From melting to forming, improve efficiency, quality and performance for float glass manufacturing.

For anyone in float glass production, gaining a high-level understanding of the melting and forming processes is crucial to improving efficiency and product quality. By focusing on real-world challenges, participants will learn how to optimize energy use, reduce defects, and enhance glass quality. This training offers actionable solutions that can be directly applied to improve furnace performance, minimize risks, and achieve measurable results.


Attend if you are interested in:

  • Float glass properties
  • Raw materials and batch preparation
  • Melting, fining and homogenization
  • Combustion and emissions
  • Furnace operation
  • Energy consumption
  • Interactive session on some float glass melting parameters
  • Furnace operation and defects
  • Float glass forming best practices
  • Float bath chemistry and optimization
  • Float bath related defects

What you take away:

  • Understand impact of raw material properties and batch preparation
  • Know how glass properties affect melting and forming
  • Can manipulate key melting characteristics for glass quality and furnace efficiency
  • Can optimize critical float glass forming parameters
  • Controlled bath chemistry
  • Gained an actionable plan to address at least one of your plant challenges



Your trainers:

Johan Lotter

Johan Lotter obtained a master’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of the Witwatersrand. He worked at PFG building glass as a furnace engineer, technical expert, and manager of the technical department of two plants. He developed a large experience in raw materials, melting and floating process and defect analysis. He is now working as a CFD Engineer and trainer at CelSian.

Arca Iyiel

Arca Istudied metallurgical and materials engineering in Ankara (Middle East Technical University) and obtained her PhD from Istanbul Technical University in 2009. She worked as furnace designer and glass properties manager for Şişecam improving, trouble-shooting or developing new glass formulations for different businesses and products (float, container, glassware, e-glass and technological glasses). She joined CelSian as laboratory manager, furnace operations and trainer in 2024.

Training costs € 2500- per participant

Price excludes tax and duties.