 Friden, Newhaven, Nr Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 0DX UK www.bucheremhartglass.com Phone: +44 1629 636 271 Bucher Emhart Glass is the world’s leading supplier of www.dsf.co.uk advanced technologies for manufacturing and inspecti ng DSF Refractories & Minerals Limited, established in 1892 in glass containers. Its portf olio consists of glass-forming and the Derbyshire Peak District, is the largest shaped refrac- inspecti on machinery, systems, components, spare parts, tory manufacturer in the UK. Recognised as one of the refractory, advice and services for the glass container in- world’s leading suppliers of bonded refractories to the dustry. Bucher Emhart Glass uses its innovati ve strength to glass industry, products include a wide range of high alu- ensure that glass remains the ideal packaging material for mina refractory bricks & shapes based on mullite, andalu- food, beverages, cosmeti cs and pharmaceuti cal products. site, chamott e, bauxite, spinel and pure alumina. Shapes Bucher Emhart Glass refractory products are supplied to a are manufactured by pressing or casti ng techniques which wide variety of glass industries, including the glass con- are then high fi red to give opti mum properti es in service. tainer fi berglass, pressed ware, stemware, hand glass, and The company has a highly knowledgeable Sales & Technical specialty glass industries. With its long history of quality team with a determinati on to provide the best soluti on for and craft smanship, Bucher Emhart Glass refractories are our customers. preferred by glass manufacturers throughout the world. Edward Orton Jr. Ceramic Foundati on, The BWF Envirotec, USA Booth # 200 Booth # 207 6991 Old 3C Highway, Westerville, OH 43082 1800 Worldwide Blvd., Hebron, KY 41048 Phone: +1-614-895-2663 Phone: +1-859-282-4550 www.ortonceramic.com www.bwf-envirotec.us The Edward Orton Jr. Ceramic Foundati on manufactures BWF Envirotec is the world’s leading supplier of fi lter me- pyrometric products and thermoanalyti cal instruments. In dia and bags for industrial fi ltrati on. As both a needle felt additi on, the Foundati on operates an independent ma- producer and bag fabricator, BWF Envirotec has the unique terial testi ng laboratory specializing in refractory, glass, ability to match industry characteristi cs with the properti es whiteware, and advanced ceramic materials. of the needle felt ensuring maximum bag performance. In additi on, the standard services off ered by our Environmen- tal Services Division are bag change-outs, leak detecti on, mechanical inspecti ons, and process reviews.
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Eurotherm by Schneider Electric Fives Stein Limited Booth # 315 Booth # 106 44621 Guilford Dr Ste. 100, Ashburn, VA 20147 4A Churchward, Southmead Park, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 7HB, UK Phone: +1-703-724-7300 Phone: +44 1235 811 111 www.eurotherm.com www.Glass.fi vesgroup.com Eurotherm by Schneider Electric off ers enterprise control Fives Stein Limited is a leading supplier in high-quality systems for the glass industry, in additi on to highly ad- melti ng and conditi oning for all types of glass. We design, vanced process control soluti ons. Process control systems manufacture, install, commission and service glass plant operate in a ti mescale appropriate to the producti on and equipment tailored to your specifi c needs. process, whereas management informati on systems typi- With over 90 years of experience in a wide range of glass cally provide ti me delayed informati on. This delay seriously processes and applicati ons all over the world, we can pro- impacts the decision making process for both management vide a complete range of services. We provide full support and operators. Eurotherm by Schneider Electric enables and training for your teams, on our equipment, to assist the glass industry to transfer producti vity data into infor- with your full-scale glass producti on needs. mati on in a ti mely manner, thereby providing both man- We are part of the Fives, an industrial engineering group, agement and operators informati on indicati ng real ti me who design and supply machines, process equipment and profi tability in a dashboard format. Eurotherm by Schnei- producti on lines for the world’s largest industrial groups. der Electric will discuss several off erings including Wonder- The group has over 8,000 employees worldwide and an ware System Platf orm, Eurotherm process control, Foxboro annual turnover in excess of $2 billion. fi eld devices and Avanti s Asset Management. Frazier-Simplex, Inc. F.I.C. (UK) Limited Booth # 100 Booth # 317 P.O. Box 493, 436 East Beau Street, Washington, PA 15301 Longrock Industrial Estate, Penzance, Cornwall, TR20 8HX UK Phone: +1-724-225-1100 Phone: +44 (0) 1736 366 962 www.frazier-simplex.com www.fi c-uk.com Frazier-Simplex, Inc. has provided state-of-the-art batch F.I.C. is the leading technology supplier in melti ng and con- chargers and innovative furnace design and glass produc- diti oning of ultra, high quality glass. With proven designs tion equipment since its founding in 1918 in Washington, of all sizes of electric furnaces and electro-boost systems. Pa., USA. The company strives to continuously provide We have extensive experience in the TFT and cover glass glass industry with expertise of batch charging equipment, markets as well as fl oat glass, ‘E’ glass fi bre and all special- design and engineering for glass furnace and furnace ist glasses such as borosilicate, high alumina and zero alkali rebuild, turnkey solutions to a number of glass production glasses. We can supply all types of electrodes including for glass tubing, fibers, and other specialty glass products, ti n oxide and molybdenum and associated holders and as well as design and engineering expertise to a growing electrical connecti on systems. Our High ‘Q’ holder has a business of solid waste processing and hazardous waste removable waterway and our Maxi ‘Q’ holder is designed disposal and vitrification. to operate conti nuously in molten glass above 1,600°C and are ideal for top electrode systems as well as on-the-run GEA Group replacement for competi tors failed holders. Booth # 216 9165 Rumsey Road, Columbia, MD 21045 Phone: +1-410-997-8700 www.niroinc.com GEA off ers a variety of integrated designs and technologies for glass furnace emissions. We take a plant-specifi c ap- proach to custom design the opti mal soluti on for each par- ti cular site. With decades of experience across several indus- tries, we uti lize various fi ltrati on techniques for parti culate
removal and dust transport. For SO2 and other acid gases, GEA provides several scrubbing techniques using a variety of confi gurati ons and reagents. NOx removal can be provide in conjuncti on with parti culate removal, with the fl exibility to increase removal rates for future considerati ons if desired.
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General Glass Equipment facture service and commissioning of gas, oxygen and fuel Booth # 115 oil combusti on control systems which are used in the glass 645 South Mill Road, Suite 1, Absecon, NJ 08201 melti ng process worldwide. Phone: +1-609-345-7500 Systems include: Underport, throughport and side-of-port www.generalglassequipment.com burner systems used on regenerati ve furnaces. Hot air General Glass Equipment Company is an engineering and and oxygen burners for unit fi red furnaces. Each system is manufacturing organizati on that has dedicated its corpo- engineered for the specifi c requirements of the customer, rate acti viti es exclusively to the domesti c and worldwide meeti ng environmental, producti on quality and effi ciency glass manufacturing industry for more than 80 years. The requirements. acti viti es of the fi rm encompass virtually every aspect Global Combusti on Systems have two technical support of glass manufacturing from plant design and construc- bases, UK and China. ti on, personnel training, project engineering, and gen- eral consultati on to innovati ve product development for H.C. Stark, Inc. manufacturing economies. Our extensive background in Booth # 314 the industry off ers general glass clients the benefi t of a 45 Industrial Place, Newton, MA 02461 comprehensive perspecti ve of glass manufacturing on a Phone: +1-617-630-5800 domesti c and an internati onal scale. www.hcstarck.com Authorized Representati ve: Argent Enterprises Inc. | H.C. Starck, a leading global supplier of technology metals [email protected] from refractory materials molybdenum, tungsten, tan- talum and niobium, has a diverse portf olio for the glass Glass Manufacturing Industry Council (GMIC) melti ng and photovoltaic industries showcasing its innova- Booth # 419 ti ve, engineering excellence. H.C. Starck’s products achieve 600 N. Cleveland Avenue, Suite 210, Westerville, OH 43082 outstanding resistance to chemical corrosion, degradati on, Phone: +1-614-523-3033 and minimal glass discolorati on for large area coati ngs, www.gmic.org pharmaceuti cal, lighti ng, wind and solar applicati ons. GMIC is a trade associati on of the glass industry that in- cludes among its members, representati ves of all four sec- Heraeus Materials Technology tors: fl at, container, fi ber and specialty glass companies as Booth # 304 well as leading suppliers to the industry, research insti tutes Heraeusstr. 12-14, 63450 Hanau, Germany and industry experts. Our goal is to promote the interests Phone: 201-647-8672 and growth of the glass industry. www.heraeus.com Heraeus specializes in the manufacture of plati num, gold, Glassworks Hounsell iridium, and specialty metal parts for the glass industry. Booth # 305 With over 150 years of experience in precious metals and Park Lane, Halesowen, West Midlands B63 2QS, UK worldwide operati ons, Heraeus has the capability to pro- +44 (0) 1384 560 666 vide the highest quality products in the most sophisti cated www.glassworkshounsell.co.uk designs. Items include sti rrers, liners, electrodes, cru- Global suppliers of batch charging and wetti ng systems for cibles, cladding, and other custom designed parts, in high all types of furnaces and glasses. With more than 40 years strength alloys and grain stabilized materials, specifi cally in this fi eld and 1,200 machines worldwide we are both designed for glass manufacturing. All of our products are experienced and innovati ve. Additi onally we also provide backed by our experti se and world-class technical support. electrodes and ancillary equipment used in electric melt- ing of high quality glasses. Combine all this with our skill Hotwork USA set as specialist precision engineers and any customizati on Booth # 101 requirements are easily achievable. 223 Gold Rush Rd., Lexington, KY, 40503 Phone: +1-859-276-1570 Global Combusti on www.hotwork.com Booth # 316 Worldwide supplier of glass furnace heati ng, expansion con- Unit 43, Evans Business Centre, Easter Inch, Bathgate, trol supervision, regenerator sulfate burnout, glass draining EH48 2EH, Scotland, UK with hot water recycling, wet cullet fi lling, furnace cooldowns Phone: +44 (0)1506 657 310 and hold hots, and electronic crown rise monitoring. The www.globalcombusti on.com only conti nuous operati ng hotwork heatup company since Global Combusti on Systems specialize in the design, manu- 1965 and proud sponsor of The Phoneix Award Committ ee.
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iIis gmbh L.G.P. Internati onal, LLC Booth # 204 Booth # 103 Konrad-Zuse-Str. 22, 91052 Erlangen, Germany 5041 Payne Avenue, Dearborn, MI 48126 Phone: +49 9131 974 7790 Phone: +1-248-444-2289 www.ilis.de htt p://glass-properti es-lab.com ilis develops, produces and distributes soft ware soluti ons, Laboratory of Glass Properti es specialized on precise mea- measuring systems as well as automated test equipment surements of glass and melt properti es for more than 50 for quality assurance in the glass and opti cal industry. With years. Since 2002 we provide various glass testi ng services the measuring and testi ng equipment of the StrainMati c™ under business name L.G.P. Internati onal. In additi on to and StrainScope™ series, the company develops imaging measurements of high-temperature IR absorpti on, vis- polarimeter systems for the automati c and objecti ve mea- cosity, density, CTE, surface tension, and other physical surement of residual stress in glass and plasti cs. BatchMak- properti es we perform development of high-performance er™ and Chroma™ provide the glass industry standardized glasses for diff erent applicati ons (glass-to-metal seals, soft ware soluti ons for simple and reliable calculati on of high-strength fi bers and sheets, low-DK fi bers, IR-transpar- batch recipes and glass properti es, as well as for transmis- ent glasses, thin-wall containers). sion and color measurement. Mathemati cal modeling of glass forming processes is an important area of our interest. Johnson Matt hey plc Booth # 303 Longwall Services, Inc. Orchard Road, Royston, Hertf ordshire, UK, SG8 5HE Booth # 113 Phone: +44 (0) 1763 253 000 63 South Country Club Rd., PO Box 737, Meadow Lands, PA www.noble.matt hey.com 15347 Johnson Matt hey Noble Metals is a fabricator and refi ner Phone: +1-724-228-9898 of plati num group metals. With almost 200 years of experi- www.longwallservices.com ence and experti se Johnson Matt hey can off er complete Longwall Services Inc. manufactures and supplies cullet PGM soluti ons to the glass industry. This includes complex conveyors, glass breakers, bott le sinkers and conveyor plati num, rhodium and iridium fabricati ons. Also the ability belt cleaners for the glass industry. Products for the glass to apply a fully recoverable plati num coati ng to refractory industry include: materials for ulti mate wear resistance in molten glass. • Water Bath Scraper Conveyors • Glass/Bott le Breakers Lahti Precision Oy • Bott le Sinkers Booth # 112 • SMART Brush Belt Cleaners Ahjokatu 4 A, PL 22, 15801 Lahti , Finland US agent: Argent Enterprises Inc. | [email protected] Phone: +358 3 82921 www.lahti precision.com LumaSense Technologies, Inc. Lahti Precision – Experti se That Weighs. Lahti Precision Oy Booth # 401 is one of the leading suppliers of glass raw material han- 3301 Leonard Court, Santa Clara, CA 95054 dling systems. Lahti Precision serves the producers of: Phone: +1-906-370-0232 • Float glass, fl at and fi gured glass www.lumasenseinc.com • Container and tableware glass Temperature is a key factor in opti mizing any energy-in- • Insulati on and reinforcement fi berglass tensive glass producti on process. In fact, it is so important • Solar glass / low iron glass that the only way to truly ensure product quality meets the • Flat screen, TV and other technical glass stringent marketplace requirements is by carefully moni- • Borosilicate and water glass, and other special glass toring the temperatures of the producti on equipment and By supplying: the glass being produced. • Complete batch plants and cullet systems LumaSense Technologies, Inc. off ers over 50 years of expe- • Weighing, dosing and mixing systems and components rience in providing non-contact temperature measurement • Control systems and components technologies. Our infrared thermal imagers and pyrom- • Cullet return systems eters deliver fast and accurate temperature readings and • Plant modernizati ons and control system upgrades are the perfect soluti on for customers working with fl at US agent: Argent Enterprises Inc. | [email protected] glass, solar glass, container glassware, uti lity glassware, or technical glass producti on.
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Lumetrics ants such as parti culates, heavy metals, acid gases (SOx, Booth # 312 HCl, HF, and Boron), VOCs, and NOx. Our products and 1565 Jeff erson Rd, #420, Rochester, NY 14623 services include dry and wet electrostati c precipitators, Phone: +1-585-214-2455 fabric fi lter systems (including ceramic fi lters), spray dry www.lumetrics.com and dry injecti on acid gas scrubbers, regenerati ve thermal Lumetrics® is the leader in fl at glass and tubing measure- oxidizers, DeNOx reactors (SCR), mobile testi ng services, ment systems. Since 2003 Lumetrics® has worked with and parts and service. all of the leading glass manufacturers in the world in the measurement of their specialty glass products. Lumetrics® Mixer System, Inc. Opti Gauge™ provides non-contact measurement of single Booth # 412 and multi layer glass products including tubing, safety and 190 Simmons Avenue, PO Box 10, Pewaukee, WI 53072 water glass, fl oat glass, and coati ngs, even in a ti n bath. Phone: +1-262-893-5315 The Opti Gauge™ is used in R&D labs, quality control, and www.mixersystems.com online process measurement. Our technology is even used Mixer Systems is an American manufacturer of four types for in-process glass slimming measurements to increase of mechanical batch mixers for the glass & refractory and customer throughput by over 30%. ceramic industries. Located near Milwaukee, Wisc. USA, we have supplied over 3,500 projects in 42 diff erent coun- Luoyang Dayang High-Performance Material Co. Ltd. tries worldwide since 1945. The planetary mixer works Booth # 102 like an egg beater and provides excellent mixing acti on for Songzhuang Development Zone, Mengjin, Luoyang, Henan, colored batches or hard to mix applicati ons where top to P.R.China 471121 bott om mixing acti on is criti cal to the end product. The Phone: +0086-379-6707-1191 horizontal shaft mixer is a paddle or spiral blade mixer that www.refractory-dy.com is lower cost, lower maintenance than the pan mixers. Leading Chinese fused cast materials manufacturer, 10,000 The turbin mixer is a low profi le, pan mixer that features tons/year salable products of AZS 33, AZS 36, AZS 41, α-β angled mixing paddles and it moves in a circle for constant, Alumina, and Fused high Zirconia in 88% and 95%. intensive mixing acti on. The twin shaft mixer has twin, horizontal shaft s with six mixing paddles per shaft . This Magnec/Metrel, Inc. is a very intensive mixer with mixing ti mes as litt le as 60 Booth # 313 seconds and discharge ti mes of 5-10 seconds. 223 W. Interstate Rd., Addison, IL 60101 Phone: +1-630-543-6660 Moti m Fused Cast Refractories, Ltd. www.magneco-metrel.com Booth # 117 MMI has developed a family of refractory monolithic prod- Timföldgyári ut 9-13. Mosonmagyaróvár, 9200, Hungary ucts referred to as “Metpump” for glass furnace applica- Phone: +36 96 574 100 ti ons. MMI’s unique cement free colloidal silica bonded www.moti m.hu monolithic refractory products off er an alternati ve to the Moti m Fused Cast Refractories Ltd.is recognized as a world electrofused cast blocks for the glass furnace. Metpump leader producing fused cast AZS and alumina refractories, Products can be used in fi ve diff erent applicati ons: 1) ma- refractory castables. Our products are used in the glass jor repairs of the melter and regenerator 2) full or parti al manufacturing furnaces. More than 95% of our turnover is crown constructi on or repair 3) parti al constructi on of the from export sales. Our traditi onal markets are Western and furnace 4) minor repairs of the melter and regenerator 5) Central Europe, but we are present with our products on full constructi on of the furnace. all conti nents of the world. Represented in the USA by Argent Enterprises Inc. | McGill AirClean [email protected] Booth # 416 1777 Refugee Road, Columbus, OH 43207 Phone: +1-614-829-1200 www.mcgillairclean.com McGill AirClean has over 40 years of experience in engi- neering, manufacturing, and installing air polluti on contol equipment. In the glass industry alone, we have over 250 installati ons worldwide controlling many diff erent pollut-
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Nalco, an Ecolab Company Parkinson-Spencer Refractories Ltd. Booth # 205 Booth # 119 1601 W. Diehl Road, Naperville, IL 60563 Holmfi eld, Halifax, West Yorkshire UK HX3 6SX, UK Phone: +1-630-305-1000 Phone: +44 (0) 1422-254 472 www.ecolab.com www.parkinson-spencer.co.uk Nalco, the global leader in water, hygiene and energy Parkinson-Spencer Refractories Ltd. manufacture and technologies and services; providing and protecti ng what is supply refractories, engineer products and systems for the vital: clean water, safe food, abundant energy and healthy glass industry. environments. We uti lize our experti se and innovati on Products include: in helping our customers to save water, reduce energy Refractories Division consumpti on, and improve process operati ons. Our highly • Feeder forehearth refractories for all types of forehearths trained site engineers will work with you to develop an • Dense bonded alumina glass contact blocks for the dis- eff ecti ve engineering soluti on that meets your corporate tributor and forehearth cost, producti on, and sustainability goals. • Forehearth channel blocks in zircon-mullite • Furnace blocks PCI Gases • Pots for hand made glass industr Technical Services Booth # 104 Division 12201 Magnolia Ave., Riverside, CA 92503-4820 • Forehearth and distributor systems +1-951-640-8748 • Forehearth and distributor combusti on systems www.pcigases.com • Forehearth and distributor control systems PCI Gases manufacturers’ on-site oxygen generators ideally • Special cord dispersal sti rrer systems suited to the glass industry. The melti ng of raw materials to Represented in the USA by Argent Enterprises Inc. produce glass primarily relies on the combusti on of natural [email protected] gas or fuel oil with air. Since the 1980’s, the glass industry has increasingly adopted oxy-fuel technology, or the use of Plansee USA oxygen instead of air for combusti on to improve econom- Booth # 406 ics through higher throughput, bett er quality, fuel savings 115 Consti tuti on Blvd.,Franklin, MA 02038 and reducti on of air pollutant emissions such as NOx and Phone: +1-508-553-3800 SOx. It is esti mated that over 20% of glass produced glob- www.plansee.com ally is melted using oxy-fuel technology. Oxygen is also used Plansee is the largest fully integrated partner worldwide to reduce NOx emissions by 30-40% in air-fuel melters via for the glass industry, providing its customers with tech- technologies such as Oxygen Enriched Air Staging (OEAS). nically advanced designs manufactured from our high To further expand the use of oxy-fuel and OEAS to potenti al performance materials (molybdenum, tungsten, tantalum, new users, PCI’s VSAs provide oxygen on-site using an inno- niobium) which result in excellent corrosion resistances, vati ve approach using less moving parts to improve overall coarse grain structure, and the highest purity. cost and reliability. Stop by today to get more informati on. Plansee’s leading edge technologies and high performance PaneraTech, Inc. materials provide for an effi cient glass melti ng process. Booth # 407 Stop by Plansee’s booth to discuss the features of their 4125 Lafayett e Center Drive, Suite 200, Chanti lly, VA 20151 molybdenum glass melti ng electrodes, tank reinforce- Phone: +1 703-719-9666, Ext. 102 ments, sti rring and gobbing equipment. www.paneratech.com Plansee conti nues to contribute to making glass producti on PaneraTech, Inc., is one of the most innovati ve sensor more eff ecti ve and environmentally friendly. technology companies in the world, developing unique soluti ons that far surpass expectati ons. We are pioneers in developing smart melter soluti on that is comprised of two sensors: (1) refractory thickness sensor to measure resid- ual wall thickness and (2) furnace tomography sensor that images early stage glass penetrati on behind the insulati on for preventi ve maintenance and furnace life opti mizati on.
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Pyrotek, Inc. pieces and 6,500 tons/year of pressed material, while SIG- Booth # 306 MAREF Bulgaria produces 2,500 tons/year of special pieces. 1285 Claremont Road, Carlisle, PA 17015-9727 Completi ng the range, about 5,000 tons/year are produced Phone: +1-717-249-2075 by our partners and controlled by our technicians both with www.pyrotek.info/glass regards to producti on and auditi ng. Improve quality and performance, lower costs, and narrow your vendor base with Pyrotek. A global company head- Safety Controls Technology (SCT) quartered in North America, Pyrotek has experienced sales Booth # 414 engineers around the world, who will work with you and 6993 Pearl Road, Middleburg Heights, OH 44130 your producti on team to decrease valuable ti me lost due to Phone: +1-216-502-1507 poor performance of expendable fore hearth refractories, www.sct.us.com I.S. machine parts and hot-glassware handling products. Safety Controls Technology, Inc. (SCT) provides safety and health services for glass demoliti on and rebuild sectors Refractory Machining Services, Inc. including clients that have requirements to comply with Booth # 318 local, state or federal regulati ons. SCT is a woman-owned 610 East Butler Road, Butler, PA 16002 business enterprise (FBE, DBE, SBA, EDGE) delivering com- Phone: +1-724-285-7674 prehensive occupati onal and environmental engineering www.refrmachserv.com consulti ng services to both the public and private sectors. Sawing, grinding and assembling of refractory materials to service the glass and steel industries. SAFINA Materials, Inc. Booth # 202 RoviSys 100 Hilbig Rd, Ste B, Conroe, TX 77301 Booth # 400 Phone: +1-936-828-3469 1455 Danner Drive, Aurora, OH 44202 www.safi namaterials.com Phone: +1-330-995-8103 SAFINA is a precious metal products manufacturer with www.rovisys.com a history dati ng back to the 1860s. SAFINA has long been As an engineering services company, RoviSys specializes a trusted supplier to the world renowned Czech glass- in process control and information automation. We have making industry. SAFINA’s products include plati num and incorporated state of the art systems around the world for Pt alloy crucibles, funnels, sti rrers, plungers, and more. major glass manufacturers. As an independent company, The company also makes a full line of thermocouple wires we work with you to design and develop the best solution for temperature sensing applicati ons as well as plati num to meet your needs, not ours. With 400 employees and coated ceramic parts. four locations worldwide we are well suited to provide SORG Services USA you with state of the art control and information systems. Booth # 213 We have experience in all major sectors of the glass man- SORG Services USA, Inc., 2970 Valley View Drive, Toledo, ufacturing industry. From your batch house to your ware- OH, 43615 USA house RoviSys delivers on time, every time. Phone: +1-724-366-6513 S.I.G.MA. S.r.l. www.sorg.de Booth # 301 The SORG Group through their member companies can Via delle Grigne, 12/A, 22070, Locate Varesino (CO) Italy supply turnkey installati ons and equipment from raw Phone: +39 0331 82 31 95 material delivery through the glass gob worldwide. This www.sigmaref.it includes all aspects of the furnace lifeti me cycle. From sus- S.I.G.MA. Group, specialized in the producti on of refrac- tainable designs, constructi on, services, repairs, through tory materials for the glass industry since 1990, supplies a demoliti on at the end of the campaign. SORG through complete high quality range of materials including silliman- EME, Nikolaus Sorg GmbH & Co. KG, and SKS delivers Made ite, mullite, zircon-mullite, zircon, high-alumina, fi reclay, In Germany soluti ons to all sectors of the glass industry. fused cast, insulati ng, magnesite, silica, special cements and Our latest products include the LoM burners and the concretes. Thanks to two manufacturing faciliti es, one in Lo- BATCH3 system. LoM burners are low momentum, low cate Varesino (Italy) and the other inPlovdiv (Bulgaria) now maintenance oxyfuel burners. BATCH3 consists of the IRD® operati ng at full speed, S.I.G.MA. Group is a leader in Europe Doghouse, EME-NEND® chargers and the proven Sorg® in terms of capacity, prices and lead ti mes of shaped pieces. batch and cullet preheati ng systems. In detail SIGMA Italy produces 3,200 tons/year of special
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Special Shapes Refractory Company, Inc. systems” (Hot mass, Hot move, Hot Form…) Booth # 307 • Traceability soluti ons: laser code engraving and readers 1100 Industrial Blvd., Bessemer, AL 35022 • Arti cle quality control: vision and carrousel technologies Phone: +1-205-424-5653 with market references such as MCAL4, MULTI4 and MX4 www.ssrco.com • IT intelligence tools for analysis and management of Special Shapes Refractory Company (SSRCO) is a family plant performances: “Tiama IQ range” owned business that manufactures specialized, engineered • Complete range of service acti viti es: customer local pre-cast refractory shapes uti lizing SSRCO developed refrac- support, multi lingual on-line spare-parts catalogs, tooling, tory mixes for use in the glass industry. We off er grinding repairs, refurbishment. and fi nishing services, quick turn-around ti mes for emer- gency repairs, and with our co-op partners, we can provide Toledo Engineering Co., Inc. refractory soluti ons that assist our customers for either “hot Booth # 300 or cold” repairs. As we move into our 30th year, SSRCO is 3400 Executi ve Parkway, P.O. Box 2927, Toledo, OH 43606 sti ll conti nuing to work on refractory developments, both in Phone: +1-419-537-9711 refractory material and shape designs, that will conti nue to www.teco.com help our customers compete in the global market. The TECO Group, consisti ng of Toledo Engineering Co., Inc., TECOGLAS Ltd., KTG Systems, Inc., KTG Engineering Ltd., Specialty Rondot, Inc. ZEDTEC Ltd., EAE Tech and Dreicor Inc. specialize in the Booth # 302 design and constructi on of glass melters of all types, in- 30 Montgomery Street, Suite 240, Jersey City, NJ 07302 cluding fuel-fi red regenerati ve and recuperati ve furnaces, Phone: +1-201-434-3600 oxy-fuel furnaces, electric melters, electric boost systems www.specialtyrondot.com and forehearths and distributors/working end. The TECO Specialty Rondot is the industry leader in providing the Group also provides batch plants, emission control sys- most up to date and advanced forming equipment to the tems and process control systems on a turnkey basis. KTG container glass industry. Our high quality equipment and Engineering Ltd. manufactures furnace equipment such as precision instruments implement the most advanced tech- batch chargers, electrode holders spy hole covers, etc. nology available today. Specialty Rondot, a Groupe Rondot company, specializes in Tri-Mer Corp. servicing the container glass industry through the supply Booth # 201, 203 of unique products and customized engineering soluti ons. 1400 Monroe St., Owosso, MI 48867 The product range is comprised of products manufactured Phone: +1-989-321-2991 by Groupe Rondot companies such as Graphoidal, Ron- www.tri-mer.com dot and Sonicam as well as complimentary products from Tri-Mer Corporati on off ers completely integrated ceramic external Principals such as Sheppee Internati onal, Pennine catalyst fi lter systems for glass furnace emissions. The Industrial Equipment and Heat-Up. Experienced sales en- Tri-Mer technology off ers a high-performance approach to removing Parti culate (PM), SO , HCl, and NOx in a single gineers are available to visit customers and discuss regular 2 all-in-one system. Acid gases such as SO , HCl, and HF are requirements as well as potenti al effi ciency and quality 2 improvements within the container glass manufacturing removed with integrated dry sorbent injecti on. NOx is de- process. CAD design services are off ered for bespoke cus- stroyed by nanobits of SCR catalyst embedded in the fi lter tomer soluti ons or modifi cati ons to standard equipment. walls and used in conjuncti on with integrated ammonia injecti on. Other pollutants such as metals are also eff ec-
Tiama Americas ti vely captured. If only PM or PM+ SO2 and/or HCl need to Booth # 417 be controlled, standard fi lters without catalyst are uti lized. P.O Box 350427 – Toledo, OH 43635 Tri-Mer is the largest supplier of ceramic fi lter systems in Phone: +1 314-374-3100 the world, with many installati ons in fl oat and container www.ti ama.com glass. Tri-Mer off er turnkey services ranging from design TIAMA AMERICAS based in Toledo (USA), is the American engineering and in-house manufacturing to installati on subsidiary of the French leader of inspecti on soluti ons: the and aft ermarket service. Tiama Group. Tiama is a global provider of on-line process and quality control for glass packaging industry. 50 year’s experti se for a one-stop-shopping: • Process monitoring soluti ons: I-Care (hot imaging), GIA (Gob weight control), and the new range: “Tiama HOT
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Umicore AG & Co. KG Vesuvius USA Booth # 218 Booth # 413 Plati num Engineered Materials, Rodenbacher Chaussee 4, 753 Enterprise Rd., Dillon, SC 29536 PO Box 1351 63457 Hanau, Germany Phone: +1-843-774-6026 +49 6181 59-8197 www.vesuvius.com www.pem.umicore.com Vesuvius is a community of experts. Present around the Umicore’s business unit Plati num Engineered Materials is world, we deliver soluti ons to our customers to improve a global technology leader for either cast or FKS®Plati num their effi ciency. The services we off er encompass design materials based single-source, tailor-made, engineered and engineering, products and operati ons management. system soluti ons to the special glass industries. We support Our global network of plants brings us within reach of our key players to reach the best possible performance with customers, serving them in real ti me, with the capacity and their special glass producti on processes at the interface fl exibility they need to respond to their markets’ demands. of our Plati num group metal components and its immedi- ate periphery by means of our process excellence model. Warner Power LLC Process excellence translates into total cost reducti on (sav- Booth # 217 ings), increase of competi ti veness (soluti ons), and reduc- 40 Depot St., Warner, NH 03278 ti on of risk (security). Phone: +1-603-456-4465 www.warnerpower.com Usable Glass Strength Coaliti on, LLC Warner Power’s comprehensive power conversion and Booth # 419 magneti cs capabiliti es provide our customers with “turn- 600 N. Cleveland Avenue, Suite 210, Westerville, OH 43082 key” soluti ons to a wide variety of demanding glass indus- Phone: +1-614-523-3033 try applicati ons. Our custom-designed GreenStar switch www.gmic.org/ugsc.htm mode and Furnastar SCR based power supplies combine Most glass companies cannot independently support a acti ve control with custom transformers and other se- fundamental research agenda to understand and improve lected components to reduce total cost of ownership and the usable strength of glass. However by working together improve product quality. with pooled funding and shared risk, the opportunity to GreenStar Switch Mode Power Supply improve the usable strength of glass is achievable. The • Effi ciency 90+% and power factor 94% down to 50% UGSC supports fundamental, precompeti ti ve research on loading increasing the useable strength of glass across all sectors; • Ripple output is less than 1% RMS provides an opportunity for researchers to develop exper- ti se in industrial applicati ons; develops tools and measure- ment techniques for the advancement of glass science; and publishes valuable precompeti ti ve glass research in the public domain. SAVE THE 77th Conference on DATE! Glass Problems (77th GPC) November 7 – 10, 2016 | Columbus, Ohio
The exhibit and technical sessions will take place in the Greater Columbus Convention Center. The Hospitality Suites will be located across the street at the Hilton Columbus Downtown.
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Yakup Bayram, CTO, PaneraTech, Inc.; Alexander C. Ruege, Prin- Stefano Ceola, Chemist, Senior Project Manager, Stazione Speri- cipal Engineer, PaneraTech, Inc.; Peter Hagan, Product Develop- mentale De Vetro; Nicola Favaro, Chemist, Lab Director, Stazione ment Engineer, PaneraTech, Inc.; Elmer Sperry, Technical Leader, Sperimentale De Vetro; Antonio Daneo, Chemist, Analyst-Opti cal Batch & Furnace Design Engineer, Libbey, Inc.; Dan Cetnar, Analysis Expert, Stazione Sperimentale Del Vetro Furnace Engineer, Libbey, Inc. Glass Cullet: Impact of Color Sorti ng on Glass Redox State Advanced Furnace Inspecti on and Monitoring Based on Nowadays cullet is one of the main raw materials for the glass Radar Sensors industry in Europe. More than 60 % of glass cullet is recycled Furnaces are currently inspected on a regular basis with thermal to produce new glass packaging, with furnaces producing green imaging sensors and other techniques that heavily rely on experi- color glasses with more than 90 % recycling rate. ence of the plant personnel. However, despite these inspecti ons, Post-consumer dry recyclables are collected in two main diff erent the industry sti ll experiences major glass leaks and premature ways in Europe: mono-material collecti on (opti onally with color shut-down of furnaces. This results in ineffi cient asset uti lizati on diff erenti ati on), or mixed with other dry recyclables (multi -mate- and major producti on disrupti on. Therefore, advanced inspecti on rial collecti on; plasti c, mixed color glass, cans). of furnaces that provides deterministi c erosion profi le of the re- To increase the amount of cullet recycled in the fl int glass produc- fractories and also detects an early stage glass penetrati on within ti on, the recyclers have installed new color sorti ng machines able the insulati on layer will result in safer and longer furnace opera- to produce high quality colored and no-colored fl ow from the ti on through preventi ve and proacti ve maintenance. mixed color cullet. To address this major industry need, we have been developing The introducti on of such machine has having a positi ve impact on ground-penetrati ng radar based Refractory Thickness Sensor and the amount of cullet recycled, however some unexpected contra- Furnace Tomography Sensors for the last several years. The for- indicati ons have been registered. The redox of the cullet feed is mer measures residual AZS thickness on operati onal furnace. The strongly impacted by the relati ve amount of the diff erent colors. latt er identi fi es and 3-D images early stage glass penetrati on into Small variati on can modify the redox of the batch, introducing insulati on for preventi ve and proacti ve maintenance. instability on the glass color, especially in case of reduced glasses At the conference, we will discuss the underlying fundamentals (amber and uvag). behind the sensor technology, and case studies on operati onal The speech will provide an overview of the cullet collecti on sys- furnaces highlighti ng the major diff erence between the proposed tem in Europe. The impact of the color sorti ng machines on the sensor technology and thermal imaging and other technologies glass redox will be analyzed. that are currently being used by the industry. A new method developed by SSV to determine the inorganic redox will be described and its applicati on on some real cases , Principal Mechanical Engineer, Bucher Emhart Steve Brown illustrated. Glass; Ken Bratt on, Manager of Forming Process Engineering, Bucher Emhart Glass; Dubravko Stuhne, Producti on Technique, Vetroconsult Ltd; Mark D’Agosti ni, Ph.D. Senior Research Associate, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.; Jinghong Wang, Dr. Lead Development Engi- The Qualifi cati on of a New Glass Strengthening Process neer, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.; Juping Zhao, Air Products Thermal strengthening of fl at glass has been used for over 70 years and Chemicals, Inc. in the architectural and automoti ve industries but it is a new con- Oxygen-Enhanced Solid Fuel Combusti on in Glass Melti ng cept for the beverage and container markets. This strengthening process changes the structure and the nature of the glass, adding a Furnaces In response to intense product price competi ti on and higher fuel stored energy component, which requires that the process be both costs, many glass makers in Asia have embarked upon fuel-switch- qualifi ed and validated prior to industry acceptance to show that ing from natural gas and fuel oil to lower-cost solid fuels; namely the thermally-strengthened end product meets the design specifi - petroleum coke and coal. Air Products has in turn developed a cati ons in terms of functi on, strength, durability and safety. burner, the Cleanfi re® SF, which effi ciently combusts these solid In this instance, the “Qualifi cati on” ensures that the necessary fuels, while also enabling simple, on-the-fl y fuel-switching back equipment has been chosen and installed correctly and the to liquid and gaseous fuel fi ring modes as dictated by changes “Validati on” shows that the process, including personnel and in economic conditi ons. This burner is a ti mely and convenient equipment, has the capability to produce containers that meet off ering for glass manufacturers who are considering alternati ve customer’s specifi cati ons. fuel uti lizati on during ti mes of market and/or fuel price volati l- This paper will focus on the eff orts required to qualify and validate a ity. Recent experiences summarized in this paper illustrate the new process in the glass industry, together with some results from our benefi t of proper oxygen usage, the importance of solid fuel feed experiences including: equipment qualifi cati on, validati on runs, sam- system design on combusti on performance and potenti al eff ects pling techniques employed, test results and other related acti viti es. of solid fuel fi ring on glass quality. Included in the test results will be a special series of tests used to evaluate risk and line simulati on and loop techniques designed to simulate the eff ects of multi ple trips through a fi lling line and consumer handling in the returnable marketplace.
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Michel Gaubil, Ph.D. Senior Scienti st, Glass Refractory Expert Andries Habraken, BSc, Senior Consultant Computer Modeling, Manager, Saint Gobain CREE; Thierry Colozzi, Technical Support CelSian Glass & Solar; Johan van der Dennen, Consultant, CelSian Manager, Saint Gobain SEFPRO; Isabelle Cabodi, Ing, Fused Cats Glass & Solar; Piet van Santen, MSc. Senior Consultant APC, Refractory R&D Group Leader, Saint Gobain CREE CelSian Glass & Solar What Makes Good Fused Cast AZS? CFD Based Control: Glass Furnace Control System Based SEFPRO is the worldwide leader in providing refractory soluti on for on Time Transient Computer Model the glass industry. Based on our 85 years of refractory experience, Conventi onal Model based Predicti ve controllers (MPC) use a pro- we will present the key points for fused cast AZS properti es to se- cess model that is derived from experiments on a furnace. Such cure long furnace life and guarantee high glass quality. Specifi cally, control system is limited to the tested operati onal area. we will discuss the impact of chemistry and chemistry distributi on Instead of using fi eld data the empirically derived process model linked to the solidifi cati on process. We will also describe micro- can be exchanged by validated CFD simulati ons. Dynamic computer structure evoluti on and internal structure analysis of AZS soldier models do not only describe the furnace ti me-transient dynamics blocks. All these elements have a direct impact on corrosion resis- and important correlati ons in a very accurate way, but they also tance and glass defect formati on. The approach of microstructural present the furnace behaviour in a much broader operati onal win- analysis combined with new methodology to study block fi lling will dow. Therefore rMPC (control based on dynamic computer models) help us to defi ne new criteria for block performance. From this enables control functi onaliti es over the complete operati onal area technical knowledge we will advise a refractory specifi cati on to take and enhances the controllability of the furnace. CFD models of the best of your fused cast refractory block furnaces and forehearth systems used for process improvement projects are now used in the engineering phase of rMPC control Amul Gupta, Ph.D. R&D Manager, RHI Glass; Kevin Selkregg, systems and therefore are re-capitalised upon during Analyti cal Lab Manager, RHI Glass;Roland Heidrich, Ph.D. R&D In this presentati on, detailed dynamic modelling results of a fur- Scienti st, RHI Glass nace are discussed, and examples are given on the applicati on of a Fused-cast AZS Corrosion, Exudati on and Start-up Defects CFD model in a control system.
Glass defects containing Al2O3 and ZrO2 are oft en thought to Glass Melt Quality Opti mizati on by CFD Simulati ons and originate from AZS refractories. However, correct identi fi cati on of Laboratory Experiments the root cause of such defects isn’t always easy. Exudati on is oft en The quality of a glass melti ng process is determined by the melti ng- blamed for furnace start-up defects, when in fact corrosion could in performance, the sand grain dissoluti on and the removal of gas be the key source. This paper will present results from analysis bubbles by fi ning. For good quality it is essenti al that each trajec- of start-up defects, and laboratory exudati on and corrosion tests tory/path starti ng from batch charging to the throat or waist of the performed to understand the root cause of defects. tank shows complete melti ng and fi ning. Each part of the glass melt should be exposed to temperatures such that fi ning can occur. The fi ning onset temperature and melti ng performance for an industrial glass tank depends on the batch compositi on, sand grain size, type and amount of fi ning agent, furnace atmosphere and the redox number of the batch. Laboratory experiments are carried out to determine the most important parameters for industrial batches. At CelSian, the results of these laboratory experiments are used as input to the CFD (Computati onal Fluid Dynamics) model GTM-X, which then provides the temperature and fl ow fi elds in the industrial melti ng tank, along with the calculati on of the individual glass melt trajectories. This combinati on of experiments and CFD simulati on proves to be a very powerful tool for determining the fi ning and melti ng performance of industrial furnaces. Special att enti on will be paid for the locati on of the fi ning zone, with respect to the convecti on fl ows in the melt. In this presentati on, batch melti ng-in and fi ning experiments as well as CFD modeling of industrial furnaces will be presented and the criti cal trajectories for these furnaces will be identi fi ed. The performance of these tanks for batches with diff erent composi- ti ons (normal fl int, and low iron) will be investi gated and demon- strated. The dependence on furnace design and furnace opera- ti on, especially process setti ngs such as pull rate, bubbling rate, waist cooler positi on, and cullet percentage will be discussed.
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Steve Heveron-Smith, VP Business Development, Lumetrics; borosilicate and the exact compositi on of the raw material itself Jason Ness, Account Manager, Lumetrics, (e.g. the sodium-containing borax would not be used for alkali- Non-contact Opti cal Measurement of Multi -layered and Coated free glasses) as well as on economic considerati ons. The choice of Glass at the Hot or Cold End the borate raw materials may also have an impact on the melti ng There have been no easy ways to measure multi layer glass struc- process itself, e.g. on the melti ng kineti cs and the evaporati on tures in fl oat glass plants and other glass manufacturing faciliti es. processes. In this study, the infl uence of the choice of the borate Touch gauges are used in total thickness applicati ons but are cum- raw materials upon the melti ng behavior of alkali-lean borosili- bersome and limited in their use. Laser triangulati on is non-contact cate glasses is presented. and used for total thickness but is diffi cult to align and limited in Industrial alkali-lean borosilicate glass batches were melted us- functi onality. Coated glass, water glass, auto and security glass all ing CelSian’s High Temperature Melti ng Observati on System and pose challenges to traditi onal measurement devices. Additi onally, Evolved Gas Analysis setup (HTMOS/EGA). It is shown that the other measurement challenges exist when measuring thin glass type of borate raw material employed has an eff ect on the melt- used in cell phones, tablets, computers, televisions and other con- ing and fi ning behaviour of the glass. Notably, the infl uence of sumer goods. Opti cal interferometry provides an accurate and easy hydrated vs. anhydrous borate raw material (boric acid vs. boron to use soluti on to all these challenges. Opti cal interferometry is a oxide) is highlighted. technology that has been around for years, but advances in compo- nents and technical experti se has enabled a much more robust sys- Thomas Hughes, Senior Industry Technical Consultant, Nalco, an tem with enhanced capabiliti es to be manufactured. Telecom grade Ecolab Company; Phillip Yu, Ph.D., Industry Technical Consultant, components with their long life and durability form the backbone Nalco an Ecolab Company; Blaine Krause, Senior Industry Devel- of this system. This presentati on will highlight multi ple examples opment Manager, Nalco an Ecolab Company of challenges customers encountered and soluti ons provided using Opti mizati on Program for Batch Wetti ng Off ers Benefi ts in the opti cal technology. We will discuss the following examples of Furnace Life, Energy Effi ciency, Operati on challenges encountered and their soluti ons. This presentati on serves as an update to Nalco’s presentati on at • Measurement of fl oat glass inside the ti n bath GMIC/2013, which highlighted results of applicati ons of Dry Batch • Measurement of coated glass and water glass at the hot end of Opti mizer technology in the container glass industry. Since that a fl oat glass line ti me, we have additi onal experience, case histories, and insight • Measurement of thick architectural glass of up to 35mm into the impact of such a program in both container and fl oat • Measurement of safety and auto glass including measurement glass plants. The authors will discuss proper use of this technol- of the polymer interlayer. This includes measuring wedge in the ogy to aid in the eff ecti veness of batch wetti ng, allowing glass polymer for heads up auto displays manufacturers to take full advantage of the benefi ts of batch wet- • Measurement of ultra-thin glass for consumer devices ti ng while minimizing or eliminati ng its drawbacks. Pre-wetti ng • In-process measurement of glass being etched to a specifi c of batch material prior to its additi on to the furnace is a common thickness with extremely dangerous hydrofl uoric acid. practi ce, and most glass manufacturers agree on its benefi ts: • Measurement of glass stacks for consumer products to ensure reduced dusti ng inside /outside the furnace, extension of furnace parallelism of the layers life, reduced fouling of regenerators, and bett er control of par- • The presentati on will highlight both the technical soluti ons and ti culate emissions from the furnace. Nalco has now documented the business reasons to move forward with opti cal measurement informati on showing that we can achieve additi onal benefi ts such for diff erent glass thickness challenges. as: improved homogeneity of the batch mixture, reducti on of excess moisture and associated energy benefi ts, improved batch Mathieu Hubert, Scienti st, CelSian Glass &Solar;Anne Jans pile shape and resulti ng melti ng effi ciency leading to additi onal Faber, Scienti st, CelSian Glass & Solar;Simon Cook, Market De- energy savings, improved cleanliness of mixers with reduced velopment Director - Ceramics & Glass, Rio Tinto Minerals; David torque/wear and tear, and, fi nally, improved safety resulti ng from Lever, Market Develop Manager, Rio Tinto Minerals reduced dusti ng as well as reduced need for operator interven- Eff ect of Borate Raw Materials on the Melti ng Behavior ti on to clean the batch feed system. of Alkali-lean Borosilicate Glasses Borosilicate glasses are of utmost importance in a large number of commercial applicati ons, and are among the most largely pro- duced types of glass. The boron, integrated within the structure of these materials, confers to the glass outstanding properti es and is irreplaceable for numerous glass compositi ons (such as low thermal expansion lab-ware or display glasses). For industrially produced borosilicate glasses, diff erent types of borate raw materials can be chosen by the manufacturers (e.g. borax, boric acid, colemanite). The selecti on of the type of borate employed for the glass batch depends notably on the type of
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Uyi Iyoha, Ph.D. Business Development Manager, Praxair; Sho Air Liquide and SISECAM, supported by LIFE European program, Kobayashi, Ph.D. Corporate Fellow, Praxair, Inc.; Euan Evenson, are closely collaborati ng for the implementati on of a new HeatOx
Program Development Manager. Praxair, Inc. system at an industrial scale. The main objecti ve is to reduce CO2 and NO by 23% and 90% compared to traditi onal air combusti on Opti mizing Low Momentum Oxy-fuel Burner Performance x liked to tableware glass producti on. in Glass Furnaces to Minimize Furnace Emissions and The HeatOx technology described here is specifi cally adapted to Alkali Volati lizati on container, fi ber and technical glass furnaces. A special att enti on is Glass manufacturers in U.S. and EU are facing increasing pressure given to a staged and compact HeatOx burner and multi -channel to reduce NO emissions from glass furnaces and to comply with x oxygen and natural gas heat exchangers. The HeatOx burner is new, lower NO emissions limits. To achieve these ever ti ghten- x operable with both hot and cold reactants maintaining constant ing NO limits, glass manufacturers someti mes install oxy-fuel x fl ame coverage. The multi -channel heat exchangers feed oxygen combusti on which is widely known to produce very low NO x and natural gas to multi ple burners with independent control of emissions. However, depending on the type of oxy-fuel burn- fl ow rate and temperature for each burner. ers installed in the furnace, the parti culate emissions from the furnace and the refractory crown corrosions resulti ng from alkali concentrati on in the furnace may be excessive. The desire to Stefan Laux, Dr.-Ing., Director R&D, Praxair, Inc.; Alonso Ganzalez, reduce parti culate emissions and rapid crown deteriorati on have VP Operati ons, Grupo Pavisa;Soloranzo, Enrique, Grupo Pavisa; led to the development of low momentum oxy-fuel burners for Uyi Iyoha, Associate Director Business Development, Praxair, glass furnaces. Inc. Wu, K, Praxair, Inc.; Sho Kobayashi, PhD, Corporate Fellow, Praxair, Inc. Typically, these low momentum oxy-fuel burners are installed in the breastwall of the glass furnaces, placing the burner blocks Operati ng Experience with OPTIMELT™ Regenerati ve directly on the tuckstone which are typically in the range of 8 Thermo-Chemical Heat Recovery for Oxy-fuel Furnaces to 16 inches high. Praxair’s CFD modeling and fi eld experience The operati on of glass furnaces with oxy-fuel combusti on in show that for low momentum burners installed directly on the combinati on with advanced heat recovery is a compelling low tuckstone close to the glass melt, the fl ame is pulled downward cost soluti on. Praxair has developed and demonstrated a regen- toward the melt surface as a result of the Coanda eff ect. This erati ve heat recovery system for oxy-fuel fi red furnaces that uses phenomenon increases the impinging velocity of the fl ame on the regenerators in a similar way to which conventi onal regenerators glass surface, limiti ng the effi cacy of the low momentum burners are used for air preheati ng. The OPTIMELT™ Thermo-Chemical to reduce furnace emissions. Regenerator (TCR) technology stores waste heat from the hot fl ue This paper will discuss CFD modeling of low and high momentum gas and uses this energy to reform a mixture of natural gas and oxy-fuel burners in an oxy-fuel container glass furnace and show recirculated fl ue gas to hot syngas. The natural gas reacts endo- the eff ect of burner design and placement in the furnace on NOx thermically in the hot checker pack with the water vapor and CO2 emissions and alkali volati lizati on. Our results show the momen- in the recycled fl ue gas, forming H2 and CO as a hot syngas fuel tum of the burner and the elevati on of the burner in the furnace, and resulti ng in effi cient thermo-chemical heat recovery. relati ve to the glass melt, play very important roles in reducing This novel technology for heat recovery was successfully installed NOx emissions and alkali volati lizati on. Results show that the on a 50 t/d commercial container glass furnace in 2014 and has alkali volati lizati on and NOx emissions can be reduced by almost been operated in daily producti on since then. In additi on to a 40% when the burner design and locati on are opti mized. positi ve impact on producti on and quality, the TCR system suc- cessfully reduced natural gas consumpti on by 16 to 20% depend- Hwano Kim, Ph.D. Research Associate, Air Liquide ing on glass type and cullet rate. The presentati on will summarize the extensive operati ng experience with the installati on and Air Liquide Heat Oxy-combusti on: An Innovati ve Energy include operati onal data and results. Saving Soluti on for Glass Industry Oxy-combusti on today is a mature technology and well known for higher effi ciency and lower NOx compared to air combusti on even without recovering wasted energy from fl ue gas. Rising energy cost and more stringent environmental regulati on make the technology more att racti ve. In order to take it one step further, HeatOx uses wasted energy from fl ue gas to preheat oxygen and natural gas to 650°C and 450°C, respecti vely. The technology employs air as an intermedi- ate heat transfer fl uid instead of direct heat exchange between fl ue gas and O2/NG to guarantee safe and maintenance free operati on. HeatOx is a proven technology with two fl oat glass references, where 10% fuel reducti on compared to the traditi onal oxy-combusti on and by up to 25% compared to the usual regen- erati ve air-fi red furnaces.
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Mikael Le Guern, Master Electrical Engineering, Business Devel- Hong Li, Senior Staff Scienti st, Fiber Glass Science and Technol- opment Manager, Schneider-Electric; Rene Meuleman, Business ogy, PPG Industries, Inc. Leader Global Glass, Schneider Electric Strength of Glass Energy Savings through Automati c Load Tap Changer SCR The arti cle provides a selecti ve review of glass and glass fi ber Firing Techniques with Closely Coupled Transformers strength, focusing on eff ect of glass surface hydrolysis. Applica- Typical applicati ons for automati c load tap changer in the glass ti on of Griffi th - Inglis - Orowan theory on fracture of glass and industry include plati num bushing loads for fi berglass manufac- glass fi ber is demonstrated, elucidati ng importance of the mois- turing, and boosti ng electrodes for electrical glass melters. This ture water on changing glass surface energy. Fundamental under- technique can also be applied to most transformer coupled loads. standing of fracture mechanisms of glass and glass fi ber supports Historically, transformer coupled loads have used an SCR (Sili- the development of new glasses and glass fi bers with higher con Controlled Recti fi er) fi ring technique called ‘phase angle’ to pristi ne strengths and durable/compati ble hydrophobic coati ngs ti ghtly control the energy supplied to a process. Unfortunately, to improve usable strengths of glass and fi ber glass products. when applied to inducti ve loads, phase angle fi ring creates har- monic distorti on that disrupts the incoming power source, result- Erik Muijsenberg, H.P.H., Glass Service; Brada, J., Glass Service, ing in potenti al interference to sensiti ve electrical equipment, low Inc. power factor in the system and ineffi cient use of energy. Opti mizing the Energy Input to a Glass Melti ng by This technique has come under increased scruti ny as glass manu- Intelligent Furnace Design and Operati ng Practi ces facturers face ongoing pressures to reduce energy consumpti on This paper will demonstrate how Intelligent Furnace Design & and the associated costs in order to achieve fi nancial viability, Operati ng Practi ces can increase the overall glass furnace ef- whilst meeti ng social and environmental responsibiliti es. fi ciency by uti lizing advanced furnace modeling to help select the Alternati ve fi ring methods such as ‘zero cross’ avoid the disrup- most-opti mal furnace design for a certain type of glass and pull. ti on to the power source, but this method can create an unfa- This can be achieved by installing electric heati ng in unique ways vorable situati on with the transformer and potenti ally result in to improve the so called Space Uti lizati on. The average residence costly equipment failures. At the same ti me, zero cross method ti me of a common glass furnace can be for example, 30 hours, is not suitable for some of the very sensiti ve loads used in glass while the minimum residence ti me is someti mes only 3 hours, applicati ons. so the whole available space volume is poorly used. One of the Uti lizing automati c load tap changer on multi -tap transformers concepts is to change lateral glass convecti on into transversal avoids the issues relati ng to the individual fi ring modes. It makes convecti on. This results in an increase in the minimal residence it possible to create a soluti on using the best case fi ring mode, ti me, with the glass being bett er fi ned due to it passing through while avoiding the downsides by signifi cantly reducing harmonic the hot spot, and also bett er homogenized. distorti on and improving the power factor. Further effi ciency Furthermore, fl exible top fi ring energy input is opti mized in con- benefi ts can be achieved by using closely coupled load transform- juncti on with the electric boost in the most opti mal combinati on. ers that lower the inductance in the system, helping to eliminate Altogether this can save signifi cant energy, increased furnace pull- energy waste, while maintaining and even improving the quality rate and reduced emissions can also be achieved. of the process. A fl exible furnace using natural gas and electric heati ng can be A wide range of advantages become possible, such as reducing operated at higher pulls per square meter and cubic meter when energy bills where penalti es are applied based on poor power needed and at same ti me reduce energy costs at a given pull rate. factor or exceeding tariff limits, and improving compliance with Such an opti mal designed furnace can be controlled in the eco- internati onal EMC (Electromagneti c Compati bility) standards. nomical opti mum using advanced Model Based Predicti ve Control It also leads to cost saving through opti mizati on of equipment (MBPC). MBPC can decide bett er than Human Operators when to due to the smaller size requirements of transformers, cables and use which energy input in the most opti mal way, keeping the bal- switchgears, further negati ng the need for extra power factor cor- ance between temperature stability, glass quality, furnace lifeti me recti on methods and the maintenance of those systems. and actual, to-the-minute costs of the used energy source. By uti lizing the knowledge built on 40 years of designing, install- Due to the fast implementati on of renewable energy sources the ing and commissioning practi cal glass soluti ons, this paper will costs of energy in the near future may vary each hour. In Germa- show how system complexity and overall investment costs can be ny over 30% of electric energy is coming from renewable energy, reduced, plus how running costs can be lowered through saving which make electricity pricing very dynamic due to the varying of energy and improving the quality of end products. its availability and sources. Operati ng the opti mal furnace design (with gas fi ring and electric heati ng/boosti ng) with fully automati c Model Based Predicti ve Control allows the glass producer to operate the furnace in the opti mal cost-eff ecti ve way with minimum use of operators. The technology can theoreti cally off er a pull increase of 10-20%, while energy costs reducti on can be 2-10%.
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Pierre Lankeu Ngankeu, Senior Mechanical Engineer, Bucher concentrati on profi les of oxides presented in AZS refractory glass Emhart Glass; Paul Stargardter, Mechanical Engineer, Bucher phase were determined by SEM and EDX analysis. Samples of the Emhart Glass fi nal products containing diff erent types of inhomogeneiti es were Improvements to Bucher Emhart Glass Verti fl ow Mold Cooling collected during regular producti on in a period of 48 months and Applicati ons in Glass Container Producti on analyzed. During the forming process molds are used to cool the glass while The corrosion mechanism consists of diff usion of alkalis from the glass melt into the refractory, dissoluti on of the Al O and ZrO in it is blown into its fi nal shape. The heat removed from the glass 2 3 2 is dependent on mold temperature. This makes mold cooling one the glass phase, diff usion of Zr and Al from the refractory into the of the most criti cal aspects of the glass container producti on. glass melt, creati on of the boundary layer area and erosion of the boundary layer area. The content of Al O is about 30 wt. % in the Air is oft en used as a cooling medium. For over 30 years Emhart 2 3 glass has been using the Verti fl ow cooling system on the Blow (or refractory glass phase placed above the metal line; it varies from mold) side. This system provides cooling air to the molds from the 10 to 24 wt. % in the part located below the metal line. Defects in bott om plate mechanism. This system has always been limited fi nal products originate mainly from the refractory located in the to cooling only being available while the molds are closed. Some melti ng part of furnace below the metal line. processes, namely those with smaller contact ti mes on the blow side would benefi t from additi onal cooling ti me. In additi on, be- Alan Stephens, Director, Fives Stein Limited, cause the Verti fl ow cooling air travels from the bott om to the top, Forehearth Heati ng it is diffi cult to achieve a good verti cal temperature distributi on For many years now incremental improvements have been made for containers that require more cooling in the upper parts of the to forehearth heati ng systems that have made them more ef- mold. In order to increase the fl exibility of the Verti fl ow cooling fi cient, more controllable and safer but, fundamentally, they are system on the blow side, Emhart Glass has developed Verti fl ow sti ll mostly K-type fi rings systems, which were introduced in the Assist. This system complements the Verti fl ow system by enabling 1920s. The system feeds a mixture of gas and air to rows of small cooling when the molds are closed. Verti fl ow can be used to cool pencil burners arranged down either side of the forehearth chan- the molds while they are closed and Verti fl ow assist is used while nels. The effi ciency and distributi on of the heat inside the fore- the mold is open. In this paper we will present the existi ng Verti - hearth is dictated and limited by this arrangement and further fl ow system along with the Verti fl ow assist concept as it has been improvements are limited. implemented into the AIS and NIS machines. This paper will discuss the development and trials of an alterna- ti ve combusti on system that uses fewer burners but distributes Peter Šimurka, Associate Professor, Insti tute of Inorganic Chem- the heat bett er and more effi ciently AND provides the opportu- istry SAS; Ing. Jozef Kraxner, PhD Insti tute of Inorganic Chemistry nity for direct heat recovery, which cannot be achieved using pre- SAS; Peter Vrábel, Associate Professor, Rona a.s.; Ing. Tomáš mix systems. The combusti on controls off er the same accuracy Paučo, Rona a.s. of control as the best existi ng systems but with the potenti al for Corrosion of AZS Refractories – Source of Defects in an even higher turn-down rati o, improved safety, and direct heat Tableware Glass recovery. The burners provide bett er heat distributi on and more The relati onship between the compositi on of defects presented effi cient combusti on, resulti ng in improved side heati ng. at tableware glass products and a glass phase of the AZS refrac- Real fuel savings should result from the wider turn-down rati o tory material is studied. Mineralogy compositi on was determined and improved combusti on effi ciency, whilst the improved heat on refractory samples taken from the working and melti ng parts distributi on will allow improvements in the thermal homogeneity of furnace aft er campaign terminati on as well as on the samples of the glass leaving the forehearth. where laboratory stati c corrosion tests have been realized. The
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