Glass Appreciation
Submitted by british-glass-admin on Wed, 2011-01-12 17:20
This course is designed to give delegates a broad understanding of glass as a material covering manufacture, properties, uses and environmental impacts.
The course combines both theoretical and practical sessions where delegates will have the opportunity to:
- Help make their own glass object,
- Test glass products for strength,
- Attempt to identify different types of glass to remove contaminants from glass collected for recycling,
- Experiment with different glass coatings to see the effect these have on the glass product.
Areas Covered:
- Introduction to the glass sector
- Glass forming
- Properties and uses of glass
- Inspection and quality control
- Glass batch and melting
- Common glass defects and their causes
- Glass furnaces and melting technology
- Surface protection and coatings
