Raw Materials and Batch House

The glass production starts with the arrival of raw materials. These raw materials consist of:
1.) Silica Sand: majority of the raw materials.
2.) Soda Ash: helps melt sand evenly at lower temperature
3.) Limestone: reduces the expansion of the bottle and helps form the container.
4.) Cullet: post consumer recycled glass that has been color sorted. Using Cullet reduces the amount of raw materials needed and saves energy.

Batch House:
In the batch house all the raw materials are brought together and carefully mixed and weighted by a controlled machine.

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