Designed for production and staff actively involved with batch and furnace operations seeking to understand the technical basis of fundamental glass production. 

This seminar is for both filling line and glass container-manufacturing personnel who are responsible for conducting or preparing audits of glass container-manufacturing plants.

This seminar is intended to introduce the participants to the fundamental principles of proper batch and furnace operation in order to obtain acceptable glass quality while limiting the occurrence of problems such as color variation, density, seeds, stones, cord, viscosity, thermal expansion and annealing.  Participants will also be exposed to the techniques employed to obtain critical physical property measurements as well as an explanation of how to interpret the generated data.

This seminar provides a complete explanation of the role of surface coatings in the maintenance of glass surface strength, their application in both the hot end and the cold end as well as solutions to the problems associated with the use of coatings. 

The objective of this seminar is to provide the participant with the capability to make critical decisions regarding the control of cord and annealing stress. 

Participants will learn key design principles necessary to achieve acceptable bottle performance. Skills are taught that can be used to evaluate finite element analysis (FEA) of new concept designs.

The objective of this seminar is to teach students appropriate fracture diagnosis techniques that are needed to solve glass breakage and other performance related problems.

The objective of this seminar is to teach students the appropriate fracture diagnosis techniques that are required to solve complex glass breakage and other performance related problems.

Building on the popularity of our Basic and Advanced Testing and Fracture Diagnosis seminars, both of which are prerequisites, the seminar on Fractography of Container Glass will perfect your training.

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.

This training course is designed to help participants identify flaws/defects that can occur in pharmaceutical glass packaging. Students will learn about how the different types of pharmaceutical glass packaging are made and the unique visual appearance of flaws created due to manufacturing and handling.

This 2-day seminar explains how glass container defects and key loading stresses drive breakage during filling, transport, and trade, covering failure mechanics, defect identification, performance specifications, and testing/inspection methods (including AQL and qualification vs. trade performance testing). It also includes hands-on workshops with defect samples, practical quizzes, and discussion of participants’ own samples with Q&A.

This seminar focuses on the identification of stones and how they can be quickly and accurately analyzed.  The various analytical techniques will be presented and studied with hands-on samples.  Examples of stones will be presented and discussed along with the steps that must be taken to correct the problem.

This seminar focuses on the background knowledge and practical skills necessary to diagnose the cause of glass breakage in a pharmaceutical container (vial, syringe, cartridge, etc.). Participants will learn the basis of pharmaceutical glass container manufacturing processes and how it relates to glass quality. Through hands-on examination of samples and lectures, students develop fracture diagnosis techniques that will permit quick and effective solutions to breakage problems that affect filling operations or lead to customer complaints. The seminar will also discuss testing techniques and operating procedures to maintain good glass quality and avoid risks to performance.