The presentation focuses on glass industry manufacturing and material handling. Float glass is mainly covered.

1. Glass
Industry
Group 8:
• Parag Kolhe
• Sachin Gupta
• Sambhaji Pawale
• Shubham Burnwal
• Shubham Jain

2. OVERVIEW
INTRODUCTION
SUGGESTION
GLASS
INDUSTRY
MANUFACTURING
STORAGE
HANDLING AND
SAFETY

3. INTRODUCTION
• Glass is in the background of the daily lives of most people.

4. Raw Material

5. MANUFACTURING
Glass Production
Method
Float Glass
Process
Sheet Glass
Glassblowing
Bottles &
Containers

6. Process Flow Diagram For Float Glass

7. Material Flow

8. Molten glass floats above molten
Tin

9. Cutting of float-glass

11. Use of End of Arm Principle
End-effector with Vacuum Gripping

12. Process Flow Diagram For Glass Blowing

13. Applications

15. PVB lamination of Glass

17. Testing of PVB Laminated Glass

18. Safety

20. Glass Handling in Warehouse
• Racking: Bowing and venting will occur if the
angle of lean is too high from the vertical, but
sheets will be unstable and be pulled over by
draughts if the angle is too small. An angle of
3o- 5o from the vertical is considered
optimum.
• Packs are usually of smaller sized sheets
(typically 1.8-2.5 meter x 3.2 meter), weigh up
to 2.5 ton.
• Packs of glass should be stored on level
flooring and with a depth (ie thickness) to
height ratio of at least 1:6.
• When stored singly, packs should be provided
with side supports.

21. Vacuum handling
• Vacuum grip for manual handling is used.
• A warning device is be provided to indicate
loss of vacuum before there is imminent
danger of grip being lost.
• At least 2 vacuum settings should be
employed. This is to avoid unnecessary
deflections or possibly breakage of thin
glass at the suction pads due to excessive
vacuum.
• Before starting lift the vacuum pads must
be checked for damage and dirt. Pads
should be regularly cleaned to remove dust,
oil or other contaminants, as dirty pads
could cause an accidental release of the
load.

22. Recycling of Glass
• Recycling old glass use 40% less energy as compare to produce from new raw material
• Glass produced from recycled glass reduces related air pollution by 20% and related
water pollution by 50%.
• Recycling glass reduces the space in landfills that would otherwise be taken up by used
bottles and jars.
• One ton of recycled glass saves approximately a ton of resources, including 433 pounds
of soda ash, 433 pounds of limestone, 1,330 pounds of sand, and 151 pounds of feldspar.
• Approximately only 45% glass waste gets recycled in India every year

23. Application of Cullet
Plastic Timber
Brick Manufacturing Vegetable Garden Concrete
Golf CourseTiles

24. 1. Container Load/Unload
Suggestion: Customized Glass Handling
Equipment
2. AGVs to be used to transfer
Glass from production house
to FG area.

25. Thank You 