NEWS INDUSTRY COMING EVENTS August 23 PGAA Golf Lacombe, Alta. pgaa.ca August 24 AVFQ Golf Bromont, Que. avfq.ca Photo courtesy Morrison Hershfield September 12 -14 GlassBuild America Las Vegas, Nev. glassbuildamerica.com September 13 -14 RCI Canadian Building Envelope Symposium Mississauga, Ont. rci-online.org September 20 OGMA Fall Golf Woodbridge, Ont. ogma.ca October 15 -18 AAMA National Fall Conference Tucson, Ariz. aamanet.org October 24 FenBC Industry Confer-ence Surrey, B.C. fen-bc.org December 3 -5 WinDoor Quebec City windoorshow.ca Testing anisotropy L ouis Moreau, head of technology and innovation at Agnora, along with Rick Wright, director of technical services at Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope (and ASTM C14 and C14.08 chair), has assembled an international group of stakeholders to develop a new ASTM standard test method for anisotropy measurement in glass. The initial kick-off meeting took place at Apple’s former headquarters, One Infinity Loop. “As a manufacturer and supplier of monolithic, laminated and insulating glass panels to the high-end retail markets, we produce larger panels that must use heat-treated components, ionoplast interlayers and multi-layer assemblies,” said Moreau. “This invariably produces optical phenom-ena that are observable but deemed ‘inevi-table’ physical properties inherent to glass fabrication. We want to offer high-quality products and believe that we can improve those aspects.” As task group chair, Moreau has over 25 years of experience in the glass industry and brings an eclectic mix of international experience from float manufacturing, high-performance vacuum coatings, large building glazing and high-end glass fabrication. In 2016, Louis and the Agnora team partnered with McMaster University to study four optical phenomena: haze, anisotropy, clarity, and interference fringes. The results of the study were presented at the 2017 Glass Performance Days conference in Tampere, Finland, sparking dialog with several key stakeholders to start addressing anisotropy measurement. “We are continuing our very interesting journey that will lead to quantifying phe-nomena that are deemed inevitable but, in our opinion, can be improved,” adds Moreau. “In the long term, measuring anisotropy will lead to esthetic improvements of large and complex glass panels.” In the spirit of cooperation, the overall goal for Moreau was to create a forum to address the complexity of this phenom-enon and to foster creative interactions. The ASTM kick-off meeting included Apple, Agnora, Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope, Skanska UK, HCU Hamburg, Munich University of Applied Sciences, Saint-Gobain Glass, SoftSolution, Viprotron, LiteSentry, Arcon Flachglas-Veredlung, Friedmann and Kirchner, McMaster University, Glasstech, Glaston America, Sedak, Permasteelisa, Standard Bent Glass, EOC, Corning, NSG, Kuraray, LBNL, Trulite and Eastman Chemical. 2019 April 17 Top Glass Mississauga, Ont. topglasscanada.com 6 August 2018 | GLASS CANADA
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