Desktop application (PC version)

On the beginning stage the App has been created as a modern tool to help demonstrate different types of defects in glass bottles and jars.
Forming defects in glass manufacturing have been explained in manuals and old books, however, no usefull glass defect standards were ever created.

To explain common and especially critical glass defects - the global available information from the middle of the 20th century has been structured by APEGG - Glass Experts

The structured information of all possible glass bottle and jar defects has been converted into a digital database. During this process the biggest collection of defect images was created by using 3D rendering technologies.

For the last years 1500 images have been added and more than 150 different glass container forming defects are explained with clear descriptions.

The desktop version is still the best solution to teach people about defects in education centers. The App include a special KNOWLEDGE module with interactive 3D animations to easy show the glass forming processes, explain defect categories, classifications, container parts and glass terminologies.

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Online version (Web)

After the desktop version was launched a lot of people found the App very helpful in their job, but they wanted more:

• On the production floor people need to have quick instructions for how to detect and fix forming defects using the App,
• Operators must have a personal access to the App to send information about defects and give a feedback,
• The practical experience must be collected and transformed into step by step intructions for future generations,
• Each glass plant has it’s own vision of how to deal with forming defects and people who have the ‘know how’ and experience leave the industry and naturaly their knowledge goes with them.

To satisfy these requirements in our digital era - a revolutionary approach was required. The solution - an online version of the App linked with the desktop application to give to the world the #GCFDA system.

Today the online version of the App contains all the standard data collected by APEGG - Glass Experts explaining how to identify, prevent and fix forming defects in glass bottles and jars. And serves as online access for glass plant experts to modify standards into their own instructions and to send this information to the desktop application.

#GCFDA is a modern 21st century system to collect knowledge around the globe to improve quality by intendifying, preventing and fixing defects in glass bottles and jars.