Saint-Gobain (Courbevoie, France) announced what is said to be the world’s first production of zero-carbon flat glass. This technological feat was achieved by using 100% recycled glass (cullet) and 100% green energy, produced from biogas and decarbonized electricity. It was implemented for one week in Saint-Gobain’s flat glass manufacturing plant in Aniche, northern France. By mobilizing the network of partners developed by Saint-Gobain, the focus was placed on circularity, with the use of 100% cullet from end-of-life glass from renovation or demolition sites and from production offcuts. The Group’s industrial and research teams succeeded in adjusting all of the furnace’s technical ...

Article from Physics.org. Read HEREResearchers will soon be studying materials samples on the ISS. The materials in question are super-hard and corrosion-resistant alloys of palladium, nickel, copper and phosphorus—also known as metallic glasses. A high-tech company from La Chaux-de-Fonds, which produces materials for the watch industry, is also involved. These materials have the color of white gold, but are hard like quartz glass and at the same time exhibit high elasticity. Their smooth surface is free of crystalline structures which makes the materials resistant to salts or acids. Individual pieces—for medical implants, for example—can be produced using 3D printing, while larger series—for watch cases, for ...

I always believe that proper training is necessary in the factory in order to ensure that newly hired workers are equipped with the necessary knowledge that they need to perform their tasks properly and effectively. However, there are other surrounding factors that may affect their performance as they spend some time with the workers inside the factory. One of those is when they observe people doing things differently and consistently. New workers will tend to follow what is being done "normally" in spite of the training that they had been through.Have a look at this social experiment. On this video, the ...

Finally, Glasstec is set to return to Düsseldorf. The Glasstec will take place for the 26th time on 4 days from Tuesday, September 20, 2022 to Friday, September 23, 2022 in Düsseldorf. See trade fair dates here: CLICK HEREGlasstec is the leading trade fair for the global glass industry and its suppliers. It takes place every two years in Dusseldorf and offers the entire range of the material glass ranging from production to processing and application to recycling. Glasstec delivers innovations of the glass industry, glass engineering, glazier craft, gives new impetus to the architecture and discusses trends concerning solar ...

One of the challenges in any glass processing companies is ensuring that all of their workers are well-trained and knowledgeable in their respective works. This however requires a lot of efforts not just for the newly hired workers but for the trainers as well.Companies will rely on the people working on the shop floor for all of the information that newly hired employees shall acquire as they join the company. Having large amount of information that they need to absorb, it will be quite difficult to ensure that new employees are indeed able to get all the information that they ...

I graduated Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering in Adamson University, Manila, Philippines.Adamson University is a Catholic University based in the heart of Manila. Dr. George Lucas Adamson, a Greek chemist, founded it in 1932 as the Adamson School of Industrial Chemistry. It became a university in 1941 and in 1964, the Congregation of the Mission, or the Vincentians, became the new owners and administrators.Adamson University’s flagship program is Engineering but the quality of all the programs in all the nine colleges is indicated by various accreditations, its Autonomous Status and its ISO 9001:2015 Certification. These are sustained by the ...

The new Technical Manual of Kuraray (2022) is now available on their website. You can also download it from this link: CLICK HEREYou can observe several additions on their technical manual compared with the previously released document. It will be very useful for glass processing companies having lamination lines.Kuraray is one of the best suppliers of PVB interlayer that I used. Their technical staffs are also very responsive whenever we need some technical advice regarding their products.