Miscellaneous

In addition to the services mentioned above, we also offer you:

  • Inter-laboratory comparisons
  • The procurement of expert services
  • Mini data logger for measurement in the original vessel
  • … and much more

We are constantly expanding our range of services and are also happy to customise them to meet specific customer requirements.

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Inter-laboratory comparisons



We offer the performance and evaluation of inter-laboratory comparisons (ILC) for glass and glass raw materials.
These are particularly suitable for laboratories whose QM system requires regular proficiency tests / round robin tests or interlaboratory comparisons (ILV), e.g. in accordance with ISO 9001 or DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025 (or other conformity assessment standards from the DIN EN ISO/IEC 17000 series of standards).

If you are interested in a laboratory comparison, please contact us to arrange details.

 

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Expert / Publicly appointed expert

..wanted? We can help you.

No matter whether it is a problem with

  • Glass as a material or
  • Glass as a building material
  • Glass breakage
  • Filling industry
  • Pharmaceutical industry
  • Vehicle glazing
  • Glass in art

which has already resulted in a legal dispute or at least threatens to do so – we will be happy to provide you with a publicly appointed and sworn expert*.

A glass expert can help in advance, e.g. by providing an expert opinion or analysing documents, and possibly save the parties involved a lengthy and exhausting legal dispute.

Simply contact us, we will be happy to advise you.

* = the IGR has worked with various external publicly appointed and sworn experts in the past. In 2020, the Managing Director of the IGR, Dirk Diederich, was publicly appointed and sworn in as an expert (specialising in ‘Industrial glass technology (production, analysis and quality assurance)’) by the Hanover Chamber of Industry and Commerce and has also been available as an expert since then. You can find his homepage here.

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Products

The distribution of products is still quite unusual at IGR. However, we have not gone among the manufacturers, but have found a range of products on the market that are ideal for the glass industry in their own way – or slightly modified.

The first of these is the data logger co-developed by the IGR. When used in a bottle, for example, this can detect impacts on the filling line. Pallet movements can also be tracked – as well as times, pressure, light and temperature changes on the way to or in the warehouse. And that for weeks.

Interested?

The data loggers “MSR175B4”, “MSR165B4” and “MSR160B4” in the silicone tube, which we have modified together with our partner, the Swiss manufacturer MSR Electronics GmbH, specifically for use by bottlers and glass manufacturers, are sold exclusively through IGR. They are waterproof, insensitive to temperature and pressure and can be used variably in original narrow-neck or wide-neck glasses. They are designed for direct contact with filling goods and can run through the entire production or filling line under real conditions and record the desired data.

You can find the advantages/changes compared to standard industry solutions in our press release. (Download here)

Comparison of Shocks IPS

Technical data:

The “MSR175B4” has two internal 3-axis accelerometers with measuring ranges of ± 15 g and ± 200 g and records shocks with a measuring rate of up to 6400 Hz. The measuring frequency can be set manually. The memory capacity of over 2,000,000 measured values is sufficient to record at least 1,000 shocks over a measurement period of up to eight weeks. The “MSR175B4” also stores temperature curves from -20 to +65 °C. A brief rise in temperature during pasteurization or use in the dishwasher does not restrict the function of the data logger. Optionally available with one internal temperature, humidity (0 to 100 % rel. humidity), pressure (0 to 14 bar) and light sensor (0 to 65,000 lx) each, currently with a measuring rate of 10 minutes.

The “MSR165B4” has an internal 3-axis accelerometer with a measuring range of ± 200 g (optional ±15 g) and records shocks at a measuring rate of up to 1,600 Hz. The memory capacity of over 2,000,000 measured values is sufficient to record at least 10,000 shocks with a recording duration of up to six months.

The “MSR160B4” data logger is equipped with a 30 bar pressure sensor with a maximum measuring rate of 1,000 Hz. This can be used, for example, to determine pressure differences that occur in filled bottles due to impacts.

All three MSR data loggers in silicone tubing comply with the EU RoHS/WEEE directive. Further technical details can also be found on the manufacturer’s website(www.msr.ch). Details on the selection and use of the product, in particular how bottlers and the glass industry “speak the same language”, can of course also be obtained from us.

 

 

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Press articles and field reports

Here you will find a selection of publications and/or experience reports on our data logger. Links in italics are in English

 

Please note the comments on external links in the imprint.