Schott has developed a chemically strengthened glass cartridge that is up to three times more resistant to breakage. Schott has developed a chemically strengthened glass cartridge that is up to three times more resistant to breakage. The ...
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The well-known story of Corning Inc.’s unsuccessful foray into the automotive glass market in the 1960s may have a happy ending sooner than you think. The Fortune 500 company’s development of a superior auto windshield using a ...
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AGC announced today that its world’s first glass-roof bench has received the Good Design Award 2013. Developed and used for the FIFA Confederations Cup Brazil 2013 football tournament, this award-winning bench with AGC’s glass ...
Sapphire is currently used in some exotic, luxury phones. However, the sapphire price reduction combined with the massive adoption of touch screens in smartphones have stimulated the interest of cell phone OEMS for this material. Crystal ...
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Chemically strengthened glass has become integral in advanced smart phones, tablets, and other portable electronics. It offers superior hardness and scratch resistance, but it presents challenges in production. The deeper the chemically ...
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AGC will newly set up a chemical strengthening facility for Dragontrail™, specialty glass used as cover glass for smart phones and tablet PCs, at its Kansai Plant in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. This new chemical strengthening facility ...
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Recycling bottles and jars is a concept we are all familiar with. The 750, 000tonnes that we put in bottle banks each year goes someway to offsetting the 2 million tonnes or so that we use for containers. Half as much glass (at least 1m ...
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Three leaders in their respective fields have formed a technology alliance to bring a new glass cutting technology to market.InnoLas Systems GmbH licensed process technology developed by FiLaser LLC and will use ultra-short pulse lasers ...
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