Understanding glass: manufacturing, sustainability and performance

Delivered via Teams, this course is an ideal one-day introduction for those new to working with glass. It's designed to give delegates a broad understanding of glass as a material – including raw materials, manufacture, processing, use, the properties of glass and its environmental impact. 

The course is delivered in an informative, interactive, format by specialists in their respective fields. Key topics from manufacture, processing and fundamental chemistry to glass properties, defects and failure are covered in an accessible format – making this an ideal introduction for anyone working in glass or otherwise dealing with glass products or issues. 

Places are strictly limited to faciliate a better learning experience, increased levels of interaction and participation, and opportunities for delegates to focus on examples specific to their own areas of work and experience. 

Whether delegates design, make, source, sell or reuse glass, this course will provide them with the understanding to improve their work with this complex material. 

This course is available to individual organisations, associations and consortiums – please enquire if you would like a course for your own company or team. 

What you will learn about: 

• Introduction to the glass sector 

• Glass forming processes 

• Properties and uses of glass 

• Inspection and quality control 

• Glass batch and melting 

• Common glass defects and their causes 

• Glass furnaces and melting technology 

• Surface protection and coatings.