High Tech Ceramics News articles from October 2002

High Tech Ceramics News archives from October 2002

INDUSTRY ANALYSIS: Japan Reports Ceramics Growth.
October 1, 2002... Tokyo-based Japan Fine Ceramic Association estimated in the annual report of the Trend of the Fine Ceramic Industries that total fine ceramic parts produced in Japan would be recorded 1,924 billion yen, a 8.7%-increase compared to that of the...

PROCESSING AND TECHNOLOGIES UTRC Wins R&D100 Award.
October 1, 2002... For the second consecutive year, scientists and engineers working at United Technologies Research Center (UTRC) have won R&D Magazine's prestigious R&D100 Award. UTRC is the innovation center for United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX). The...

Kyocera Makes SiC At US Plant.
October 1, 2002... Kyocera Industrial Ceramics Corp. added sintered silicon carbide to its line of non-oxide material capabilities at its manufacturing plant located in Vancouver, WA. Sintered silicon carbide, best known for excellent wear resistance and...

METROLOGY AND ANALYSIS NIST Develops UV Metrology.
October 1, 2002... Just as 300-millimeter-diameter silicon wafers require highly accurate measurements of flatness and thickness, advanced lithography systems require precise assessments of the curvature of specialized lenses and mirrors. The readings have to be...

EDAX Launches X-Ray Detectors.
October 1, 2002... EDAX Inc. has introduced a range of new X-ray detectors for its GENESIS XMS X-ray microanalysis systems. "EDAX is pleased to offer these new X-ray detectors," said Del Redfern, microanalysis product manager. "As the scientific demand for...

POWDERS AND NANO CERAMICS ZYP Completes BN Facility.
October 1, 2002... ZYP Coatings have announced the completion of their new state-of- the art boron nitride powder productionfacility. With this completion, ZY's plant size has expanded to 30,000 Square feet, which is fully dedicated to production of boron nitride...

Altair Awarded Nano TiO2 Patent.
October 1, 2002... Altair Nanotechnologies was awarded its second patent "Processing Aqueous Chloride Solution to Ultrafine Titanium Dioxide" by the U.S. Patent Office. Patent number 6,440,383 was issued on Aug. 27, 2002. The new patent describes the...

COATINGS: Ceramic Protects High-temp Magnets.
October 1, 2002... Texas A&M University researcher Alan Palazzolo has developed coiled electric wires for use in electromagnets that operate at high temperatures. Examples of such electromagnets could include the actuators in magnetic bearings in advanced gas...

FIBERS AND COMPOSITES: UC Davis Develops FG Graded Composites.
October 1, 2002... Researchers at the University of California at Davis have recently developed a technique to simultaneously synthesize and densify functionally graded composites from elemental powders utilizing uniaxial pressure and Joule heating. The process...

Strafire Systems Wins ATP Grant.
October 1, 2002... Starfire Systems Inc. has been awarded a $1.8 million NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) Advanced Technology Program (ATP) Grant to develop "Ceramic Matrix Composite Boards for SOP (System-On-a-Package) and SIP (System-In...

ACR Scores R&D 100 Award.
October 1, 2002... Advanced Ceramics Research, Inc. (3292 East Hemisphere Loop, Tucson, Arizona 85706-5013. Tel: 520 573-6300; Fax: 520 573-2057; Email info@acrtucson.com ) received the R&D 100 Award for developing an innovative ceramic and metal technology...

DIAMOND PRODUCTS: Oriented Films on Si Substrate.
October 1, 2002... Researchers E. Titus, U. Paltnikar, M.K. Singh, and D.S. Misra (Department of Physics, IIT, Mumbai 400076, India) and A.K. Sikder (currently at University of South Florida, Center for Microelectronics research, Tampa, FL 33620) grew diamond...

Thin Film DLC Dielectrics.
October 1, 2002... Diamond-like carbon (DLC) films possesses the unique properties of high dielectric strength, high resistivity, low loss, high decomposition temperature, chemical inertness, radiation hardness and good thermal conductivity. It has been...

Coated Field Emission Si Tips.
October 1, 2002... Chinese researchers W.L.Wang, K.J.Liao, C.G.Hu, Z.Li (Department of Applied Physics, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, P.R.China) investigated the electron field emission from Si tips coated nanocrystalline diamond films. Nano-diamond...

BIOCERAMICS: Organic Composites for Body Parts.
October 1, 2002... A new class of all organic composites that change shape under an electric voltage may open the door for the manufacture of artificial muscles, smart skins, capacitors, and tiny drug pumps, according to Penn State researchers. "Electroactive...

ELECTRONIC CERAMICS: Advanced Cerametrics Gets Phase I SBIR Award.
October 1, 2002... Advanced Cerametrics received an award of a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research grant from the Office of Naval Research to design and evaluate high-energy transducers made using ACI's pseudo-single crystal piezoelectric fibers. These...

Surface-Mount RF Capacitor.
October 1, 2002... Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. says it released industry's first silicon-based RF capacitors, which boosts electrical performance while greatly reducing the board space required for circuitry in cell phones and other wireless communication...

SUPERCONDUCTORS: AMSC In Distribution Deal with Bridex.
October 1, 2002... American Superconductor Corp. and Bridex Technologies Pte. Ltd., a leading power system solution integrator and technology company with headquarters in Singapore, has announced a distribution agreement whereby Bridex Technologies will market...

STI Introduces SuperLink Rx 850.
October 1, 2002... Superconductor Technologies Inc., a producer of high-temperature superconducting (HTS) products for wireless applications, has launched the SuperLink Rx 850, the most compact and lowest power cryogenic receiver front-end (CRFE) in the industry....

INDUSTRY NEWS: WESGO Celebrates 75th Anniversary.
October 1, 2002... WESGO, a division of Morgan Advanced Ceramics, celebrates 75 years as a supplier of custom ceramic components and braze alloys, as well as the grand opening of its new facility in Hayward, California. WESGO will host a celebration party for...

Top 10 in Interconnect Technology Cited.
October 1, 2002... The latest advances and challenges - "The Top Ten Developments in Ceramic Interconnect Technology" - were recognized at a recent press event hosted by the Ceramic Interconnect Initiative (CII) at IMAPS 2002, The 35th International Symposium on...

EDO Awarded Sikorsky Contract.
October 1, 2002... EDO Corp . was awarded a contract by Sikorsky for an advanced composite Torque Box as part of the Integrated Retractable Aircraft Munitions System (IRAMS) for the Comanche helicopter. EDO will supply Engineering Development Models for...

Alcoa Earns ASM Award.
October 1, 2002... ASM International has named Alcoa the recipient of its 2002 Engineering Materials Achievement Award. This award recognizes outstanding developments in the application of materials in products that benefit industry, the consumer, and society as...

Nanophase Reports Revenue Gain.
October 1, 2002... Nanophase Technologies Corp., announced that its third quarter 2002 revenue was approximately $1.3 million. The Company was notified of a major, unexpected schedule change from its primary customer in personal care and sunscreen products during...

Satee Down for ATC.
October 1, 2002... Net sales for American Technical Ceramics (ATC, AMEX: AMK), for the quarter ended June 30, 2002 decreased 36% to $12,142,000 from $19,003,000 in the comparable quarter in fiscal year 2001. Net loss amounted to $2,446,000, or approximately...

Ceradyne Results Show Solid Growth.
October 1, 2002... Ceradyne, Inc. announced preliminary results for third quarter ended September 30, 2002, including 40% revenue growth compared to third quarter 2001, higher pre-tax income, and record-level bookings for the quarter. Revenue for third quarter...

CALENDAR.
October 1, 2002... October 27 - 30, 2002: Nanoparticles 2002 - Fifth Annual BCC Conference and Exposition. Hotel Pennsylvania, New York, NY. Contact: BCC, 25 Van Zant St., Norwalk, CT 06855, Tel: 203-853- 4266, Fax: 203-853-0348, E-mail:...