Project description
Breaking new ground with eco-friendly glass processing
Glass processing requires multiple mechanically performed operations such as grinding and edge polishing that generate environmentally hazardous waste as well as the energy-intensive drying. Since the EU is one of the globally leading producers of glass, it is important to find solutions that address the need for cleaner and environmentally friendly methods to process it. The EU-funded GLAZER project proposes high-volume, precise and rapid industrial glass processing that reduces multiple mechanical works and eliminates the most polluting operations as well as hazardous waste production. The proposed versatile and robust laser-based solution has important environmental and societal impacts due to the elimination of the process stages that have the heaviest carbon footprint. Moreover, tests in a wide range of glass types from glassware to laminated construction glass have demonstrated its capacity to transform the very conservative manufacturing sector.
Objective
GLAZER is a breakthrough solution for high-volume industrial glass processing. It is based on a patented one-of-a-kind CO2 nanosecond-pulsed laser, which was invented, developed and manufactured by Hypermemo specifically for industrial glass processing. Unique features of the system allow precise and fast processing of glass, clearly outperforming all the conventional methods. GLAZER helps eliminate multiple mechanically performed processing operations, such as breaking, grinding and polishing, which produce environmentally hazardous waste. In addition, it eliminates washing and drying operations. This allows making the production process much cleaner, faster and cheaper, also decreasing the investment and maintenance cost. In addition, it provides significant environmental and societal impact, as the eliminated process phases carry the heaviest carbon footprint and are the most hazardous in terms of occupational safety. Being largely exploited by the industry, GLAZER has the potential to save an astonishing 41TWh of energy annually, reducing GHG emissions by 5Mt of CO2eq. GLAZER was prototyped and tested with different types of glass, providing excellent quality and confirming its capability to disrupt the traditional and dirty manufacturing sector with the total market size of €1+ billion. The project’s objective is to industrialize the technology and bring it to the market. Several first-tier glass manufacturers and glass processing machinery vendors confirmed their willingness to conduct GLAZER trials in the real production environment. They will support these trials with financial contribution. As a result of implementing GLAZER technology, the industry will recover within the EU and become cleaner, imposing much lower energy usage and associated carbon footprint. This is a very important impact, as the EU is the world's biggest producer of glass with a market share of around one third of total world production. In 2012, the sector employed 100 thousand people
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H2020-EU.2.3. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs
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H2020-EU.3. - PRIORITY 'Societal challenges
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H2020-EU.2.1. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies
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SME-2 - SME instrument phase 2
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Call for proposal
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(opens in new window) H2020-EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020
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80160 Joensuu
Finland
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