Glass Technical Training in Brazil

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1 Glass Technical Training in Brazil Brazilian Ceramic Society Mauro Akerman 1/25

2 Brazilian Glass Industry Flat: float and patterned Holow: Containers (bottles, flasks and jars) + tableware Special: Reinforcement fiber, glass wool, insulators, lenses, lamps, etc. 2/25

3 Brazilian Glass Industry Experimenting a high increase since new float line 1 float being built (2018 starting) 3 new container glass furnaces Many rebuilt Installed capacity ~ t / year 3/25

4 Technical training in Glass Technology Internal glass industries Glass School Brazilian Ceramic Society since /25

5 ABCeram Glass School University level Short trainings mostly two days Open trainings Teachers: Technicians from glass industries; consultants; academics; glass industry suppliers; etc. 5/25

6 ABCeram Glass School Courses Glass structure and properties Raw material Glass elaboration Glass defects Glass furnaces Refractories Combustion Color Mechanical properties Fractography Instrumentation of glass furnaces Environment 6/25

7 ABCeram Glass School Courses In development: 7/25

8 New technical-level course Objective: Creation of the first technical-level course Glass Technology in south America to educate trained professionals for the glass industry 8/25

9 Course creation initiative Joint venture of 4 institutions CeRTEV - Center for Research, Technology and Education in Vitreous Materials Centro Paula Souza - Entity of the Government of the State of São Paulo in the promotion of technical training Abividro Brazilian Technical Association of Automated Glass Industries ABCeram - Brazilian Ceramic Association 9/25

10 Center for Research, Technology and Education in Vitreous Materials Association of three universities: Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar) Universidade de São Paulo (USP) Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) Objective: To perform research and teaching in the field of functional glasses and vitroceramics. Sponsored by FAPESP (Research Foment Agency of São Paulo State). 10/25

11 Paula Souza Center - São Paulo State Government 219 Technical Schools(high-school level) and 66 Faculties of Technology (undergraduate level) 11/25

12 Abividro - Brazilian Technical Association of Automated Glass Industries Congregates 17 glass industries Aiming to attend mutual interests 12/25

13 Location of Brazilian Glass Industries Northeast States 16% of production Rio de Janeiro 14% of production São Paulo State 63% of production South States 7% of production 13/25

14 Implementation Operability Working team constitution José Bartelega - Industrial Coordinator Ana Aoki - Chemistry specialist Luciano Carbone - Mechanical specialist Mauro Akerman - Glass specialist Glass plants visiting Curriculum preparation Didactic laboratories definition Definition of adequate school to host the course. Specific laboratories set up Teacher training Present expected start: 1 st semester /25

15 Course characteristics Three semesters course 1200 hours of practical and theoretical classes 40 students max in theoretical classes and 20 in practical Students may start this specialization in parallel to the second year of high school or at any time if they have completed the high school. 15/25

16 Course Program Philosophy Three main areas: 1 Basic scientific concepts involved in industrial glassmaking processes and product properties. 2 General knowledge required to run a glass plant 3 Specific aspects of glass and its production. 16/25

17 Course Program Philosophy Three main areas: 1 Basic scientific concepts involved in industrial glassmaking processes and product properties. Chemical bonds Chemical Reactions Matter Structure Stoichiometry Energy and heat transfer Combustion Etc. 17/25

18 Course Program Philosophy Three main areas: 2 General knowledge required to run a glass plant Computing Reports production Graphics Technical English Technical drawing Safety Environment Industrial maintenance Instrumentation Etc. 18/25

19 Course Program Philosophy Three main areas: 3 Specific aspects of glass and its production. Glass Structure and properties Raw material Batch preparation Melting chemistry Furnaces Conformation processes Annealing Transformation Etc. 19/25

20 Facilities Classic chemical laboratory Glass elaboration laboratory Electronic lab IS machine and gob formation mechanism Technological hall with samples of raw materials, equipment, refractories, tools, etc. 20/25

21 Facilities Glass lab Raw material granulometry Experimental melting furnace (+ annealing) Preston densimeter Spectrophotometer (color and transmition) Polariscope (tensions) Refining observation (seeds level) Magnifier Petrographic microscope (mass inclusions) Etc. 21/25

22 Teacher trainings Special training based on ABCeram Glass School: three phases: 1 General knowledge of glass science and technology for all teachers 2 Specific trainings in the areas they will perform for specifics teachers 3 Specific Internship in glass plants and suppliers oriented by a tutor 22/25

23 Teacher trainings specific areas 1 Glass material - nature, structure and properties 2 Raw Material 3 Glass elaboration 4 Melting furnaces 5 Melting furnaces operation and maintenance 6 Glass conformation processes 7 Refractories 8 Energy 9 Environment 10 Safety 11 Periphery equipments 12 Instrumentation and process control 13 Maintenance 14 Glass transformation process 23/25

24 Schools choice to host the course Should have already have chemical and mechanic lab That have available space for glass lab implantation Near glass plants 24/25

25 Glass Technical Training in Brazil Thank you For more information: Mauro Akerman 25/25