Theoretical and experimental investigations have confirmed that ferritic stainless steel, due to its unique properties in terms of thermal expansion, is the best commercial metal to be bonded with glass, to form high-performance unitized cells. The testing activity on reduced-scale specimens has...

This BAT reference document for the Iron and Steel Production forms part of a series presenting the results of an exchange of information between EU Member States, the industries concerned, non-governmental organisations promoting environmental protection and the Commission, to draw up, review,...

The Innoglast project addresses the development of new and innovative steel-glasstructures. Hybrid steel-glass beams, comprising of steel flanges and a glass web, and steel-supported glazing facade systems for buildings were considered. The solutions proposed are based on utilising adhesive...

This article describes how the high energy consumption associated with glass factories has been responsible for high cost of manufacturing of glass. However, there is a need for a systematic approach to assess energy consumption in the factory in order to avoid wastage. Previous methods of...

The paper presents the specificity of transport service of products of the selected glassworks. It describes the procedures and specific equipment essential for carriage and protection of large-size glass sheets and defines responsibility of carriers for shipping goods in the process of...

The paper presents the specificity of transport service of products of the selected glassworks. It describes the procedures and specific equipment essential for carriage and protection of large-size glass sheets and defines responsibility of carriers for shipping goods in the process of...

The authors conducted Product Consistency Tests (PCTs) with a surrogate low-activity waste (LAW) glass to (1) evaluate the possible use of various test conditions in a specification test for LAW waste forms, (2) measure the reproducibility of the test at low temperatures, and (3) determine if...

A series of single-pass flow-through (SPFT) tests was performed on five reference low-activity waste glasses and a reference glass from the National Institute of Standards and Technology to support a product specification for low-activity waste (LAW) forms. The results showed that the SPFT test...

Savannah River National Laboratory's frit development effort for SB4 is being driven by the most current CBU option for this sludge, referred to as Case 15C Blend 1. Candidate frits have been identified for this option via a paper study approach developed by Peeler and Edwards with the intent of...

The FY 2003 risk assessment (RA) of bulk vitrification (BV) waste packages used 0.3 wt% of the technetium (Tc) inventory as a leachable salt and found it sufficient to create a significant peak in the groundwater concentration in a 100-meter down-gradient well. Although this peak met regulatory...

Glass heat pipe solar collectors are becoming very popular for heating/sanitary water production. The use of a double glass system, with vacuum in between (Dewar scheme), allows to minimize heat dispersion to the environment, and to reach potentially temperature levels in competition with much...

Flat glass is approximately a $20 billion/year industry worldwide, with almost all flat glass products being manufactured on float glass lines. New technologies are allowing float glass manufacturers to increase the level of automation in their plants, but the question of how to effectively use...

Scientific communication is an essential part of modern science: whereas Archimedes worked alone, Newton (correspondence with Hooke, 1676) acknowledged that “If I have seen a little further, it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.” How is scientific communication reflected in the...

Experimental data of phase transformation kinetics was used to fit a new model based on a non-extensive formalism derived from Tsallis thermostatistics and another based on the Johnson–Mehl–Avrami–Yerofeyev–Kolmogorov (JMAYK) theory. For this we considered the same experimental...

The complicated nature of materials often necessitates a statistical approach to understanding and predicting their underlying physics. One such example is the empirical Weibull distribution used to describe the fracture statistics of brittle materials such as glass and ceramics. The Weibull...

La revolución medioambiental ha llevado a las empresas a integrar los aspectos medioambientales dentro de su estrategia empresarial, preocupándose vez más de recuperar sus productos al final de su vida útil. Dada la amplitud del tema, se centra este trabajo en los envasadores de vidrio,...

Incident energy on solar modules is lost both through reflection at the first air/glass interface of the packaging glass and through scattering or absorption by accumulated dust on outdoor panels. While simple antireflective coatings on the glass can help alleviate reflection in systems with...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how quality function deployment can be used to improve the quality of tinted glass produced by a glass manufacturing company in Kazakhstan. Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected using a combination of Delphi method,...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe the development of a robotic cleaning system for applying on the glass facade of the control tower at the Guangzhou Airport, in Guangzhou, China. Design/methodology/approach – Four similar robotic cleaning systems are designed for a reversed...

Calcium phosphate and silicate-modified gold surfaces have potential applications in orthopedic and dental reconstruction, especially when combined with bone cement or dental resins. The aim of this study was to evaluate the formation of a Si–Na–Ca–P glass system nanoshell on...

Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to describe how a Master of Business Administration (MBA) program designed for Rockware Glass, which manufactures glass bottles and jars for food and drink packaging, has helped to secure the company's future. Design/methodology/approach – The paper...

Purpose – Describes how Saint‐Gobain Glass UK Ltd trained 30 recruits – mainly people with no experience of the glass industry – to work at a green‐field site being developed at Eggborough, Yorkshire, to manufacture a new range of environmentally‐friendly glass....

The recent economic growth in the Gulf region notably in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) has led to a colossal number of buildings that has been constructed in the past 5 years. In the last decade, a total glazed building's façades became the icon of Dubai. This large area of glazing in each...

Recent mode coupling theory (MCT) calculations show that in attractive colloids one may observe a new type of glass originating from clustering effects, as a result of the attractive interaction. This happens in addition to the known glass-forming mechanism due to cage effects in the hard sphere...

We summarize some of the relevant information obtained from the study of the potential energy surface in the multidimensional configurational space sampled by a model supercooled liquid. Using the energy landscape approach we study both the equilibrium and the aging regimes of a prototypical...

An empirical investigation of the Portuguese crystal industry focused on the current strategies of the 12 firms in the industry that produce 98 percent of the industry’s output. The chief executive officers in each firm completed the survey instrument. The research discovered that the two...

At its Deeside plant in North Wales, Pilkington Micronics produces 0.4‐4mm glass panels for use in LCD and emissive displays for watches, calculators and laptop computers. The material for these panels is cut to size, ground and packed at Deeside. Describes the automation of the packing...

Recent work indicates that the stochastic resonance phenomenon (SR) can have a strong signature in the neutron scattering cross section. Here we consider neutron scattering by a sample containing a random distribution of bistable scattering centres. The robustness of the stochastic resonance...

Discusses the world’s first robot for glass‐blowing, developed by French company, CyberGlass Robotics. Looks at the various uses and how it can be adapted for various glass‐blowing techniques which are currently done by highly skilled and well‐trained people.

A training programme for supervisors at the float‐glass manufacturing subsidiary of UK glassmaker Pilkington boosted supervisors’ skills, increased quality and cut costs. Savings resulting from just one of the programme’s 44 projects have more than paid for the programme as a whole. Total...