glass processing News
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Webinar now available on demand - Advances in non-contact temperature measurement for glass production
In this webinar, AMETEK Land introduces how advances in accurate non-contact temperature measurement across a range of applications and under a variety of different conditions ensures successful glass production and provides benefits in process and control. It considers key stages in the glass making process and specifically continuous temperature monitoring inside the glass melt furnace to ...
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Vetreria di Borgonovo chooses Zuccato Energia’s ORC systems
Transforming the heat dissipated by glass processing furnaces and converting it into clean electricity has significant advantages: the sustainable commitment taken as a corporate vision and the coverage of the plant’s self-consumption, which can be reinvested in the company’s core business. These are the objectives of Vetreria di Borgonovo, a company in the Piacenza area that ...
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New IEEE Engineering Brief - Thermal Imaging Enhances Glass-melt Process
Adding thermal-imaging capabilities that enable operators to maintain an accurate visual of the entire glass-melt tank, as well as take temperature measurements at any point in the process and in any location within the tank, is invaluable. Find out more in the latest IEEE Engineering Brief ‘Thermal Imaging Enhances Today’s Complex Glass-melt Process’, sponsored by AMETEK Land, ...
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Binder+Co has established the unique 3-way system CLARITY
Binder+Co has established the unique 3-way system CLARITY as a byword for excellent technology in waste-glass processing on the international market. Apart from a reliable sorting of contaminants such as ceramics, stone and porcelain, the task is a high-quality separation of individual colours with as little glass loss as possible. Unthinkable 10 years ago, today the sorting of heat resistant ...
By Binder Co
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Toronto glass processing plant will save municipalities millions in recycling costs
Five Toronto area municipalities will save on the cost of operating their recycling programs thanks to a new glass processing plant scheduled to open its doors in Brampton this summer. Stewardship Ontario announced today that it has a deal with Canadian recycled glass processor, Unical, Inc. to build the plant in the GTA. As a start, it will accept all of the glass bottles and jars recycled in ...
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WRAP looks to boost recycled glass content
New research by the Waste & Resources Action Programme shows that consumers are as likely to buy products in jars and bottles made with mixed colour recycled glass as they are to purchase items in clear glass packaging. WRAP hopes that this finding will boost demand for containers with high recycled content. It partnered with supermarket giant Sainsbury’s to determine if consumers would ...
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Pioneering environmental technology from Binder+Co
Binder+Co's environmental technology department is performing well in the United Kingdom. A screening and organic separation system was sold to Day Aggregates, a new Binder+Co customer. The system enables a wide range of organic waste products, fibres, food constituents and plastics to be separated from fragments of waste glass in wet or dry state. General contractor on the project is DUO plc, a ...
By Binder Co
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Electronic Recyclers International Introduces North America to Groundbreaking Glass Recycling Technology
FRESNO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Electronic Recyclers International (ERI), the nation’s leading recycler of electronic waste, has received approval by the State of California to utilize a technology system for the recycling of glass from old televisions, computer monitors and cathode ray tubes (CRTs). Glass has long been a challenge for recyclers of electronics, but ERI’s new ...
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New E-magazine – The Glass Magazine
AMETEK Land has launched its new ‘Glass Magazine’ e-magazine. The special supplement looks at temperature measurement solutions within glass manufacturing operations, including flat, container, tempered, and fibre-optic communications. You’ll also read about our award winning in-furnace thermal imaging Near Infrared Borescope (NIR-B) Glass which is used to optimise furnace ...
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Avery Dennison introduces glass labelling technology to boost recycling yields
At Labelexpo Europe 2015, which was held in Brussels from 29 September until 2 October, Avery Dennison introduced a proprietary labelling technology that allows clear separation of self-adhesive labels from glass pieces thus facilitating clean glass recycling. The removal of self-adhesive labels from one-way glass bottles can be a challenge during the glass recycling process, impacting both the ...
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Know your glass before recycling!
We all want to recycle as much as we can, but it is important to know which materials to place in the bin and which to keep out. Many well-intended recyclers are confused about glass. Glass containers for food and beverages are 100% recyclable, but not when mixed with other types of glass. Other kinds of glass, like windows, ovenware, Pyrex, and crystal, are manufactured through a different ...
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ASTM C1651 - 11 standard test method for measurement of roll wave optical distortion in heat-treated flat glass
This test method is a procedure for determining the peak-to-valley depth and the wavelength of roll wave in flat glass and then calculating the optical distortion resulting from that roll wave. Peak-to-valley measurements provide a means of monitoring the roll wave distortion in a heat processed glass ...
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Controlling a Glass Furnace Using a Thermal Imager at German Society of Glass Technology Conference 2017
AMETEK Land announces that its Technical Director, Dr. Peter Drögmöller, will speak at the 91st Annual Meeting of the German Society of Glass Technology (DGG), May 29-31, 2017, in Weimar, Germany. Dr. Drögmöller’s topic ‘Controlling a Glass Furnace Using a Thermal Imager’ will be presented during the New Developments in Glass Technology session. His ...
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Why Molded Polymer Optics are Superior to Glass
Molded polymer optics are a rapidly developing technology that is increasingly being used in complex applications.[1] Due to technological advances in the production process of molded polymer (also called plastic) optics, fast reproduction of optical components with a broad range of shapes and microstructures is possible. This can offer a significant advantage over glass optics because it allows ...
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Ardagh Glass` appeal is thrown out
The Court of Appeal has thrown out Ardagh Glass’s claim that Chester West and Cheshire Council had no power to grant retrospective planning permission for the Quinn Glass plant in Elton. The decision comes months after the end to the legal battle over the legality of the plant when the Secretary of State gave Quinn retrospective planning approval in November 2009, after the local authority ...
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AMETEK Land to Present on Infrared Temperature Measurement at Glass Performance Days
AMETEK Land announces that its Technical Director, Dr. Peter Drögmöller, * and Glass Sector Lead, Mark Bennett, ** will speak at the internationally renowned Glass Performance Days (GPD), June 28-30, 2017 in Tampere, Finland. Dr. Drögmöller will present “Infrared temperature measurement in the glass industry” during the Quality Management sessions. His ...
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Greenstar materials recycling facility gains `strategically important` CCIC approval
China’s recyclate inspection agency, CCIC, has awarded Greenstar UK’s Aldridge materials recycling facility quality “rare” approval. Greenstar invested £7million developing the “state-of-the-art” MRF, near Birmingham. Chief executive Ian Wakelin described its CCIC accreditation as “strategically important” and “rare”. He said: “In these tough times, when national and international markets have ...
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AMETEK Land Appoints Director, Development and Product Management
AMETEK Land, the leading temperature measurement and combustion emissions specialist, has enhanced its senior management team with the appointment of Christopher Leonard to the role of Director, Development and Product Management. Mr. Lenard has over 20 years of experience in mechanical and process engineering gained in the oil and gas, chemical, energy, and mining ...
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Equal ejections help sort glass
What is your product? Redwave's three-way sensor-based sorting machine for glass fines from 2mm. How does it work? The Redwave CX is for material 6-50mm and the CXF for fine material 2-12mm, Both machines are equipped with a completely reworked three-way system. By rearranging the valve units, the same high performance at the first and second eject is guaranteed, even for fine material, and ...
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PEL launch Jaws our latest volume fed bottle crusher at the RWM Exhibition in September 2013
PEL are delighted to announce the launch of Jaws: BB03, the PEL manufactured volume fed bottle crusher suitable in areas where space and height are restricted. The BB03 is smaller in size than Mega Jaws, PEL’s other volume fed bottle crusher. However it encompasses all the same space saving, and waste reduction features of the Mega Jaws bottle crusher also manufactured by PEL. The volume ...
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