High Tech Ceramics News articles from June 2004

High Tech Ceramics News archives from June 2004

INDUSTRY ANALYSIS: Getting Data to Create New Materials.
June 1, 2004... Materials characterization is the name of a specific discipline that is concerned with describing the properties and features of a material that are significant with respect to a specific preparation or application of the material, and are...

PROCESSING AND TECHNOLOGIES Isostatic Press for LANL.
June 1, 2004... Engineered Pressure Systems, Inc. (EPSI) has recently completed a large order for a Warm Isostatic Press Production Unit (WIP) for Los Alamos National Laboratory that will be installed in their facility in Los Alamos, New Mexico. The ASME Div...

Grinders Enhance Substrate Production.
June 1, 2004... CeramTec North America has completed installation of a new double disc grinding process that ranks among the most advanced equipment in the world for the production of ultra-thin ceramic substrate technology. The new equipment, valued at more...

METROLOGY AND ANALYSIS Device Sorts Tiny Particles.
June 1, 2004... In a remarkable collaboration among engineers, physicists, and biologists, Princeton scientists have invented a device that rapidly sorts microscopic particles into extremely fine gradations of sizes, opening a range of potential uses. The...

Cilas Intros Particle Size Analyzer.
June 1, 2004... Cilas has introduced its 1180 laser particle size analyzer. The new analyzer features Particle Expert 6.0 software, which allows users to view particle shape along with the traditional particle size distribution data. Extended calculation...

Malvern Instruments Opens in China.
June 1, 2004... Malvern Instruments, a supplier of particle characterization and rheology systems, has opened a direct sales operation in China. This paves the way for expansion of the company's materials characterization business and the provision of enhanced...

POWDERS & NANO CERAMICS: Zr-Doped LaInO3 by Chemical Coprecipitation.
June 1, 2004... Chemical coprecipitation has high homogeneity, high reactivity, high quality and exact stoichiometry. Taiwanese researcher Chen- Feng Kao (National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan) prepared the precursors of Zr-doped lanthanum indium oxides by...

Synthesizing Refractory Nanosized Powders.
June 1, 2004... Nanostructured systems should be viewed as a part of a wider class of dispersed systems. An interest in studies of the systems has grown after the discovery of their new unique properties as construction and functional materials. For nanosized...

COATINGS: Coatings for Nano Solids.
June 1, 2004... Coating a surface for property modification is a common engineering practice, but when the bulk structure to be coated is less than 100 nanometers in dimension, new challenges emerge. The coating thickness has to be substantially smaller than...

HVOF Thermal Spray Process Studied.
June 1, 2004... The high velocity oxyfuel (HVOF) process is one technique currently available for spraying high quality MCrAlY bond coats used in thermal barrier coatings. Because the HVOF thermal spray process is operated in an ambient environment, oxidation...

FIBERS AND COMPOSITES More Reliability For Si3N4/CMCs.
June 1, 2004... Because of its bonding character, the poor sinterability of Si3N4 ceramics is generally encountered during fabrication. The densification of SN can be enhanced by using sintering additives. Nevertheless, the conventional way to introduce the...

ADVANCED GLASSES: Novel Precursors For Glass-Ceramics.
June 1, 2004... 3M Company researchers (T.J. Anderson, A.Z. Rosenflanz, A. Celikkaya, E.A. Richards, D.W. Bange) have developed a novel process for preparation of high-density nanocrystalline, Al2O3- based glass-ceramics. They have found that by rapidly...

Asahi Glass Sets Up in South Korea.
June 1, 2004... Asahi Glass has announced that it will set up a new firm in Gumi, South Korea, by June 2004 to produce glass substrates for large thin-film-transistor (TFT) liquid crystal displays (LCD) used for flat-panel television sets and personal...

BIOCERAMICS: LBNL Develops Bone Binding Glass.
June 1, 2004... A biologically active glass developed by researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), which enables metal implants to bond with bone, could significantly extend the lifetime of artificial hips, knees, and other medical...

NanoDynamics Partners in Biomimetic Research.
June 1, 2004... In an effort to revolutionize biomedical devices through the design and integration of superior nanomaterials, NanoDynamics has announced that it has joined as a Senior Member of the Biomimetic MicroElectronic Systems Engineering Research...

ELECTRONIC CERAMICS Packaging for SiC Electronics.
June 1, 2004... Under a contact from John H. Glenn Research Center (Cleveland, OH), researchers at Sienna Technologies have developed packaging made primarily of aluminum nitride to enclose silicon carbide- based integrated circuits (ICs), including circuits...

Cabot Pursues Printable Electronics.
June 1, 2004... Cabot Corp., a $1.8 B worldwide specialty powders and chemicals company, (NYSE: CBT) has formed Cabot-PEDs and named Chuck Edwards, formerly of Litrex Corporation, general manager, Cabot- PEDs. Cabot-PEDs will provide conductive and...

MEC Introduces Dielectric Ceramic.
June 1, 2004... Morgan Electro Ceramics (MEC), a leading manufacturer of electro ceramic material solutions, including high voltage and RF capacitors and microwave and piezoelectric ceramics, introduced its new dielectric ceramic material at the 2004...

Sumitomo to LEDs from Cree.
June 1, 2004... Cree, Inc. has announced that Sumitomo Corporation has agreed to purchase $160 million of Cree's LED products during Cree's fiscal year ending June 2005, subject to end-customer demand and other terms and conditions. As part of the agreement,...

SUPERCONDUCTORS: AMSC Buys into New Zealand Firm.
June 1, 2004... American Superconductor Corp. announced that it has taken a 20% equity position in HTS-110, a new business derived from Industrial Research Limited (IRL)-one of New Zealand's leading technology companies. HTS-110 will design and manufacture HTS...

How Does Calcium Improves HTc?
June 1, 2004... Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have found evidence to prove why adding a small amount of calcium to a common high-temperature superconductor significantly increases the amount of electric current...

INDUSTRY NEWS: Ceradyne Acquires Quest Technology.
June 1, 2004... Ceradyne, Inc. announced that it has purchased the assets and business of Quest Technology, LP of San Diego, California. Quest Technology, LP is a privately held firm focusing exclusively on the injection molding of technical ceramics. The...

Kyocera Partners with Komen Foundation.
June 1, 2004... Kyocera Advanced Ceramics and the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation have partnered to give those who love to cook an opportunity to support the fight against breast cancer. Kyocera Advanced Ceramics has introduced a special edition...

Companies Report Quarterly Results.
June 1, 2004... * American Technical Ceramics Corp. Sales Up. American Technical Ceramics, (AMEX Symbol: AMK), a leading manufacturer of high- performance electronic components, including capacitors and thin film circuits for a broad range of commercial and...

Companies Declare Dividends.
June 1, 2004... The board of directors of Alcoa recently declared a quarterly common stock dividend of 15 cents per share payable May 25, 2004, to shareholders of record at the close of business on May 10, 2004. The company has also announced a quarterly...

CALENDAR.
June 1, 2004... September 12-16, 2004. 5th International Conference on High- Temperature Ceramic Matrix Composites, Red Lion Hotel, Seattle, WA. Contact: American Ceramic Society, P.O. Box 6136, Westerville, OH 43086-6136; Tel: 614/890-4700, Fax: 614/899-6109;...