Attendees will gain an appreciation for glass as a material and how it can be used to manufacture high quality glass containers and handle them appropriately in a filling line.

Topics to be covered:

• What is glass and how can it be used to manufacture high quality containers?
• General overview of the glass manufacturing processes with attention to those areas that could result in problems.
• What is normally expected of containers in a filling line and during consumer use?
• How bottles behave under applied loads
• How the behavior of bottles is affected by design features
• Glass strength issues
• Glass container testing (test selection and performance)

This seminar is intended for personnel in the glass container manufacturing and glass packaging industries.


Seminar Duration: Two Days