Glass - an inexhaustible resource?

The resource glass made from quartz sand appears to be inexhaustible and thus has a great potential for the future. Even now many high-tech products would be unthinkable without glass:

• Glass fibre cables in communications technology
• Glass fibre-reinforced plastics
• Water waste-pipes
• Wind energy plants
• Reservoirs
• Containers
• Boat hulls
• Clutch and brake pads
• Fabrics or ropes

And the recycling quota of glass, in the form of bottles, containers or flat glass, is very high.

Glass is recyclable in many ways.

With glass, the recycling possibilities are as varied as the uses. Vessels, containers, basins, vanes, sheets, foils, or pipes can be used to make granules for reinforcing plastics, paper, or in concrete and road construction. Pure glass can be fed back into the cycle of material recycling. Moreover, glass fibres can be used in clutches, brakes, or as plaster for walls.

The biggest glass manufacturers as customers of Holzmag

Holzmag cutting and tools technology has made it possible for the company to become established very quickly in the glass recycling sector. Thus, the largest glass producers such as St. Gobain or Owens-Corning are among its customers.

Recycling of glass fibres: main focus of business of Holzmag GmbH

The main focus of the business operations of Holzmag GmbH lies in the field of glass fibres and the related composite materials such as sheeting, fabrics, and moulded parts. Manufacturing waste, which arises as loads or batches in rolls or on reels, has to be fed back into the melting process properly apportioned, cleanly and friction-free, so as to avoid any malfunctions of the pouring sections and nozzles.

Optimum cost-benefit calculation for the whole recycling process thanks to abrasion-resistant technology

With its own design of cutting system, Holzmag offers the most precise cutting tolerances and the minimum amount of wear to the metal, the least formation of dust, and the longest operating life of the tools. This leads to an optimum cost-benefit calculation for the entire recycling process. Holzmag is working with leading toolmakers to constantly upgrade the wear-resistant plates for the rotor and stator blades using carbide and ceramics.