Glass Technology Services Ltd

GLASS-LASE tackles the challenge of scaling ultraprecise glass fabrication for next gen applications in advanced industries including defence, photonics and lab-on-chip diagnostics. Although ultrafast lasers enable sub-micron, true 3D structuring in glass---supporting selective laser etching and embedded 3D-waveguide writing---these processes remain confi...

The MicroMelt project will investigate a new, energy‑efficient method for producing high‑value phosphate‑based glass materials that are essential to many advanced technologies. These specialist glasses are used in defence photonics, high‑power laser systems, telecommunications, biomedical devices, environmental materials and emerging clean‑energy applicat...

Advanced high-tech glass is utilised in a growing array of high-value applications, including semiconductor wafers, lithography photomasks, photonics, optical flat panels, displays, photovoltaic (PV) panels, etc. These products require high-throughput, zero-defect manufacturing. Common defects during manufacturing include internal imperfections such as in...

This collaborative, cross sector R&D demonstration project furthers previous industrial research to advance & showcase novel technology developed to support transformation of Foundation Industry production process optimisation. The primary aim is to increase efficiency to achieve greater productivity by increased energy and resource efficiency. This will ...

The rapid decommissioning of coal power plants in the UK has inadvertently created a supply chain crisis in the construction industry, as most cement and concrete producers use coal fly ash as a staple supplementary cementitious material (SCM) in cements. The lack of local SCMs from the coal power and steel industries has led to increased imports from mai...

AI6S will develop a novel toolkit for process optimisation in foundation industries (FI), enabling process efficiency improvements resulting in reduced energy consumption and reduced waste and improved ability to meet challenging (and commercially attractive) specifications and short turnaround times. Current lean six-sigma methodologies provide efficienc...

The UK Government is committed to moving to a zero-carbon economy, including within the most energy-intensive sectors. These sectors consume a considerable amount of energy, but also play an essential role in delivering the UK's transition to a sustainable, low-carbon economy, as well as in contributing to economic growth and rebalancing the economy. UK F...

Each year in the UK, approximately there are 48 TWh/yr industrial waste heat sources which is equivalent to one sixth of overall industrial energy use. Of this amount of industrial waste heat, technically 11TWh/yr (2.2 MtCO2/yr) could be potentially recovered for useful purposes such as Combined Heat and Power (CHP) through specially designed energy conve...

The EnviroAsh project brings together partners from across the six Foundation Industries \[Glass (Glass Technology Services, Glassworks Services Ltd, Encirc, Glass Futures Ltd), Ceramics (Wienerberger), Steel (British Steel Ltd), Paper (Saica), Cement (Hanson, Breedon), Chemicals (Power Minerals Ltd. - through its Biolite division, which converts an ash-w...

Ceramic and glass bodies are manufactured widely in the UK and used by many foundation industries, from the production of ceramic electronic components used in all modern electronics, to glass and refractory kiln linings essential for glass and metal processing furnaces. All require sintering in their green state, at high temperature and over long timesca...

This collaborative, industrial R&D project will utilise machine learning to enhance artificial intelligence, robotics and vision systems when applied to foundation industry production processes. This project builds on previous work inspecting defects in metals production through digitised inspection sensor technology to enhance industrial productivity and...