{"id":168285,"date":"2025-12-04T20:08:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T20:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/168285\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T20:08:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T20:08:09","slug":"glass-futures-launches-ai-glass-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/168285\/","title":{"rendered":"Glass Futures launches AI glass project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.glass-futures.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Glass Futures<\/a> has partnered with the University of Liverpool for an Artificial Intelligence (AI) project to optimise glass production and reduce emissions.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2018AI Glass\u2019 initiative involves the English university\u2019s Virtual Engineering Centre (VEC). <\/p>\n<p>The digital twin project is designed to help industry partners accelerate decarbonisation efforts, improve efficiency, and adopt new low-carbon fuels and materials. <\/p>\n<p>The initiative is part of a wider \u00a31.5 million project funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), a non-departmental public body of the UK Government. <\/p>\n<p>Justin Kelly, CEO of Glass Futures, said: \u201cWorking with the VEC on AI Glass shows the power of collaboration in tackling global challenges. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy combining digital twin technology with AI, we\u2019re creating a virtual environment that accelerates decarbonisation and gives manufacturers the confidence to innovate without risk &#8211; optimising processes, improving efficiency, and cutting costs while maintaining quality and sustainability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Located at Glass Futures\u2019 Global Centre of Excellence in St Helens, UK, the project builds on the site\u2019s pilot furnace and research labs. <\/p>\n<p>AI-Glass will deliver a virtual replica of the glass manufacturing process, integrating advanced physics modelling and AI for sustainable technology development. <\/p>\n<p>The digital environment aims to encourage manufacturers to experiment with specific variables in the process, such as transitioning to hydrogen or biofuels.<\/p>\n<p>It will also allow them to adjust batch compositions without disrupting production or risking equipment. <\/p>\n<p>The system can instantly predict the impact on energy use, emissions, melt quality, and operating costs, which will enable fast, evidence-based decision making.<\/p>\n<p>AI-Glass also features a 3D digital twin of the entire Glass Futures site, crafted through a combination of BIM data, LiDAR scanning, and UAV photogrammetry. <\/p>\n<p>This photorealistic model will be instrumental in training, safety planning, remote walkthroughs, and visualising live process insights.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the project builds on the Glass Futures\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glass-international.com\/news\/glass-futures-begins-ps6-million-biofuel-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">previous research<\/a>, which demonstrated that sustainable biofuels could reduce carbon emissions by up to 80% compared with high carbon natural gas. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Glass Futures has partnered with the University of Liverpool for an Artificial Intelligence (AI) project to optimise glass&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":168286,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9637,60384,60381,60382,111,139,69,60383,145],"class_list":["post-168285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-glass","tag-glass-processing","tag-glass-production","tag-hollow-container","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-speciality-glassmaking","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}