Add an optional short course to your 74th GPC registration to maximize your experience and increase your knowledge. Registration for short courses opens in May.

Fundamental of Batch and Furnace Operation
Monday, October 14, 2013  |  Noon to 5 p.m. | $225/$175 for GMIC member
Instructor: C. Philip Ross, President, Glass Industry Consulting International (GICI)

The course is an introduction to the principles of commercial glass production employed in Batch & Furnace operations by US Glass producers. Raw Materials, Glass Technology & Properties, Melting Furnaces, and Environmental Issues will all be touched upon. Suggested attendees could be vendors or newer individuals to glass manufacturing seeking an introduction to the issues faced in glass production.

Phenomena in Industrial Glass Melting Processes
Monday, October 14, 2013  |  Noon to 5 p.m. | $225/$175 for GMIC member
Instructor: Ruud Beerkens PhD, CelSian Glass and Solar, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

This course deals with processes in industrial glass furnaces that are decisive for glass quality, furnace lifetime, and particulate emissions. The mechanisms of gases in glass melts will be discussed and the relationship between fining, redox state and temperature on bubble removal will be demonstrated. Glass melt – refractory interaction mechanisms will be explained, with the most important example of fused cast AZS refractory materials. Particulates are formed from glass melt surface reaction between melt components and combustion space gas.