This second podcast, in our AGR BREAKS IT DOWN series, discusses the history of the Fracture seminars conducted by American Glass Research. The seminars originated from a litigation case in 1931 involving a soda bottle explosion, which bankrupted the Peerless Glass Company. The lack of standardized quality procedures and fracture diagnosis knowledge contributed to the case's outcome. In response, the Glass Container Association (GCA) approached Dr. Frank Preston, the founder of Preston Laboratories, to develop standardized testing procedures and educate the industry. Dr. Ghering, hired by Preston upon recommendation of  the GCA, conducted the first fracture seminar in 1939 with five high-level attendees each from a separate company. Many ASTM standards related to glass containers were influenced by Preston's and Ghering's work, and their procedures became industry standards.

We are pleased to announce the launch of our new PODCAST Series, "AGR Breaks it Down". Our first episode is now available.
It features an engaging discussion between your Host, Dominic Baker and Staff expert, Dr. Brandon Aldinger on batch materials used in glass manufacturing. Don't miss out on this fun and informative conversation! Watch it here.

We are pleased to announce the installation of a Class-leading, SEM in our Testing Laboratory in Delft, the Netherlands, with enhanced, rapid-scan EDS software.  It has magnification capability up to 300,000X and enables chemical compositional analysis of glass surfaces/substrates along with point analysis of materials or residues embedded on or within the glass.  Read our just released e-News Blast to learn more

We are pleased to announce our first in-person, open-enrollment, training seminar to be held in the Central Valley of California. We will be conducting our most popular, 3-day seminar "Fracture 1: Testing and Breakage Diagnosis of Glass Containers", in partnership, at one of the Trinchero Family Estates properties in Lodi, California May 16-18.

Did you read our White Paper “Hard Water vs Hard Liquor” that was published in the November/December issue of Glass Worldwide?  Dr. Brandon Aldinger explores the cause of white deposits that can adhere to the inside surfaces of filled vodka and gin bottles, giving the glass a hazy appearance.

Download the entire White Paper now free from our library.

Read our just released Q4 e-Newsletter that includes our published White Paper that evaluates the effect on knurl height and knurl spacing on the magnitude of stress when a bottle is subjected to either internal pressure or a heel impact.

See our Q4 e-Newsletter to download this paper and read all the news at AGR.