The organiser of the 72nd Conference on Glass Problems has released the final programme for this year's event, which takes place on 18th - 19th October 2011.
The two-day programme runs as follows. Glass International publisher Quartz Business Media has once again organised the tabletop exhibition, which accompanies the conference proceedings.
72nd Conference on Glass Problems
Sponsored by the Department of Materials Science and Engineering
The Ohio State University
Director: Charles H. Drummond, III
Program Advisory Committee:
Warren Curtis – PPG Industries
Tom Dankert – O-I
Martin H. Goller – Corning Incorporated
Larry McCloskey – Toledo Engineering
Jack Miles –H. C. Starck
Glenn Neff – Glass Service
Elmer Sperry – Libbey Glass
Phillip J. Tucker–Johns Manville
Matthew Wheeler –RHI Monofrax
Tuesday
8:00 am Tabletop Exhibits
9:00 am Welcome
David B. Williams, Dean, College of Engineering, The Ohio State University
Rudy Buchheit, Chair, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University
Glass Melting
Session Chairs: Martin H. Goller, Corning Incorporated, Corning NY, Glenn Neff, Glass Service, Stuart FL and Tom Dankert, O-I, Perrysburg OH
1. Operational Experience at an Oxy-Fuel Fired Glass Melter at Longhorn Glass – Summary of a Successful Story, Susan Jones, Longhorn Glass, Anheuser-Busch, Houston TX, John T. Brown, GMIC, Corning NY, Sho Kobayashi, Praxair, Danbury CT and Wladimir Sarmiento-Darkin, Praxair, Tonawanda NY
2. Future Energy-Efficient and Low-Emissions Glass Melting Processes, Hans van Limpt, Ruud Beerkens, Adriaan Lankhorst and Piet van Santen, TNO Glass Group, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
10:00 -10:30 am Coffee Break and Tabletop Exhibit
3. Mathematical Modeling to Optimize a Furnace Length by Width Ratio, Erik
Muijsenberg, Marketa Muijsenberg, Glass Service, Maastricht, The Netherlands and Glenn Neff, Stuart FL
4. Furnace Heatup, George Kopser, Hotwork, Lexington KY
5. Is 50 % Energy Efficiency Improvement in Glass Product/Production Chain Feasible? Léon Wijshoff and Léon Wolthers, Agentschap NL, Sittard/Utrecht, The Netherlands
12:00 noon Luncheon
Fawcett Center for Tomorrow
Banquet Rooms
Tabletop Exhibits
1:30 pm Refractories
Session Chairs: Matthew Wheeler, RHI Monofrax, Batavia OH, Jack Miles, H. C. Starck Coldwater MI
6. Conception of Modern Glass Furnace Regenerators, Stefan Postrach, Elias Carillo, RHI Glas GmbH, Götz Heilemann , Wiesbaden, Germany and Matthew Wheeler, RHI Monofrax, Batavia OH
7. New Cruciform Solutions to Upgrade Your Regenerator, D. Lechevalier, O. Citti, Saint-Gobain NRDC, Northboro MA, I. Cabodi, M. Gaubil, Saint-Gobain CREE, Cavaillon, France and J. Poiret, Saint-Gobain SEFPRO, Le Pontet, France
8. Bonded Refractory Solutions for Optimized Furnace Life and Glass Quality in the Container Market, T. Azencot, Saint-Gobain SEFPRO, Vennissieux, France
9. Low-cost Fused Cast Refractories: Some Peculiarities and Connection with Glass Defects, Carlo Ratto, Fused Cast Refractories, San Vito al Tagliamento, Italy
10. Mullite, Spinel & Calcium Aluminate - Leading the Way for Long Campaign/ Energy Efficient Modern Glass Furnace Construction, Chris Windle, DSF Refractories, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
11. Refractory Metals in the Glass Industry, Mike Ferullo and Rudolf Holzknecht, Plansee, Reutte, Austria
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4:00 – 5:30 pm Tabletop Exhibits
Wednesday
8:00 am Process Control
Session Chairs: Larry McCloskey, Toledo Engineering, Toledo OH, Phillip J. Tucker, Johns Manville, Denver CO
12. The U.S. Political Landscape and Its Likely Impact on Topics of Interest to the Glass Industry, Shelley Fidler, Van Ness Feldman, Washington DC
13. Changing of Gob Temperature from Spout to Blank, G. Bergmann, H. Müller-Simon, N.-H. Löber. HVG, Offenbach, Germany
14. High Viscosity Glass Sheet Fabrication, Dan Hawtof, Corning Incorporated, Corning NY
15. Closed Loop Control of Blank Mold Temperatures, Jonathan Simon, Emhart Glass Manufacturing, Windsor CT
16. PLC Embedded Modeling Makes Internal Energy Balances Transparent for Advanced Process Control of a Glass Tank Furnace, Peter Hemmann, STG, Cottbus-Kiekebusch, Germany
10:00 – 10:30 am Coffee Break and Tabletop Exhibits
Safety and Emissions
17. Achieving a Global Corporate Safety Culture, Brenda Overton, Jeffrey Hannis, Joel Vasquez and Michael Wambaugh, Air Products, Allentown PA
18. Comments on Emission Control, Phil Ross, Glass Industry Consulting, Laguna Niguel CA
19. Emission Monitoring for the Glass Industry. Steve Roosz, Air Tox Environmental, Willington CT
20. UltraCat Filter Systems – Ceramic Filters with Embedded Catalyst -- Applications and Performance Results, Rod J. Gravley and Kevin D. Moss, Tri-Mer Corporation, Owosso MI
Panel Discussion
12:00 noon Luncheon
Fawcett Center for Tomorrow, Banquet Rooms
Tabletop Exhibits
1:30 pm Recycling and Batch Wetting
?Session Chairs: Warren F. Curtis, PPG Industries, Pittsburgh PA and Elmer Sperry, Libbey Glass, Toledo OH
21. The Difficulties of Processing Single Stream Glass, Jennifer Grace, Strategic Materials, Cleveland OH
22. Design of a New 25 Ton per Hour Waste Glass Processing Plant for Rumpke, Dayton OH, Stefan Ebner and Christian Makari, Binder+Co AGI, Gleisdorf, Austria
23. Glass Recycling Technology of Today, Horst Moser, ZIPPE Industrieanlagen, Wertheim, Germany
24. Cord Testing Using Thermal Shock: Virtue or Vice? Henry M. Dimmick, Jr, AGR, Butler PA
25. Batch Wetting Part “B”, Doug Davis, TECO, Toledo OH
26. Batch Wetting – Another Point of View, John Brown, GMIC, Corning NY and Sho Kobayashi, Praxair, Danbury CT
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For further information, contact:
72nd Conference on Glass Problems
The Ohio State University
225 Mount Hall
1050 Carmack Road
Columbus, OH 43210
Phone: 614.292.8571
Fax: 614. 292.0492
www.glassproblems.com
Conference Director
Charles H. Drummond, III
Email: [email protected]
GMIC-sponsored events
Monday, October 17
Noon - 3:00 pm
Fawcett Center for Tomorrow
GMIC Management Meeting
?Thursday, October 20
8:00 - 9:00 am
The University Plaza Hotel
GMIC Annual Membership Meeting
9:00 AM - 3:00 pm
GMIC Symposium - Glass Batch for Products and Productivity
Short Courses
Glass Container Technology
8:30 - 12:30 am
Instructor: Henry M. Dimmick, Jr., AGR Research
This course is designed to provide new employees an understanding of the nuances of glass as a material, especially in container applications, while also providing a comprehensive refresher course on glass container technology to the more experienced industry personnel in attendance. Course topics will include:
a. What is glass
b. How can glass be used to manufacture high quality containers
c. What are the normal performance expectations of glass containers on filling lines and during consumer use
d. How do bottles behave under applied loads
e. How is the behavior of bottles affected by design features
Fee: $150.00
Fundamentals of Batch and Furnace Operation
1:00 – 5:00 PM
Instructor: Phil Ross, Glass Industry Consulting
The course is an introduction to the principles of commercial glass production employed in Batch & Furnace operations in U.S. Glass producers. Suggested attendees could be vendors or newer individuals to glass manufacturing seeking an introduction to the issues faced in glass production. The bulk of the presentation material has been extracted from a four day class offered at American Glass Research.
Fee: $150.00
