Address:
Glafo, Box 5157,
SE-350 05 Växjö
SWEDEN

Visitor's address:
Vejdes plats 3

Tel: +46 10 516 63 50
E-mail: info@glafo.se

You find a map at the
"about Glafo" page.

PROJECTS
Glafo is working on tailored projects with our guarantors in the business of art glass, crystal glass, tableware glass, fibre glass, flat glass and container glass.

General direction and results are shown in reports, journals and as lectures at, for example the meetings of NGF. Some of the results has been published in the journal Glasteknisk tidskrift.

Detailed results are only reported to the member companies, that participate in the projects. The activities are almost always related to development projects where the results are to be used in the production process of the glass industry. Many projects concern environmental aspects and/or quality. The results could for example lead to less environmental impact and/or a better yield in the industrial processes.

CURRENT PROJECTS
- Functional Glass Surfaces
- Utopia?! Constructions with columns and beams in glass
- Alabaster glass - coloured opaline glass
- Linnaeus University colour system - an expert system for simulating and visualising coloured glass
- Network for flat glass interested parties
- A book in english about glass
- Glass-wood combinations – innovative building products with added value
- Hard glass surfaces
- Identification and elimination of glass ceramics when recycling glass
- Crystallisation study of a number of different mineral wool compositions
- Glass wool – measuring the suitability of the glass involved
- Polishing glass by means of water cutting technology – cross-diciplinary collaboration for sustainable development

CLOSED PROJECTS
- Replacement of boron in art glass
- SPA - Alternatives to acid polishing of art glass – preliminary study (P1204)
- Replacement of selenium in bottle glass - (P2285)
- Studies of the flowability of glass wool melt (P3377)
- The effect of glass composition on hardness (P3378)
- Selenium ruby glass (4456)
- Refining efficiency in relation to the oxygen activity of the melt (P9913)
- Surface analysis methods for dishwashed glass P9920)
- Spectrophotometric quantification of colouring elements in glass (P1202)
- Reactive batch (P1203)
- Glass structure in mineral wool (P3376)
- Re-use of cullet - from waste to resource (P4452) article in Glass International, vol 31, no 4
- Enhanced functionality of self-cleaning and antibacterial surface coatings - FUNCOAT (P4453)
- Re-use of coloured cullet (P9907)
- Antimony immobilisation (P9914)
- Preliminary study – Chemical strengthening of flat glass (P9915)
- Surface studies by leaching (P9916)
- Red glasses (P4451)
- Industrial adaption of red glasses coloured by pigments of molybdenum chalcogenide (P9908) This work has been a part of a doctoral thesis that can be downloaded from KTH.
- Demonstration and application of SEM (P9911)
- Spectrophotometric quantification of colouring elements in glass (P9912)
- Methods to determine chemical resistance (P1196)
- Viscosity calculations of glass in the system "low-melting glasses" (P1199)
- Decolourisation of container glass with cobalt and selenium (P2282)
- Dishwasher resistant and impact resistant glass (P4448)
- Low-melting unleaded glass (P4449)
- Gold ruby (P9905)
- New pot materials with improved corrosion resistance (P6618)
- Solubility of gases – chemical refining (PR 194)
- Glass book (in Swedish) (PR440)
- Pot furnace heated by flameless combustion of biofuel (PR443) article in Provning&Forskning, 4-02, s15 "SMP:s gengasforskning fortsätter - i glasbruk (download as pdf-file here.)
- Low melting glasses (PR 444)
- Virtual Glass Academy - a pedagogical model for e-learning with multimedia support (PR 613)
- HQ-COSYS (PR 615)
- Redox activity and colour interaction (PR 192) Read the article by Christina Stålhandske (Glafo) as PDF-file (436kb)
- Continuous Emission Monitor (CEM) for total fluoride (PR 195)
- Retention of Selenium in container glass (PR 281)
- A dynamic leaching test for isolating fibres (PR 375)
- Development of alternative glass colours with improved properties (427-2)
- Workability - fibre glass (PR430)
- Melting, foaming and bubble generation of crystal glass (PR 191)
- Faktorer för teoretisk beräkning av alfa (PR 193)
- Laser firing of enamels (PR427)
- Refining by use of sulphate compounds (PR441)
- Pelletising of non nitrate batch
- Cerium oxide refining
- Thermical interaction between Fe and Se in container glass
- Annealing lehr measurements
- Recycling of foundry sand
- Knowledge transfer - studio glass works
- Knowledge transfer - secondary glass manufacturers
- Phosphate opal glass for lighting glass
- CRAFT - ”Evaluation of the biosafety of lead substitutes used in the manufacture of unleaded crystal”
- Non nitrate refining - Articles in Glasteknisk tidskrift 1998 and 1999
- New pot material -industrial trials
- Coloured opal glass
- Corrosion properties of refractory materials in rock wool
- New melting/heating technique
- Redox control at fiber manufacture
- Studies of blisters induced by foreign particles at production of container glass Read article by Leif Nilsson (Glafo) and Bengt Augustsson (PLM), "Study examines behaviour of metals in contact with molten glass" in Glass, p 323-325, Oct -99.
- Mechanical properties of non lead crystals
- Virtual glass academy - prestudy