Glass International Issue
September 2018
2 Editor’s Comment
5 International news
14 Horn: A flexible furnace maker
20 Bucher Emhart Glass: Embracing the digital era
25 Dr Matthias Lindig, Sorg: Modelling the glass industry
30 Bernhard Saftig, Siemens: Glassmakers go digital
35 Furnaces - IPGR: A 3GJ melting energy furnace
41 Furnaces - Gas und Warme Institut: Does biogas help reduce CO2?
46 Batch plant - Zippe: Thai success for Zippe
48 Industry 4.0 - Heye International: The smart road to Industry 4.0
51 Emission Control - LTB International: Filter system reduces emissions at German fibre glassmaker
56 Association profile - BV Glas: Overview of the German glass industry
60 Automation - cm.project.ing: Flow simulation in the glass industry
64 Engineering - Henry F. Teichmann: An appreciation of Henry F. Teichmann
67 Industry 4.0 - Glass Service: Digitising the batch and furnace sector
70 Company profile - Stara Glass: An insight into the Prime Glass project
76 Inspection - Iris Inspection Machines: Smart Inspection with Evolution NEO
79 Inspection - Applied Vision: What’s new in container inspection?
82 Inspection - Marposs: Inspection for labelling area profiles
84 Swabbing - Novaxion: Swabbing robot success
87 Furnaces - Fives: Electric melting of container glass
91 Forming - Pyrotek: Take-out inserts for container forming
93 Furnaces - Praxair: NOx reduction technology
98 Furnaces - BDF: Control system for a hollow furnace
101 Company profile: GTS: A one-stop shop for the industry
108 History
110 Forming - Novaxion: Investing in glass gob gathering robots
112 Industry 4.0 - Emetti Industry 4.0 for palletizing
117 Refractory - RHI: Refractory solutions for the industry
120 Company profile - AGIS: An engineering group for the Mexican glass industry
124 Forming - VPN Instruments: Glass container factory uses less air
137 Technical topics: John Henderson - The Return
139 Furnaces - Paneratech: Refractory Thickness Sensor expands its scope
143 Inspection - Lumasense: Thermal imaging camera system for ‘FurnaceSpection’
146 Events: Murano Convention: Global associations discuss the future of glass at convention in Italy