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able to transfer this to IS-machine
technology. A relic of these times ABOUT HEYE
is the famous Paderborner beer
bottle. Here it was revealed that INTERNATIONAL
shape has an immense influence
on container weight - all the while
Based at Obernkirchen, Germany, Heye International GmbH is one of the
maintaining its strength. Today we international glass container industry’s foremost suppliers of production
seek a compromise between indi- technology, high performance equipment and production know-how. Its
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weight with sufficient strength. If EFT &YUFOTJWF JOEVTUSZ FYQFSUJTF DPNCJOFE XJUI UIF QPTJUJWF BUUJUVEF BOE
we wish to become more ecological enthusiasm of Heye International employees is mirrored by the company
then we’ll have to compromise on motto ‘We are Glass People’. Its three sub-brands HiPERFORM, HiSHIELD
individual bottle shape in favour of and HiTRUST form the Heye Smart Plant portfolio, addressing the glass
container weight. JOEVTUSZ T IPU FOE DPME FOE BOE TFSWJDF SFRVJSFNFOUT SFTQFDUJWFMZ
Many machine components and
HI products, which were already
developed for light glass technol- recovery from the forming pro- past. In order to learn a corre-
ogy at the time, are now stand- cesses and in the annealing lehr sponding neural network a large
ard in industry. Starting with the have further potential. Here the number of objects are needed, both
‘Process Control’, through axial ecological approach follows the good and bad, as examples. Here
cooling and hot end transport – economic approach: If you save we talk about 500 to 5.000 pieces
all components that can be put to energy, you also save money. That of information. Gaining and learn-
use with our lightweight container alone marks a strong incentive. ing these examples requires much
production know-how. The biggest cost factor in glass effort. The neural network can’t
production is energy. begin with new objects that keep
GMP&A: It seems light- appearing. There are AI appli-
weight glass production is a GMP&A: Heye machines are in cations, the decision is already
great challenge. use worldwide. Remote access and working very well. In the glass
MK: A key characteristic of sim- remote maintenance are becoming industry, on the other hand, this
ple light glass is that it breaks ever more important. What needs only works for simple applications,
very quickly - a problem you can to be taken into account here? such as reading mould numbers
address with thermal or chemi- MK: Security considerations are in the seven-segment code. Glass
cal post-processing, only it will essential for remote access via the defects, on the other hand, become
increase unit costs. No one is likely Internet. Cyber criminals are lurk- more difficult because they always
to pay a deposit of several Euros ing everywhere, and so companies look different. If new information
for a gorilla milk glass bottle. Here are sealing themselves off more and is added that the trained system
a technology needs to be developed more. This means service provid- doesn’t know, AI will not get any
going forward that’s based on cur- ers get blocked from entering com- further. Basically, no two checks
rent hollow glass production while pany networks to connect to the are exactly the same. Perhaps a
being efficient. Looking ahead, machine and provide support from combination of imaging processes
anyone in lightweight glass pro- there without considerable effort. and neural networks can help, but
duction who manages to increase Solutions must be found in consulta- that’s still a dream for the future. O
and maintain glass surface strength tion with customer IT departments.
will be at the forefront of history.
GMP&A: How do you assess
GMP&A: Where do you see the potential of artificial intelli-
further emission savings potential? gence for the glass industry?
MK: I see big emission savings MK: AI is currently high on the
in the global glass industry in the agenda. At the moment I’m in the
area of recycling cullet from the third wave, the first having been in HEYE
market (waste glass collection and the 1980s and the second in the INTERNATIONAL
processing), because much less 1990s. You can certainly do a lot GmbH
energy is needed for glass bot- with artificial intelligence. But you Lohplatz 1
tle production from cullet than must bear the boundaries in mind. 31683 Obernkirchen - Germany
for production from raw materi- Artificial intelligence is determined Tel.: +49-5724-26-452
als. Energy savings through heat by information gleaned from the Fax: +49-5724-26-229
E-mail: marketing@heye-international.com
www.heye-international.com

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