Novel C-Bond coating to enable light weighting of glass products
Lead Participant:
GLASS TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LTD
Abstract
This project will adapt a new coating technology to enhance surface protection of glass to increase strength
and enabling light-weighting of flat and container glass products. UK glass production is an energy intensive
industry consuming ~9TWh/yr, 70% of this energy is used to melt the glass in the furnace. Reducing the weight
of glass products will reduce the energy required and CO2 produced during manufacture. Basic engineering
formula demonstrate a direct correlation between glass strength and wall thickness; therefore increasing glass
strength will enable product thickness to be reduced leading to associated weight savings. Being a brittle
material, surface defects with dimensions in the order of microns can lead to catastrophic glass failure. Glass
strength will be maximised through aligning coating formulation to surface flaws, maximising crack filling &
pinning potential, minimising driving force for crack propagation. In demonstrating that the coating has the
potential to strengthen glass and reduce weight of glass products by 10-15%, the project will show how the
technology to reduce energy consumption by >1TWh and CO2 emissions by 250kT.
and enabling light-weighting of flat and container glass products. UK glass production is an energy intensive
industry consuming ~9TWh/yr, 70% of this energy is used to melt the glass in the furnace. Reducing the weight
of glass products will reduce the energy required and CO2 produced during manufacture. Basic engineering
formula demonstrate a direct correlation between glass strength and wall thickness; therefore increasing glass
strength will enable product thickness to be reduced leading to associated weight savings. Being a brittle
material, surface defects with dimensions in the order of microns can lead to catastrophic glass failure. Glass
strength will be maximised through aligning coating formulation to surface flaws, maximising crack filling &
pinning potential, minimising driving force for crack propagation. In demonstrating that the coating has the
potential to strengthen glass and reduce weight of glass products by 10-15%, the project will show how the
technology to reduce energy consumption by >1TWh and CO2 emissions by 250kT.
Lead Participant | Project Cost | Grant Offer |
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GLASS TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LTD | £223,352 | £ 156,346 |
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Participant |
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SWANSEA UNIVERSITY | £41,488 | |
GRAPHOIDAL DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED | £26,767 | £ 16,060 |
INNOVATE UK |
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