On the way to the ‘smart factory’
Benoit Burin des Roziers discusses Tiama’s approach to the ‘smart factory’ and the company’s latest innovations to reach this goal in glass container production.
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Benoit Burin des Roziers discusses Tiama’s approach to the ‘smart factory’ and the company’s latest innovations to reach this goal in glass container production.
Stephen Sherlock discusses the development and trials of an innovative combustion system that uses fewer burners, distributes the heat better and more efficiently and provides the opportunity for direct heat recovery, which cannot be achieved using pre-mix systems. The combustion control for this system offers the same accuracy of control as the best existing systems but with the potential for an even higher turn- down ratio, lower gas consumption improved safety and direct heat recovery.
Requirements for the production of lightweight bottles are increasing every day because lightweight bottles permit a reduction of melting energy and CO2 emissions. From the glass production perspective, however, the possibility of breakage increases if proper quality control is not performed.
The Indonesian Glass Manufacturers Association has announced that the 42nd ASEAN Glass Conference will take place in Yogyakarta, Indonesia on 24-27 September 2018.
Ulas Topal discusses how glass manufacturing/ processing challenges are being faced in the digital era.