German Glass Industry Intro 1

German Glass Industry Cover & First page After September 1945

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B.I.O.S. NO. 403. NO. E. 1486.

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COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Technical Service to Industry

German Glass Industry.

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SECONDARY INDUSTRIES DIVISION
MINISTRY OF POST-WAR RECONSTRUCTION
203 COLLINS STREET. MELBOURNE, C.1.

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Distributed With Acknowledgements To His Majesty's Stationery Office, London.
And To British Intelligence Objectives Sub-Committee.
REPRODUCED AT CENTRAL DRAWING OFFICE, MAR1BYRNONG, W.3.
German Glass Industry Notices After September 1945

FOREWORD
TECHNICAL SERVICE TO INDUSTRY
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL MISSIONS
To Former Enemy Territory In
EUROPE AND JAPAN

Scientific and Technical Missions have been sent by the Commonwealth Government to take part in the technical intelligence exploitations of former enemy territory now occupied by Allied Forces in Europe and Japan. In consequence of the direct activities of these Australian Missions, and as a result of collaboration with British and American investigators and organisations, whose help is gratefully acknowledged, scientific and technical data are now reaching Australia.

The Secondary Industries Division, as part of its technical service to Industry, is supplying these data as a series to the main public libraries and Universities throughout Australia.

This publication is one of the series mentioned, and in presenting this information the Division draws your attention to the following points:—

  1. The information is not necessarily new. Some of it may (and in some cases, will) have been known to Scientific and Technical people and sections of industry, even before World War II. If, however, after perusal of this report you require further details or scientific and technical background information, an approach to the Technical Advisory Bureau of this Division, or C.S.I.R. Information Service or Munitions Supply Laboratories Technical Information Service, is suggested.
  2. Before implementing any information contained in this document, it would be advisable for manufacturers to consult their patent attorney with a view to ensuring that such implementation would not constitute an infringement of any subsisting Letters Patent granted in the Commonwealth.
  3. This report is issued with the warning that if the subject matter should be protected by Australian Patent or Patent applications, this publication cannot be held to give any protection against action for infringement.

These reports are also available for reference from the following:—

VICTORIA.

Mr. G. R. Giles, State Liaison Officer, Secondary Industries Commission and Secretary, Victorian Industries Location Committee, Anzac House, 4 Collins Street, Melbourne. Central 4923.
Munitions Supply Laboratories, Maribyrnong. FU022. Ext. 765
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Information Service, 425 St. Kilda Road, Melbourne. LA 1594.
Victorian Chamber of Manufactures, 312 Flinders Street, Melbourne. M1151.

NEW SOUTH WALES.

Mr. J. J. Sheils Deputy Director, Commonwealth Secondary Industries Division, Phillip House, 119 Phillip Street, Sydney. B0535.
Mr. A. E. Mander, State Liaison Officer, Secondary Industries Commission, Director State Secondary Industries Division, Department of Labour and Industry, 32. Martin Place, Sydney. B06.
Chamber of Manufactures of New South Wales, 12 O’Connell Street, Sydney. BW3781.

QUEENSLAND.

Mr. S. F. Cochran, State Liaison Officer, Secondary Industries Commission, c/o State Electricity Commission, Parbury House, Eagle Street, Brisbane. B0358.
Chamber of Manufactures, 74 Eagle Street, Brisbane. B8031.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

Mr. M. N. Fernie, Director of Department of Industrial Development, and State Liaison Officer, Secondary Industries Commission, 62 Barrack Street, Perth, B 9121.
The West Australian Chamber of Manufactures, Victoria House, 98 St. George’s Terrace, Perth. B8049.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

Mr. J. W. Wainwright, Deputy Director, Secondary Industries Division, State Bank Building, Pirie Street, Adelaide. Central 9080.
South Australian Chamber of Manufactures, 12 Pirie Street, Adelaide. Central 32.

TASMANIA.

Col. H. B. Bennett, Director of Department of Industrial Development, and State Liaison Officer, Secondary Industries Commission, 11 Elizabeth Street, Hobart. 7151.
Tasmanian Chamber of Manufactures, 60 St. John Street, Launceston.

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY.

Associated Chamber of Manufactures, Canberra. B545.
Secondary Industries Division,
Department of Post-War Reconstruction,
203 Collins Street, MELBOURNE, C.1. MU 9551.

German Glass Industry Title Page After September 1945

GERMAN GLASS INDUSTRY

(BRITISH AND AMERICAN ZONES)

with particular reference to

Glasses used in Building

Reported By

W. L. PATRICK
J. H. WAGGONER
A. R. GREEN
M. PARKIN
T. PARRY
J. H. PARTRIDGE

BIOS Target Numbers : See Table of Contents.

CIOS Group 3, Item 22h

Glass

"THIS REPORT IS ISSUED WITH THE WARNING THAT, IF
THE SUBJECT MATTER SHOULD BE PROTECTED BY BRITISH
PATENTS OR PATENT APPLICATIONS, THIS PUBLICATION
CANNOT BE HELD TO GIVE ANY PROTECTION AGAINST
ACTION FOR INFRINGEMENT.
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BRITISH INTELLIGENCE OBJECTIVES SUB-COMITTEE
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German Glass Industry Table of Content After September 1945

Subject

Page No.

SUMMARY  
  Introduction 1
  Organisation of the industry 1
  Present position of the German glass industry 2
    (a) General 2
    (b) Sheet Window glass 3
    (c) Plate glass 3
    (d) Glass Fibre 5
    (e) Pressed and blown ware 5
  Technical Development 5
    (a) Research Facilities 5
    (b) Fuel 6
    (c) Raw materials 6
    (d) Furnaces 6
    (e) Refractories 7
    (f) Production processes 7
    (g) Grinding and polishing 9
    (h) Auxiliary processes 9
    (i) Warehousing 9 9
    (j) Quality of products l0 10
    (k) General factory layout, etc. 10
  Personnel matters 10
  Targets recommended for a further visit 10
  Note on reliability of information received 11
  Use of glass in building 11
  Other products used in building: porous concrete 11
  List of samples obtained 12
C22/3055 REPORT I - Deutsche Tafelglas A.G., Head Office and Depot, Fürth.  
  Products, present position, personnel, etc. 13
  Work carried out at the Depot 13
C22/1432 REPORT II - Deutsche Tafelglas A.G., Witten.  
  Products, present position, personnel, etc 15
  Gas supply 16
  Mixing Room 16
  Tank details 18
  Clay Rooms 20
  Warehouse 21
C22/3056 REPORT III - Deutsche Tafelglas A.G., Weiden  
  Present position, personnel, etc. 24
  Laboratory 24
  Gas supply 25
  Mixing Room 25
  Tank 25
  Warehouse 26
  Glass Analysis 27
C22/1435 REPORT IV - Rheinische Ziehglasfabrik A.G., Porz-Urbach.  
  Products, present position, personnel, etc. 28
  General description of plant 28
  Gas supply 29
  Mixing Room 30
  Tanks 30
C22/725 REPORT V - Deutsche Libbey-Owens Gesellschaft für Machinelle Glasherstellung A.G., Gelsenkirchen-Rotthausen  
  Products, present position, personnel, etc. 34
  Gas supply 35
  Raw Materials 35
  Mixing Room 35
  Tank furnace 36
  Warehouse 37
  Grinding and Polishing 38
  Wages 38
C22/731 REPORT VI - Deutsche Spiegelglas A.G., Werk Grünenplan  
  Products, present position, personnel, etc. 39
  Gas supply 40
  Pot furnaces and Casting Hall 40
  Glasshouse pots 41
  Claywork 42
  Fourcault glass tanks 42
  Batch mixing 44
  Watch glasses and pressed lens blanks 44
  Grinding and Polishing 46
  Glass compositions 46
C22/731 REPORT VII - Deutsche Spiegelglas A.G., Werk Mitterteich  
  Products, present position, personnel, etc. 45
  Gas supply 49
  Mixing Room 49
  Tanks 50
  Furnace Halls 51
  Pot Rooms 52
  Pot Spectacle Glass 52
  Protective filter glass 53
  Clock and watch glasses 53
  Lens blanks 54
  Bending kilns 54
  Laboratory 54
  Warehouse 54
C22/1434 REPORT VIII - Vereinigte Glaswerke, Werk Stolberg.  
  Products, present position, personnel, etc. 55
  Gas supply 56
  Rolled and Wired Glass production 56
  Plate glass production 57
  Pot Rooms 57
  Bicheroux Plant and Pot Furnaces 58
  Bevelling and Silvering 59
  Grinding and Polishing 59
  Bending Plant 59
  Warehouse 59
C22/1439 REPORT IX - Vereinigte Glaswerke, Werk Herzogenrath.  
  Products, present position, personnel, etc. 60
  Glass fibre department 61
  Pot Rooms 61
  Furnace Hall 61
  Gas Producers 62
  Rolling Machine 62
  Rough cast Stock-room 62
  Grinding and Polishing 62
  Bevelling 63
  Toughening department 63
C22/3057 REPORT X - Vereinigte Glaswerke, Werk Mannheim - Waldhof.  
  Products, present position, personnel, etc. 64
  General description of plant 65
  Furnaces 65
  Batch composition 65
  Glass-making 66
C22/1441 REPORT XI - Vereinigte Glaswerke, Sindorf Glaswerk.  
  Products, present position, personnel, etc. 67
  Mixing Room 67
  Gas producers 69
  Furnace Hall 69
  E Cullet marbles for fibre production 70
  Pots 71
C22/3058 REPORT XII - Bayerische Spiegelglasfabriken Bechmann Kupfer A.G., Head Office and Depot, Fürth.  
  Products, present position, personnel, etc. 73
  Quality of Plate glass 74
  Bevelling and Silvering 74
  Other processes, printing on glass, etc. 75
  Samples obtained 75
C22/3059 REPORT XIII - Bayerische Spiegelglasfabriken Bechmann Kupfer A.G., Furth-im-Wald.  
  Products, present position, personnel, etc. 76
  General description of plant 76
  Gas supply 77
  Mixing Room 77
  Tank furnace 78
  Casting machine 79
  Lehr 80
  Bending kilns 80
  Grinding Shed 80
  Warehouse 80
C22/1433 REPORT XIV - Glas und Spiegelmanufaktur A.G., Gelsenkirchen - Schalke  
  Products, present position, personnel etc. 81
  Gas Supply 81
  Mixing Room 82
  Pot Process 82
  Continuous flow tank 82
  Rolling machines 83
  Lehr 83
  Wired Glass Production 83
  Cutting 84
C22/1440 REPORT XV - Spielgelglaswerke Germania A.G., Porz-Urbach.  
  Products, present position, personnel, etc. 85
  Producer gas plant 85
  Mixing Room 86
  Furnace Hall 86
  Casting Hall 87
  Pot Rooms 87
  Grinding and Polishing 88
  Warehouse 89
  Cullet Tank 89
C22/1436 REPORT, XVI - Rheinische Spielgelglasfabrik, Ratingen, Düsseldorf.  
  Products, present position, personnel, etc. 90
  Description of plant, processes, etc. 90
C22/3O6O REPORT XVII - Glasfabrik Laurenz Lamberts, Holenbrunn, Ober-Pranken, Bavaria.  
  Products, present position, personnel, etc. 91
  Description of plant, processes, etc. 91
C22/3O61 REPORT XVIII - Glasfabrik G. Lamberts, Waldsassen, Oberpfalz, Bavaria.  
  Products, present position, personnel, etc. 93
  Description of plant, processes, etc. 93
C22/2112 REPORT XIX - Glasfaser G.m.b.H., Düsseldorf  
  Comments 94
C22/651 REPORT XX - A.G. der Gerresheimer Glashüttenwerke vorm. Ferd. Heye, Düsseldorf-Gerresheim.  
  Products, present position, personnel, etc. 95
  General interests of the Gerresheimer Organisation 96
  General description of plant 97
  Gas supply 97
  Mixing room 98
  Container section 99
  Glass brick section 99
  Rolled sheet section 99
  Glass fibre section 101
  Glass compositions 103
C22/3062 REPORT XXI - A.G. der Gerresheimer Glashüttenwerke vorm. Ferd Heye, Ettlingen.  
  Products, present position, personnel, etc. 104
  Continuous fibre 105
  Staple fibre 105
  Thermal insulating wool 106
  Fabrication 106
  Applications of products 106
C22/3065 REPORT XXII - Glasfabrik Wittekind, Minden  
  Products, present position, personnel, etc. 107
  Tank furnace 108
  Batch and glass compositions 108
  Forming machines 109
  Carboys 109
C22/3004 REPORT XXIII - Glaswatte Gesellschaft, Bergisch-Gladbach  
  Products, present position, personnel, etc. 110
  Centrifugal machines 110
  Glass composition 110
  Products and fabrication 110
C22/774 REPORT XXIV - Oscar Gossler Glasgespinnst Fabrik G.m.b.H., Hamburg-Bergedorf.  
  Products, present position, personnel, etc. 112
  Centrifugal process 113
  Continuous fibre spinning process 114
  Making up fibre into fabricated products 114
C22/724 REPORT XXV - Deutsche Kap Asbest Werke G.m.b.H., Hamburg-Bergedorf.  
  Products, present position, personnel, etc. 119
  Comments 119
C22/3064 REPORT XXVI - Glasswolle Kommanditges. W. Schuller u. Co., Coburg.  
  Products, present position, personnel, etc. 120
  General description of plant, etc. 120
  Applications 121
C22/1430 REPORT XXVII - Glaswerke Ruhr A.G., Essen-Karnap  
  Products, present position, personnel, etc. 122
  General description of plant 123
  Bottle making plant 123
  Tube plant 124
  Dimensions of Banner Tube drawing tank furnace 124
  Glass compositions 125
C22/1639 REPORT XXVIII - Osswald und Co., Hamburg.  
  Remarks 127
C22/2619 REPORT XXIX - Rohm und Haas, Darmstadt.  
  Products, present position, personnel, etc. 128
C22/3065 REPORT XXX - Vereinigte Farbenglaswerke A.G., Zwiesel. 129  
  Products, present position, personnel, etc. 129
  Description of Optical glass casting process 129
C22/731 REPORT XXXI - Fredener Glasmanufaktur C. Runge u. Sohn, Klein-Freden.  
  Products, present position, personnel, etc. 131
C22/3066 REPORT XXXII - Kreinse und Co., Gross-Freden.  
  Products, present position, personnel etc. 132
not allocated REPORT XXXIII - Optical glass processing firms in Fürth, Nürnburg.  
  List of firms 133
C22/199 REPORT XXXIV - Deutsche Gold und Silber Anstalt, Frankfurt.  
  Products, present position, personnel, etc. 134
  Production of light-weight building concrete 134
C22/663 REPORT XXXV - Badische Verteilungestelle und Ziegelei, Karlsruhe  
  Products, present position, personnel, etc. 136
  Production of roofing and other tiles 136
C22/3068 REPORT XXXVI - Technische Hochschule, Karlsruhe.  
  Comments 137
C22/745a REPORT XXXVII - Kaiser Wilhelm Institute für Silicatforschung, Berlin-Dahlem.  
  Present position 138
  Activities during war time 138
  Investigations by Dr A. Dietzel and co-workers 139
C22/745 REPORT XXXVIII - Interview with Dr Wilhelm Eitel  
  Remarks 141
C22/3069 REPORT XXXIX - Interview with Dr H. Maurach  
  Remarks 142
C22/2021 REPORT XL - Interview with Dr Gustav Keppeler  
  Remarks 144
C22/1880 REPORT XLI - Dr H. H. Franck.  
  Remarks 145
C22/928 REPORT XLII - Interview with Dr Erich Schott  
  The Jena research work 146
REPORT XLIII - Collecting centre for Scientists, Heidenheim.  
  Jenaer Glaswerke personnel 147
  University of Jena personnel 147
  Remarks 148
INDEX   150

ILLUSTRATIONS

 
Fig. 1 Batch filling device, Witten 22
Fig. 2 Suspended crown, Witten 23
Fig. 3 Glass floor tiles, Sindorf 72
Fig. 4 Centrifugal fibre process, Bergedorf 115
Fig. 5 Continuous fibre spinning process (I), Bergedorf 116
Fig. 6 Continuous fibre spinning process (II), Bergedorf 117
Fig. 7 Continuous fibre spinning process (III), Bergedorf 118

TABLES

 
Table I Possible Sheet glass production 4
Table II Possible glass fibre production 5
Table III Glass fibre processes 6
Table IV Gerresheimer glass compositions 103
Table V Glaswerke Ruhr glass compositions 126

DRAWINGS

The following drawings constitute a supplement to the main report.

 
Drawing 1 Gas cleaning plant, Grünenplan  
Drawing 2 Tank furnace port, Grünenplan  
Drawing 3 Fibre tank fore-hearth assembly, Gerresheim  
Drawing 4 Rotating (Hager) disc, Hamburg-Bergedorf  
Drawing 5 Fibre spinning furnace, Hamburg-Bergedorf  
Drawing 6 Tubing tank, Essen-Karnap  
Drawing 7 Container tank, Essen-Karnap  
     

Personnel of Team

Dr W. L. PATRICK, Leader, ) Sheet and Plate Glass Manufacturers Association
Mr T. PARRY, )
Mr A. R. GREEN, )
Dr J. H. PARTRIDGE   B.E.A.M.A.
Mr M. PARKIN   Sheffield Univ. Glass Tech. Dept.
Dr J. H. WAGGONER, Deputy leader   T.I.I.C., U.S.A.
German Glass Industry Bibliography After September 1945

The following publications have been deposited in the Library of the Ministry of Works, Lambeth Bridge House, S.E.1, and are available for reference if required.

  1. Appendix to Technical Codes for Building operations, regulations for surveying work on the site; standards, codes and regulations. (Anlagesammlung zu den Technischen Vorschriften, Erlasse) - Voss and - BEERHOLD. Berlin, 1928 (Bauwelt-Verlag), 2nd ed, pp. 510.
  2. Heat insulation through ‘Dia’ and ‘superdia’ insulating material. (Wärmeschutz durch Dia und Superdia). Trade leaflet of RHEINHOLD AND CO manufacturers of Kieselguhr and cork bricks. Saarbrücken, p.1., undated.
  3. New methods of construction with “Eternit”. (neues Werken : Eternit). House journal of the DEUTSCHE ASBESTZEMENT A.G. Berlin - Rudow No. 7. January 1937: No.13 January, 1938; No.14 March, 1938; No.15 May, 1938; No.16 July, 1938; No.18 November, 1938.