WORKSHOPS

JUNE 13-14, 2023

CONFERENCE SESSIONS,
EXHIBITION, & STEP CHANGE
JUNE 15-16, 2023

TAMPERE, FINLAND #GPD2023

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WHAT IS WHITE HAZE?

First presented in GPD 2023

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WHAT IS WHITE HAZE?

• Foggy areas or repetitive
stripes on glass surface

• Phenomenon with no
official standards

First presented in GPD 2023

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White haze – why after tempering?

Heat expansion causes glass to
bow

When glass bows the surface

stress is focused in certain areas
and these areas will react with
dust / chemicals showing haze on
the surface.

First presented in GPD 2023

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Probably the most difficult quality issue to solve

• Multiple potential root causes

• Difficult to detect consistently

• Often only detected in the final

installation location

First presented in GPD 2023

Solving the problem
piece by piece STEP 3
Towards glass industry standard

STEP 2
Detect white haze

STEP 1
Make white haze visible
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First theoretical theses - prototypes

a) selection of right illumination

b) resolution

First presented in GPD 2023

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First prototypes

First presented in GPD 2023

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Promising first setup

First presented in GPD 2023

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Key findings after initial prototypes

a) standard lighting setup is not sufficient

b) special type of dark field illumination

c) resolution of 200dpi provides reliable results

d) wave length of <400nm isn‘t benefitial

First presented in GPD 2023

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Desired setup

1. CMOS based imaging sensor

2. Rod lens series

3. LED light source with attachement lens

4. Glass with partial white haze area

5. absorber surface

First presented in GPD 2023

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Final solution

First presented in GPD 2023

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Finally

First presented in GPD 2023

Solving the problem
piece by piece STEP 3
Towards glass industry standard

STEP 2
Detect white haze

STEP 1
Make white haze visible
NO STANDARDS

SUBJECTIVE

ELUSIVE
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DETECTING WHITE HAZE

HOW TO EVALUATE?

First presented in GPD 2023

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Collaboration was key in determining how to

evaluate white haze
• Expert reviews

• Empiric studies

• Collaboration

First presented in GPD 2023

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Mild Medium Strong

Visible with Visible haze with Visible haze

external light closer inspection
source.
Can be In many cases
Not considered a unqualified categorized as
problem in glass especially for unqualified,
industry. quality oriented especially in high
customer value installations

First presented in GPD 2023

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DETECTING WHITE HAZE

HOW TO DETECT?

First presented in GPD 2023

 NEURAL NETWORK
detects and categorizes hazes

Based on THOUSANDS of
annotated images of white haze
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Online scanning directly after tempering

First
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Solving the problem
piece by piece STEP 3
Towards glass industry standard

STEP 2
Detect white haze

STEP 1
Make white haze visible
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THERE IS FINALLY
A SOLUTION
FOR DETECTING
WHITE HAZE

First presented in GPD 2023