Glass

Glass manufacturing is complex and resource-intensive making it ideally suited to ongoing

process improvements supported by engineering simulation. Software and simulation
technologies from ANSYS can help glassmakers to model the many physical, chemical and
thermal processes that occur during glass production and forming enabling meaningful
improvements in process efficiency, product quality and overall cost.

Software from ANSYS can model equipment used at every stage in the glassmaking process,
including furnaces, melters, refiners, forehearths and spout bowls. Operations such as drawing,
pressing, blowing and fiber production can be optimized via ANSYS software.

By modeling and enhancing glassmaking operations at every stage, ANSYS customers have
increased their efficiency and productivity, reduced manufacturing costs, and minimized
emissions and other environmental impacts.

Supported by the advanced capabilities of ANSYS, engineering simulation can drive

enhancements in these and many other aspects of glass manufacturing.

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Single burner multiphase combustion simulation results, mass fraction of glass and gases

Courtesy 2008 Owens Corning Science & Technology, LLC and the Gas Technology Institute.