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Center for Prototype Maufacturing of Nano-Structured Electroceramics

The Nanotechnology Pilot Plant, located in Ceramic Corridor Innovation Center, includes nearly 500 square feet of a Class 10,000 clean room environment, a suite of Keko manufacturing equipment for making multilayer ceramics, and microwave sintering equipment.

The facility was funded by a $ 1.8 M grant made to the Center for Advanced Ceramic Technology (CACT) by the NYS Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research (NYSTAR). In collaboration with colleagues at Clarkson University and industry partners, researchers at Alfred University will use the facility to consolidate nanosized ceramic powders into multi-layer and monolithic ceramics, while retaining the enhanced properties associated with nanostructured materials.

For more information, contact Dr. Matthew Hall.


CeraGen LLC

CeraGen provides technical and business consulting and product development to companies in the ceramics and related materials fields. Current activities are focused in the areas of biomedical/health, defense/homeland security, and fuel cell industries.

Areas of expertise include powder manufacturing and characterization, materials fabrication processes including sintering and hot isostatic pressing. The company has developed fine grained alumina, zirconia and silicon nitride products, as well as advanced refractories for molten metal handling. CeraGen is located at the Ceramic Corridor Innovation Center (CCIC) in Alfred, NY. The company is an affiliate member of the Center for Advanced Ceramic Technology (CACT) at NYS College of Ceramics at Alfred University.

For more information, please contact Paul Johnson, at 585-738-6527 or by e-mail: pjohns1@rochester.rr.com


Community Glass Inc. - Analytical Lab - Chemistry Division


Utilizing an Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) and dilution by mass techniques, our chemists are experts and are able to analyze greater than 60 elements and/or oxides.
Analyses are performed with accuracies and precision uncommonly found in the field of spectroscopy. This capability allows us to provide more dependable compositional information for the materials we analyze. In addition to these facts, throughout an analysis, we incorporate NIST traceable, certified references to assure the ICP produces accurate and precise data. Our testing capablities include metal and metal alloy analysis.

Preforms
CGI machines its own tooling for the manufacture of preforms. These preforms are customer specified requiring precision within 0.0001 of an inch. Currently, CGI is producing various types of glass, such as Corning Incorporated's 9010 and 9013, as well as many other sealing glasses all retaining unique properties.

Tubing
We have tubing production capabilities meeting OD and ID specifications to 0.001 of an inch


The importance of silicon on glass

Trends in mobile devices

  • Compact form factors
  • Higher resolution
  • Converged functionality
  • Full motion video
  • Longer battery lifetimes


SiOG Features & Benefits

Features

  • Very high and uniform electron mobility
  • Very low and uniform threshold voltage

Benefits

  • Very High uniformity, very low power OLED display
  • High resolution, low power LCD display
  • Multi-function, input devices integrated into LCD backplanes
  • “System on glass”

Project to date

  • Strong intellectual property
  • Demonstrated high-mobility TFTs using production fab equipment
  • With customers in 2007:
    • Demonstrating functional LCD and OLED displays on SiOG
    • Demonstrating capability to make value-added displays


Electrical Power worX (EPX) was established in 2007 with the mandate to develop Energy Management solutions. These systems are specifically designed to promote energy conservation and renewable, clean energy. Electrical Power worX is developing Energy Management products for multiple applications that include: Hybrid and Full Electric Vehicles, Mass Transit, Renewable Energy, Residential and large-scale Utilities.

In addition to application development, Electrical Power worX is researching potential new technologies for energy storage elements, and have recognized the potential benefits that ceramic-based elements can provide. Ceramic-based elements have demonstrated excellent ability to improve energy density thereby reducing the cost per kWh, while maintaining the power density required for a wide variety of Energy Management applications.

Providing systems-level solutions in concert with developing state of the industry core technologies allows Electrical

Power worX to respond to any customer’s needs. If you would like to discuss your Energy Management needs, please contact Electrical Power worX at (607) 382-2130.


Home of the Ionex®, IonKlad® , and IonArmor™ chemically strengthened glass

Saxon Glass Technologies, Inc. is an advanced glass technology company, which specializes in the chemical strengthening of glassware perfecting two ion exchange processes, Ionex® and IonKlad®, that far exceed the strength of tempered glass competitors. The production is backed by sophisticated quality control and sampling. The primary products are a chemically strengthened pharmaceutical cartridge for auto-injector application as emergency antidote to prevent violent allergic reaction to bee-sting, peanuts and other foods; and glass tubes for high speed centrifugal separation of serum. Both products are well-accepted by the market. In collaboration with the NY State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, the company has been developing extremely high strength glass for display windows in mobile electronic devices and for army vehicle IonArmor™ windshield applications.

For more information, please contact Saxon Glass at 607-587-9630, visit their web site at: saxonglass.com


Xylon Ceramic Materials

Xylon is a leader in the development of advanced zirconia and alumina ceramic products. Xylon’s R&D efforts have led them into new areas of structural ceramics and ceramic alloy powder production. Developments of aerospace applications and contracts for R&D in the biomedical industry have placed Xylon into rapid-growth markets for high-tech ceramics.

Xylon produces zirconia and alumina based products for joint implantation of hips, knees and shoulders. The company is the first U.S. producer of USFDA registered zirconia femoral heads for the biomedical orthopedic implant industry. Xylon products are also used for gas turbine applications, petrochemical pumps and material handling equipment, and ultra-high purity ceramic alloy powders.

For more information, please contact Xylon . at 607-587-519, by e-mail: rtechnologies@stny.rr.com.

 

 

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