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Blog post: 14/10/2025 4:44 pm

Author: Spark Team

VR SOP Training for Glass Manufacturing: Float, Container & Specialty Lines

Custom VR to stabilise furnace-to-cold-end quality, safety and uptime

From float lines to container and specialty glass, small procedural slips can trigger costly defects and unplanned downtime. Spark Emerging Technologies Ltd designs and builds bespoke VR SOP training that mirrors your furnaces, forehearths, forming machines (IS), annealing lehrs, inspection and cold-end packing—so operators practise critical tasks safely and repeatedly in a realistic digital twin.

Glass manufacturing pain points we address

• Hot-end discipline: furnace checks, gob conditioning, shear timing, forehearth temperature control.
• Forming stability: mould prep, swabbing, blank/blow cycles, job changes and start-up sequences.
• Annealing & stress: lehr temperature profiles, conveyor speed, breakage reduction.
• Defect prevention: seeds, stones, cord, blisters, checks, dimensional drift and cosmetic rejects.
• H&S risks: heat, sharp edges, handling, LOTO, confined spaces and combustion safety.

How our bespoke VR build works

1. SOP & CTQ capture: gather recipes, job setup sheets, temperature windows and quality limits.
2. Scenario design: job changeovers, mould maintenance, forming upset recovery, lehr tuning.
3. AI avatar coaching: prompts for critical steps, interlocks, safety checks and inspection cues.
4. Assessment & analytics: right-first-time execution, defect heatmaps, time-to-stable-state.
5. Integration: LMS connectivity, multilingual modules and role-based paths (hot-end, cold-end, QA).

Operational outcomes

• Higher pack-to-melt ratios through disciplined forming and annealing.
• Fewer breakages and safer operations in hot-end and cold-end tasks.
• Faster job changes with consistent quality on first production.
• Audit-ready competence records for customers and regulators.

Why Spark

We do not sell generic courses. Your simulator is built to your furnaces, IS machines, lehrs and inspection criteria—so learning transfers directly to your line.

Plan a bespoke glass VR SOP programme. Contact Spark.

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