Titre : History of the TEL glass fiber method Auteurs : Marianne Chouteau, Joëlle Forest, Céline Nguyen, Revue : Technology and Innovation Numéro : Issue 2
Volume : 5 Date : 2020/03/19 DOI : 10.21494/ISTE.OP.2020.0481 ISSN : 2399-8571 Résumé : This paper presentsthe history of the TEL method, an innovation developed in the 1950s by ISOVER – a brand of the French company Saint Gobain – to produce glass fiber. The process’s history invites us to follow in the footsteps of a formidable human epic and adventureAt the same time, the TEL story proves that the lone innovator is a myth and that the innovation process is not magical and spontaneous. Similarly, it leads us to recognize the fact that innovation does not come out of nowhere, meaning that we need to consider its social depth. In this way, the history of the TEL method enables us to develop knowledge of how innovations exist, the third level of what we call “technical culture”. We therefore see, with the TEL example, how the story of innovation can contribute to the development of a technical culture. Éditeur : ISTE OpenScience