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Glass Technical Training in Brazil

Mauro Akerman mauro.akerman@gmail.com

Brazilian Ceramic Society

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Brazilian Glass Industry

Flat: float and patterned

Holow: Containers (bottles, flasks and jars) + tableware

Special: Reinforcement fiber, glass wool, insulators, lenses, lamps, etc.

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Brazilian Glass Industry

Experimenting a high increase since 2014

2 new float line

1 float being built (2018 starting)

3 new container glass furnaces

Many rebuilt

Installed capacity ~ 4.300.000 t / year

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Technical training in Glass Technology

Internal glass industries

Glass School – Brazilian Ceramic Society – since 2009

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University level

Short trainings – mostly two days

Open trainings

Teachers:

Technicians from glass industries; consultants;

academics; glass industry suppliers; etc.

ABCeram Glass School

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•Glass structure and properties

•Raw material

•Glass elaboration

•Glass defects

•Glass furnaces

•Refractories

•Combustion

•Color

•Mechanical properties

•Fractography

•Instrumentation of glass furnaces

•Environment

ABCeram Glass School Courses

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In development:

ABCeram Glass School Courses

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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

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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

Course creation initiative

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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). http://www.certev.ufscar.br

Center for Research, Technology and Education in Vitreous Materials

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219 Technical Schools(high-school level) and

66 Faculties of Technology (undergraduate level)

Paula Souza Center - São Paulo State Government

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Congregates 17 glass industries

Aiming to attend mutual interests

www.abividro.org.br

Abividro - Brazilian Technical Association of Automated Glass Industries

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São Paulo State 63% of production

Northeast States 16% of production

South States 7% of production

Rio de Janeiro 14% of production

Location of Brazilian Glass Industries

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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

expected start: 1st semester 2017

Implementation Operability

Present

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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.

Course characteristics

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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.

Course Program Philosophy

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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.

Course Program Philosophy

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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.

Course Program Philosophy

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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.

Course Program Philosophy

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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.

Facilities

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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.

Facilities – Glass lab

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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

Teacher trainings

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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

Teacher trainings – specific areas

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Should have already have chemical and mechanic lab

That have available space for glass lab implantation

Near glass plants

Schools choice to host the course

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Thank you

For more information:

Mauro Akerman

mauro.akerman@gmail.com

Glass Technical Training in Brazil