Corning Labs int real exploration: Gorilla glass is production-Corning Gorilla glass-IT information
Corning headquarters in Northern New York, 3 staff wear heavy masks, wears the same clothes suits are churning melting pot. Their graceful coordination. Front furnace temperatures up to 1600 degrees, they have to pick up the hot Crucible, filled with molten glass, then pour the melt and shape between the liquid hardens. An employee of gloves began to smoke, he doesn't seem to mind.
Corning materials scientist Adam? Ellison (Adam Ellison) looked at the melting pot staff, sulfur steam into the air, Ellison said: "they did ballet. The temperature of the liquid as hell, glass will quickly harden, only a few minutes of your time to complete the work. "The staff poured out of the materials of the furnace it is Allison helped develop, they become a" Gorilla Glass "glass (Gorilla glass), and then used on a Smartphone, this glass is very hard, very thin, very light.
Researchers help Corning to investigate properties of glass and see what can be improved. If Dow Corning can produce more scratch resistant, flexible, easily broken glass, you can allow enterprises to develop new products, such as mobile phones, flat curls. With super thin flexible glass, we can create a curved screen for the car.
Development pot team of employee to work 8-12 hours a day, making samples for company scientists. Scientists will try to develop something new, such as with different temperature of molten glass, and they want to know how it works. Team tested different manufacturing methods, see how different methods on the properties of the glass will cause impacts.
A machine of bending thin plates, repeated, look at how long can glass support; there is a machine forced bending until the pieces with a thud. Fracture testing expert will use the machine evaluation of glass broken need pressure.
Researchers used a microscope chasm graphics, access to relevant information. If the glass hard, show cracks will be more, if soft, where crack is less. Material once tested, may be used to make mobile phone replicas, and then accept the drop test, dropped from waist height to thin cement, crushed stone and other surfaces.
Corning's research has two main points: looking for new manufacturing processes, improvement of existing products, such as Gorilla Glass. Scientists will also study other things, such as Allison is currently implementing a project, the 4th century luomalaikegesi Cup (Roman Lycurgus Cup) are made of glass, he is ready to reform this glass. If the light from behind, shows red color in the glass, if from the front as is emerald green.
Ellison showed off samples when we will get the window edge will see similar results. Ellison said: "now we know why this effect. "This glass what is the use? He wasn't sure, but Corning research collections, and other employees may be used in the future.
康宁实验室内景实探：大猩猩玻璃是这样生产的 - 康宁,大猩猩玻璃 - IT资讯
在纽约北部的康宁总部内，3名员工戴着笨重的面具，穿着太空服一样的衣服，正在鼓捣熔炉。他们的动作优雅协调。前面的熔炉温度高达1600度，他们要拿起炙热的坩埚，里面装着融化的玻璃，然后倒出融液，在液体变硬之间塑形。一名员工的手套开始冒烟，他似乎并不介意。
康宁材料科学家亚当?埃里森（Adam Ellison）看着熔炉员工工作，硫磺一样的热气抛入空中，埃里森说：“他们在跳芭蕾。液体的温度跟地狱一样，玻璃很快就会变硬，你只有几分钟时间完成工作。”熔炉员工倒出的材料正是埃里森协助开发的，它们变成了“Gorilla Glass”玻璃（大猩猩玻璃），然后用在智能手机上，这种玻璃很硬、很薄、很轻。
研究人员帮助康宁调查玻璃的性能，看看能够有多大的改进。如果康宁可以制造出更防刮、更柔韧、不易破裂的玻璃，就可以让企业开发出全新的产品，例如让手机、平板卷曲。有了超薄柔性玻璃，我们可以制作曲面屏，用于汽车。
每天研发熔炉团队的员工要工作8到12小时，为公司科学家制作样本。科学家会尝试开发新东西，比如用不同的温度熔化玻璃，他们想知道效果如何。团队还要测试不同的制造方法，看看不同方法对玻璃的属性会造成怎样的影响。
▼有一台机器弯曲薄薄的玻璃片，不断重复，看看玻璃片可以支撑多久；还有一台机器逼迫玻璃弯曲，直到砰的一声变成碎片。断口检测专家会用机器评估玻璃破碎需要的压力。
研究人员用显微镜观察裂口图形，获得相关信息。如果玻璃硬一些，出现的裂缝就会多一些，如果软一些，出现裂缝的地方就会少一些。材料一旦通过测试，可能就会用来制作手机仿制品，然后接受跌落测试，从腰部高度跌薄到水泥、碎石及其它表面上。
康宁的研究工作有两个重点：寻找新的制造工艺，改进现有产品，比如Gorilla Glass。科学家也会研究其它东西，比如埃里森最近正在执行一个项目，4世纪的罗马莱克格斯杯（Roman Lycurgus Cup）是用玻璃制造的，他准备对这种玻璃进行改造。如果从后面用光照，玻璃杯会展现出玫瑰红色彩，如果从前面照就是翠绿色。
埃里森展示了样本，当我们将玻璃拿到窗边就会看见相似的效果。埃里森说：“现在我们已经知道为何会呈现这种效果。”未来这种玻璃有何用途？他不是很确定，不过康宁会将研究结果收藏起来，未来其它员工可能会使用。