The webinar will provide you with insights into non-contact temperature measurement technology using infrared and its fields of application in the glass industry. Temperature is the key variable for determining process steps and ensuring quality characteristics. Non-contact temperature detection means very fast response times without interfering with the process itself.
Overview
In this webinar, you’ll discover how Optris infrared pyrometers and thermal imaging cameras can significantly improve quality control and process reliability throughout the glass industry.
From glass melting and forming to container glass production, flat glass processing, and finishing applications, accurate temperature monitoring is essential for maintaining consistent product quality and stable production processes. At the same time, glass presents unique measurement challenges due to its wavelength-dependent transmission and reflection properties, high process temperatures, and rapidly changing thermal conditions.
We’ll explain how Optris infrared measurement solutions are designed to meet these specific requirements. Learn why selecting the right spectral range is particularly important when measuring glass and how dedicated sensors for glass surfaces and molten glass enable reliable temperature measurements. We’ll also look at factors such as emissivity, transmission, measurement geometry, and optical setup, and explain how they influence measurement accuracy.
This webinar will demonstrate real-world applications and best practices for integrating non-contact temperature measurement into glass production processes. Whether you are monitoring glass gobs, molten glass, forming processes, flat glass, or other temperature-critical production steps, we’ll show how infrared sensors and thermal imaging cameras can help detect temperature deviations early, improve process consistency, reduce rejects, and support efficient quality control.
Join this webinar to gain practical insights into optimizing temperature measurement with Optris IR solutions — and learn how thermal data can become a powerful tool for quality assurance, process optimization, and reliable glass production.
Key Takeaways
- Learn more about the appropriate wavelengths for temperature measurement in industrial glass processes.
- Learn why adjusting the emissivity is a critical factor for accurate temperature measurement.
- Discover suitable devices (pyrometers, IR cameras, system solutions) and accessories for harsh environmental conditions.
- Gain insights into various applications in the glass industry and experience exciting experiments with IR technology.
- Trust Optris when it comes to high-quality infrared thermometers and thermal imaging cameras for the glass industry.
Speakers
Ingo dove into the world of non-contact temperature measurement in 2014. Before that, he started his career in 2008 as product manager of a battery manufacturer straight after his studies in economics and engineering at the University of Applied Science in Berlin, Germany. The main topics in this position were technical for large scaled backup solutions in international projects, mainly in the energy sector. At Optris, he was active for 4 years as regional sales manager before he became in charge of the sales team and its activities as the head of sales at Optris in 2018.
Torsten studied electrical engineering in Berlin and has been working for more than 30 years in the infrared technology business. After some years in different sales positions, he was active as product manager for infrared thermometers and cameras before he became head of product management at Optris in 2019.