Periodic Reporting for period 1 - GLAZER (A breakthrough laser technology for all types of glass processing (ordinary, laminated, tempered, smart, low-energy and other))
Reporting period: 2018-09-01 to 2019-02-28
90% of glass in the world is now cut with centuries-old methods – mechanical scribing, breaking and grinding. To obtain the best quality, these processes require many pieces of different equipment, generate a lot of waste, and use a lot of consumables. The GLAZER project addresses this problem by dramatically reducing waste, the costs and ecological impact in glass products manufacturing. Also, GLAZER can support the broad market takeoff of environment-friendly thermally insulated windows.
The project’s objectives are to make glass processing 30 times faster, 3 times cheaper, to bring down the whole glass products manufacturing to the only one machine, and to make it commercially available globally.
Also, Hypermemo has been successfully working with various market players to popularize GLAZER and to invoke initial commercial interest. Some valuable customer insights were discovered, including GLAZER applications in automotive, architectural, tableware and consumer electronics segments.
Currently, Hypermemo is conducting a GLAZER trial in a real manufacturing environment.
The project is going to make its contribution to reducing industrial ecological impact: directly by cleaning-up industrial processes, and indirectly by fostering wide adoption of ecologically-friendly “smart” windows worldwide. Since glass is now being widely adopted in construction, the impact made by GLAZER will lead to significant benefits, helping develop a sustainable society.