Simulation Glass Feeding

Animation glass feeding in NOGRID's CFD software

Figure 1: Animation of glass gob formation in the glass feeder

Simulation of glass feeding processes can perfectly be performed with our CFD software NOGRID points.

The problem below was created by the ICG-TC25 members (International Commission on glass, Technical Committee 25), who are engaged in R&D activities in the field of numerical simulation of glass forming processes. For more details see ICG-TC25 Bench Mark Problem II: "Gob Forming Benchmark".

Glass gob quality essential

Glass making processes from glass containers to tableware to TV glass begin with a liquid glass droplet (gob) being delivered to the forming machines where it will be molded into the finished glass product. In a great measure the success of the entire operation depends on the uniform quality of the glass gob.

Valuable information by simulation of glass feeding

Simulation of glass feeding with NOGRID points delivers valuable information that helps to assess the feeding process. For the purpose of this benchmark the glass gob delivery system for a large champagne glass bottle will be modeled. This process was selected because it is far enough removed from current practices to avoid concerns about proprietary information. However, it is close enough to current champagne glass bottle gob weights and shapes to closely many glass gob forming processes.

Figure 1 shows the velocity profile and the temperature profile in the simulation of a glass feeding process computed with NOGRID points.

NOGRID unites abilities to handle free surface flow and moving parts in the domain and allows the simulation of any conceivable geometry and operation modes such as

computation is in full 3D solving complete Navier-Stokes-Equations
easy and intuitive setup
free definable material properties by equations or curves also for non-Newtonian fluids
evaluation of chemical reactions and corresponding heat source terms
open or closed domains including inflow and outflow areas (non-batch mode)
moving of parts

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Nogrid's strengths

Particular strengths of NOGRID's fluid flow CFD software are the rapid preprocessing (no fluid grid needs to be generated, only the boundary mesh, inner finite points are generated automatically depending on User setting initially and during computation), and the outstandingly short computation time even for complicated cavities.

As you can see in the image below, the boundary of the geometry still requires a mesh to allow the interior finite points to detect the boundary. The boundary must therefore be meshed and the finite points inside are automatically generated during the simulation controlled by User specifications.

Easy and fast modelling: Build geometry, mesh boundary, setup the case and start computation

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CFD solves the fundamental equations that define the fluid flow process. With CFD software from NOGRID every engineer makes better decisions by predicting, analyzing and controlling fluid flow, heat and mass transfer or chemical reaction. By using NOGRID software for flow modeling you receive information on essential flow characteristics as for example flow distribution. Using it additional to testing and experimentation NOGRID software helps to improve the evaluation of your design – resulting in better construction and operation parameters, increasing planning security and money savings due to faster time to the marketplace for your product or process.

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