“Improved Glass melting through oxy-fuel technologies” in Sao Paulo, Brazil

Linde Gas hosted a seminar to demonstrate the latest advances in the patented CGM^TM Advanced Glass Melting technology to help glass manufacturers speed production, minimise costs, raise quality and reduce pollution.
The seminar was organized by glassglobal.com.

Glass and melting experts from all over Southern America were personally invited and the meeting saw over 70 participants from e.g from AGP, Guardian, Nadir, O-I, Osram, Pilkington, Saint-Gobain, Schott to Wheaton, just to name a few.

The main focus of the seminar lay in the demonstration of the latest advances in CGM^TM. This technology has been proven in multiple installations to deliver better heat transfer, improved quality, increased pull and decreased NOx emissions compared to conventional side wall boost. To date, most applications have been directed toward extending furnace life, but manufacturers are increasingly adapting the technology early in a furnace´s campaign to improve quality and increase productivity. The participants replied in unanimous conclusion that this technology is extremely forward-looking and state-of-the-art.

The seminar included real highlights: Not only was a reference visit made to LP Displays panel glass plant to see Linde´s patented CGM technology, but also informative papers were givenheld by Linde glass experts, namely Mr. Richard W. Marshall, Glass Marketing Director, Mr. Hans Mahrenholtz, Head of Industry Segment Glass & Fibres andor Dr. Andrew Richardson. They proved successfully that Linde Gas has established its position as one of the leading companies in melting technology sector and has become one of the pioneers in this field.

The Online Glass Engineering (OGE) program of glassglobal.com with its features and options of energy balance calculation, furnace control, systematic data recording, evaluationperformance monitoring and feedback to the operator was equally evaluated as very sophisticated and numerous participants confirmed that they consider its application in their company as being strongly recommended. The program is available online at www.glassglobal.com/engineering with a test version for personal evaluation.

Both technologies (, CGM^TM and OGE) and CGM^TM in particular, contribute to energy-saving and eco-friendly production and successful expansion of the glass industry.

All participants received informative seminar folders with documentations and presentations on CD-Rom. Up-to-date conference technology and simultaneous translation to the mayor languages of the continent, Portuguese and Spanish, contributed to the success.

The seminar questionnaire summary showed that 90% of the participants rated this event as very informative and valuable, with CGRM^TM rated with top marks for its technology and OGE for its energy balance calculation with integrated furnace control. The concluding question time substantiated the interest of the participants in the technologies presented and their positive response is the proof that this kind of events is crucial for technical progress.

A world-tour is going to be organized and if you are interested to join in, just ask for the next stop-over at marketing@glassglobal.com

For further information, please contact:

Mr. Dipl.-Eng. Hans Mahrenholtz
Head of Industry Segment Glass & Fibres Manager Customer Segment Glass

Linde Gas AG
Carl-von-Linde-Straße 25
85716 Unterschleißheim
Germany

Tel.: 0049 89-31001-696
Fax: 0049 89-31001-699

Email: hans.mahrenholtz@linde-gas.com
Web: www.linde-gas.com/glass

or:

Mr. Dipl.-Eng. André Ommer
General Manager

OGIS GmbH
Grafenberger Allee 277-287
D - 40237 Düsseldorf
Germany

Tel.: 0049 (0)211 280733 0
Fax: 0049 (0)211 280733 22

Email: engineering@glassglobal.com
Web: www.glassglobal.com