In October, the newly founded Thermal Manufacturing Industries Advanced Technology Consortium (TMI ATC) convened representatives from all aspects of the thermal manufacturing value chain at two collaborative workshops to identify common technical needs and priorities across the industries that rely on thermal manufacturing.
GT Crystal Systems Furnace Produces Sapphire Boules for Cell Phone Covers GT Advanced Technologies produces large-area sapphire (aluminum oxide ceramic) substrates for scratch-free cell phone covers and high-brightness LEDs. The single-crystal sapphire is produced in furnaces that provide a highly automated operating environment capable of producing consistently uniform sapphire boules that can be cut into […]
The University of Bristol, UK, announces that its researchers have developed a nonlinear acoustic imaging technique that can detect cracks that cannot be seen by conventional acoustic imaging methods.
ARC Energy, Nashua, N.H., has announced the CHES 500 crystal growth furnace, designed to produce the world’s largest-ever sapphire boules with a mass of 660 lb and diameter of 500 mm.
Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., reports that in recent months it has shipped more than 30 furnaces around the globe for a variety of applications and industries.
