Ceramic Tech Today

News from the glass and refractory worlds

By P. Carlo Ratto / July 16, 2012

• After a period of extensive modernization, Interglass (the largest industrial glass producer in Kyrgyz Republic) is restarting the operation of its float glass plant in Tokmok. The European Bank…

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ICC4: The beginning through a student’s eyes

By Bobby Harl / July 16, 2012

Registration desk at ICC4. Credit: Bobby Harl; ACerS. Hello readers! First, I must say it is a great pleasure to be writing to you from ICC4. I would quickly like…

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ICC4 Day 1

By Lee Leonard / July 16, 2012

Maxine Savitz addresses the ICC4 audience. Credit: Russell Lee Leonard, ACerS. The 4th International Conference on Ceramics (ICC4) began on Sunday at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers in Chicago,…

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Faster simulation, award for new method

By / July 15, 2012

This is a simulation model of a automobile wheel, generated with Dominik Schillinger’s new method. Credit: TUM. (Editor’s note: Eileen and I are traveling and preparing for the International Ceramics Congress…

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World record: The lightest material in the world comes from Northern Germany

By / July 14, 2012

Credit: TUHH, Karl Schulte. (Editor’s note: Eileen and I are traveling and preparing for the International Ceramics Congress that begins this weekend, so we had to put our normal writing on…

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UMD creates new tech for complex microstructures for use in sensors and other applications

By / July 14, 2012

Credit: John Fourkas; Univ. of Maryland. (Editor’s note: Eileen and I are traveling and preparing for the International Ceramics Congress that begins this weekend, so we had to put our…

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Ceramics and glass business news of the week

By / July 13, 2012

Here is what we are hearing: Surmet’s transparent, tiled, three-panel ALON armor window. Credit: Surmet. Advances in making large ALON transparent armor windows Surmet continues its advances in fabricating cost…

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Friday fun video: Super Lego mockup of Rolls-Royce Dreamliner engine

By Eileen De Guire / July 13, 2012

A half-size Rolls-Royce jet engine made of LegosCredit: Rolls-Royce The UK’s Farnborough International Airshow is one of the most anticipated events in aeronautics, and we can usually count on some…

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Smart materials get SMARTer: Self-powered, homeostatic nanomaterials that actively self-regulate in response to environmental change

By / July 13, 2012

This is a schematic of the temperature-regulating SMARTS displaying a C-M feedback loop, in which mechanical action of T-responsive gel is coupled with an exothermic reaction. The sideview schematic and…

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Moving towards copper oxide-based solar cells

By / July 13, 2012

(Editor’s note: Eileen and I are traveling and preparing for the International Ceramics Congress that begins this weekend, so we had to put our normal writing on hold for a…

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