Glassman Middle East 2009 featured an accompanying conference, which is divided into two themed sessions - Glass quality improvement: Furnace design and Technological innovations in glass manufacture.
The programme raised some thought-provoking topics and provides an insight into some of the latest technologies available on the market.
The session presentations are now available for download; they are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.
Sunday 8th November
Glass quality improvement: Furnace design
Chair: Klaus Wolff, Hartmann & Bender Vertriebs &
Produktionsgesellschaft GmbH
KlausWolf_Chair.pdf |
| 14.00 |
Keynote speech: Sherif Shawi, Mega Enterprise
SherifShawi_keynote.pdf |
| 14.10 |
Electric melting and boosting - technologies for high glass quality
Richard Stormont, Electroglass
ElectricMeltingBoosting.pdf |
| 14.40 |
Optimisation of glass melting furnace design and melting performance by offline and online advanced predictive modelling techniques
Erik Muijsenberg, Glass Service
GS_Muijsenberg.pdf |
| 15.10 |
Melting and conditioning impacts on lightweight glass production
Farhad Ghafourian, Horn Glass Industries |
| 15.40 |
Float glass melting - the impact of new, high-performance products
Geoff Evans, GlasRef Consulting
GeoffEvans_GlasRef.pdf |
| 16.10 |
CERCAT - A solution for air pollution control
Raoul Garcia, Maguin SAS
MaguinCercat.pdf |
Monday 9th November
Technological innovations in glass manufacture
Chair: Leo Diehm, Emhart Glass |
| 10.30 |
Tailor-made modern batch plants for the international glass industry
Dr Bernd-Holger Zippe, Zippe Industrieanlagen
ZippeIndustrieanlagen.pdf |
| 11.00 |
Functionality without compromise on technology or flexibility
Leo Diehm, Emhart Glass
LeoDiehm_EmhartGlass.pdf |
| 11.30 |
Enhancements on the timer FMT24S
Marc Meersschaut, futronic
Futronic.pdf |
| 12.00 |
Functionality without compromise on technology or flexibility
Jeff Hartung, Emhart Glass
JeffHartung_EmhartGlass.pdf |
| 12.25 |
Gob Assist: A must-have tool for today's glass industry
Michael Podgorski, Xpar Vision
JeroenVincent_XparVision.pdf |
