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Glass Technical Training in Brazil
Mauro Akerman [email protected]
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
Glass Technical Training in Brazil