How do you know whether the cause of breakage in this non-refillable 12-ounce bottle was due to the tensile stresses being too high or whether the glass strengths were too low?

Read our just released case study entitled “Problems with Aluminum Metal in the Cullet Stream” in our Q4 e-Newsletter .

Join our new, free livestream event “Maximizing FEA Results: Interpreting an AGR Design Report”. This one-hour session, to be conducted on Thursday November 16 at 9 AM EST by Brad Salitrik, will walk you through the assumptions and background from which an AGR Design Report is produced. It will provide a detailed explanation of the key aspects of design, including:

Thickness Considerations
Glass strength calculations
Creation of the 3D model
FEA interpretation of Stress values
Pass levels establishment for expected loads

Watch our latest podcast, “Vertical Load Testing”, the fourth in our “AGR Breaks it Down” series.  The discussion focuses on the best stage to test new glass bottles for their ability to withstand vertical load stresses and what is the ideal condition of the bottle. It specifically addresses the question of whether glass bottles should be tested as the come directly out of the Lehr. 

Watch a highlight from the podcast HERE or the complete PODCAST EPISODE 4.