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GLASS MELTING TECHNOLOGIES (INTRODUCTORY TRAINING)

3 - 6 March 2025
14:00 - 18:00 CET
EINDHOVEN (NL) AND/OR ONLINE

This program provides an in-depth introduction to the essential process involved in converting raw materials into a glass melt ready for forming. At the conclusion of the program, you will have a thorough understanding of the main challenges and technologies in glass production and how they are related to raw materials, furnace design, and process settings.

Contents
• Production lines for different glass types and products
• Furnace configuration: end port, cross-fired, oxygen-fired, electric melters
• Introduction to carbon free melting
• A glass furnace as a chemical reactor
• Glass quality: fining process
• Raw materials, recycling and carry-over
• Regenerators and recuperators
• Evaporation and condensation
• Refractory types, properties and challenges
• Energy consumption of glass furnaces
• Environmental aspects and emissions

Training methods
We offer a blended learning approach by mixing e-learning, lectures, open discussions, exercises, and case studies in teams or individually. The number of participants per course is between 8 and 20 to maximize your learning experience. Participants always receive the presentations and a training certificate.

Level of seniority
This training is meant for junior professionals to skilled professionals seeking to deepen their knowledge.

After the training you will:
• Acknowledge the impact of raw materials on melting, energy consumption, glass quality, and furnace lifetime
• Understand the link between energy consumption, CO2 emission, fuel source, furnace design and operation
• Learn how to reduce emissions through primary and secondary measures
• Identify critical furnace conditions and process settings that influence furnace lifetime
• Perform faster troubleshooting and come up with solutions

Trainers
Corinne Claireaux
Corinne Claireaux studied glass and materials chemistry in Rennes and obtained her PhD from the Sorbonne University in Paris in 2014. She worked as an internal trainer and R&D project leader for Saint-Gobain, improving or developing new glass formulations for different businesses and products (float, glass wool, glass-ceramics). She joined CelSian as a glass scientist and trainer in 2019.
Sjoerd Stelwagen
Sjoerd Stelwagen studied Chemical Engineering at Eindhoven University of Technology. Directly after his study he started as a Technical Specialist at the Furnace department of Ardagh Glass in Dongen, The Netherlands, where he later became Batch and Furnace Manager. He then evolved as EHS manager for the Benelux plants. With more than 16 years of practical glass making experience, he joined Celsian in 2021 to work as a project manager and trainer.
Neil Simpson
Neil Simpson graduated in Energy Engineering from Edinburgh Napier University. He developed burners for the glass industry with Laidlaw Drew and BOC, was a glass industry specialist at Eclipse and became an independent consultant in 2014. With over 20 published patent applications, Neil is a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the Society of Glass Technology. He became a CelSian registered trainer in 2015 and has organized multiple UK-based courses since then.
Jeff Watts
Attended Ohio State University, majoring in ceramic engineering. Worked in PPG Industries as a production engineer. At Anchor Hocking, he researched raw materials to improve glass quality and reduce costs. Spent 18 years at O-I, starting as a senior global furnace operations engineer. He was promoted to global furnace operations leader. In this role, he led an international team and oversaw the development and implementation of a global standard for furnace operations. In 2024, he joined CelSian as operations project leader.
Price Training costs € 2.300,- per participant.


Price excludes tax and duties.
The 6th participant from the same company can join for free.
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