Dirk Schnurpfeil
Research and Development Manager, SORG

Glass Melting Furnaces

This presentation will explore the general aspects of glass melting furnaces and factors influencing the furnace design.

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Biography

Dirk Schnurpfeil studied chemical technology of high-temp. "melting silicate materials“ at Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia in Moscow. He now has a Diploma as an Engineer of chemical technology of glass. First beginning his career in hollow glass / lighting industry at Glashuette Limburg Gantenbrink & Co KG. He went onto work on replacement of lead-containing coatings with sol-gel-based ones. Dirk Schnurpfeil then moved to float glass industry, Guardian Flachglas GmbH Thalheim (Germany) and worked as a process engineer in all possible positions along the line (Batch house, Furnace, TinBath, AnnealingLehr, ColdEnd, QualityControl & QM). For the last couple years he has worked in the regional OpEx-group, supporting all european plants of the group.

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