A symposium organized by the Glass Manufacturing Industry Council
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Description
Today’s glass manufacturers need to look to the future to sustain their competitive advantage. From batch materials and recycling, to process improvements, digitization, energy, and the environment, we must take advantage of the latest innovations. Add in a focus on overall business economics and you will be the leaders taking glass into the next millennium.
Sessions
The Future of Glass Manufacturing symposium will have three sessions: Digital Transformation, Resources, and Furnace Design.
Symposium Director
Bob Lipetz, MBA – Executive Director, Glass Manufacturing Industry Council
Program Chair
Keith Bagarus, Director, Global Automation – RoviSys
Program Committee
- Kenneth Bratton, Manager, Research & Development – Bucher Emhart Glass
- Roberto Cabrera Llanos, Vice President of Technology – Vitro Architectural Glass
- Naren Chalasani, PhD, Sr. Research Engineer, Glass Melting – Johns Manville
- Priyadarshi Desai, Director, Process Research – Guardian Glass
- Edward W. Ferreira, Furnace Design Engineer – Toledo Engineering Company
- James W. McCamy, Senior Research Scientist, Advanced Manufacturing Technology – Vitro
- Glenn Neff, Vice President – Glass Service USA
- Joshua Rowe, Advanced R&D Modeling Engineer – Owens Corning
- Udaya Vempati, PhD, Analytics and Automation Discipline Leader Global Technology – O-I
GMIC VIRTUAL GLASS SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM
Thursday, October 29, 2020
Session I – Digital Transformation
Session Moderator: James W. McCamy, Senior Research Scientist – Vitro Architectural Glass
10 – 10:15 a.m. | Introduction – Bob Lipetz, Executive Director, Glass Manufacturing Industry Council and Keith Bagarus, Director, Global Glass Automation, RoviSys |
10:15 – 10:40 a.m. | Process Automation and Big Data – Tolga Uysal, Melting Technologies and Engineering Director, Sisecam |
10:40 – 10:45 a.m. | Q&A |
10:45 – 10:50 a.m. | BREAK |
10:50 – 11:15 a.m. | Energy Balance Modeling as Soft-Sensor for Furnace Design and Operation – Lieke de Cock, Team Lead Furnace Support, Celsian Glass & Solar B.V. |
11:15 – 11:20 a.m. | Q&A |
11:20 – 11:25 a.m. | BREAK |
11:25 – 11:50 a.m. | Setting a Vision for Digitalization Success – John Vargo, Director, MES and Digital Supply Chain, RoviSys |
11:50 – 11:55 a.m. | Q&A |
11:55 a.m. – 12:55 p.m. | BREAK |
12:55 – 1:20 p.m. | Furnace Controls – Glenn Neff, Vice President, Glass Service–USA |
1:20 – 1:25 p.m. | Q&A |
1:25 – 1:30 p.m. | BREAK |
1:30 – 1:55 p.m. | Sensors and the Edge – Tad Metzger, Architect, Insight LLC |
1:55 – 2 p.m. | Q&A |
2 – 2:05 p.m. | BREAK |
2:05 – 2:30 p.m. | End to End -Forming to Inspection, An Example of Industry 4.0 in the Glass Container Industry – Kenneth Bratton, Manager of Research and Development, Bucher Emhart Glass |
2:30 – 2:35 p.m. | Q&A |
2:35 p.m. | SESSION ENDS |
GMIC VIRTUAL GLASS SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM
Friday, October 30, 2020
Session II – Resources
Session Moderator: Udaya Vempati, PhD, Analytics and Automation Discipline Leader, Global Technology – O-I Inc.
10 – 10:05 a.m. | Introduction – Udaya Vempati, PhD, Analytics and Automation Discipline Leader Global Technology – O-I |
10:05 – 10:30 a.m. | CO2 Emission at Glass Furnaces – Oscar Verheijen, Glass Expert – Celsian Glass & Solar B.V. |
10:30 – 10:35 a.m. | Q&A |
10:35 – 10:40 a.m. | BREAK |
10:40 – 11:05 a.m. | Future of Refractories and the Impact on the Glass Industry – Bryn Snow, Director, Application Technology, HarbisonWalker International |
11:05 –11:10 a.m. | Q&A |
11:10 – 11:15. a.m. | BREAK |
Session III – Furnace Design
Edward W. Ferreira, Furnace Design Engineer – Toledo Engineering Company
11:15 – 11:40 a.m. | Float Glass Furnaces Without Fossil Fuels? (Hybrid Furnace Design Considerations) – Wolf Kuhn, PhD, Senior Process Development Expert, Fives Stein Limited by Fives in Glass |
11:40 – 11:45 a.m. | Q&A |
11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. | LUNCH/BREAK |
12:45 – 1:10 p.m. | Oxy-fuel Furnace Future Drivers and Future Designs and Challenges – Ruediger Nebel, Sales Director, SORG |
1:10 – 1:15 p.m. | Q&A |
1:15 – 1:20 p.m. | BREAK |
1:20 – 1:45 p.m. | How Surrogate Models Can Help us to Make Design and Operation Decisions – Erik Muijsenberg, Vice President, Glass Service Inc. |
1:45 – 1:50 p.m. | Q&A |
1:50 – 1:55 p.m. | BREAK |
1:55 – 2:20 p.m. | HeatOx Preheating System – Ken Kaiser, International Expert Process Engineering & Combustion, Air Liquide |
2:20 – 2:25 p.m. | Q&A |
2:25 – 2:35 p.m. | Concluding Remarks – Keith Bagarus, Director, Global Glass Automation, RoviSys |
2:35 p.m. | SYMPOSIUM ENDS |