Glass International News
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Regenerator Monitoring Solution for high flame furnace thermal efficiency
SEFPRO introduces its industrial computer vision system for regenerator monitoring, which can be adapted to be installed onto any furnace.
23 April 2024 -
Batch Plants made in Acmon Systems
Acmon Systems’ tailor-made batch and cullet solutions have been implemented at glass plants owned by Vetropack as well as a new container plant in Qatar. Antonis Melas* reports.
27 March 2024 -
Hot-end coating to protect glass containers
Vidromecanica* outlines the development of its hot-end coating hood, which enables uniform and high-quality treatment of glass container surfaces.
09 January 2024 -
Arc de triumph
George Lewis* visited French glass manufacturer Arc’s headquarters in France to see the company’s 2 million m2 facility and its eight furnaces.
11 December 2023 -
Energy transition the focus at soda ash conference
The World Soda Ash conference focused on energy transition and the decarbonisation of soda ash, a key glass raw material. Glass manufacturing accounted for 60% of global soda ash demand this year.
08 November 2023 -
Korean manufacturer provides solutions for the global glass market
SGC Solutions discusses its latest investments for glass production.
30 August 2023 -
Wine drinkers prefer glass as fit for the future
Glass remains the consumer-preferred packaging for wine. Diana Goff, Global Foresights Manager at O-I, outlines the reasons for glass’s preferred status and illustrates some of the initiatives the company is introducing to extend the appeal of glass.
24 March 2023 -
Italian construction company provides sustainable solutions for the glass industry
Tecsiglass is an Italian construction company for the glass industry based in Genoa. Dr Francesca Zanchi outlines the creation of the company.
14 December 2022 -
Electrical boosting on refractories
Stephane Schaller, Michel Gaubil, Isabelle Cabodi and Pierrick Vespa discuss how the increased use of higher electrical boosting in furnaces could impact refractories. Using numerical simulation, they found increasing the share of electrical boosting will have an effect on soldier blocks’ corrosion.
16 November 2022