Corning 3d gorilla glass coming to future curved display. Jun 05, 2012 in photos, willow glass appears pliable enough that it can roll into a twoinch radius, and the pdf fact sheet shows that the 0. Corning incorporated is now using their experience and knowledge in materials science to revolutionize glasslaminated products, creating an ultimate glass marker board experience featuring corning willow glass. Launched this summer, cornings willow glass is an ultrathin 0. Willow glass price with willow glass sheets, rolls, flexible, bendable, datasheets and.
As a brand, gorilla glass is unique to corning, but close equivalents exist, including agc inc. Corning willow glass is cornings ultra slim, fusionformed, displaygrade glass. Jul 26, 2019 corning developed a proprietary bonding and debonding process that enabled safe and high. The newly announced corning 3d gorilla glass display does not have anything to do with 3d television sets, as one would imagine, as the new product name. Corning willow glassoncarrier technology allows panel makers to deposit oleds without r2r technology 3. Corning willow glass thinnest, flexible and tough glass. Jun 12, 2012 the corning willow glass is produced using the companys proprietary fusion process making it possible to make glass that is 0.
Bedjaoui and others published handling of glass and ceramic ultrathin substrates. Barriercoated plastic substrates, under development by several organizations. Coresix can provide sheets up to mm in width and 3000mm in length. The use of corning willow glass for flexible cdte solar.
Jun 05, 2012 corning has spotted a trend, which others have picked up as well, by announcing the launch of willow glass, an ultra thin and bendable type of glass, which the company hopes will revolutionize the. In this case, a debonding process occurs at the end of device fabrication to release the flexible glass device from the carrier fig. How corning created the ultrathin, ultrastrong material of the future photo. Corning incorporated glw willow glass ready for takeoff. Corning has spotted a trend, which others have picked up as well, by announcing the launch of willow glass, an ultra thin and bendable type of glass, which the company hopes will revolutionize the.
Willow glass can be made as thin as 100 microns to maximize. At roughly the same thickness as a sheet of paper, willow glass is one of cornings thinnest glasses. Rolltoroll process capability provides a path to 30%. Corning willow glass, flexible glass sheet, roll price. Jun 05, 2012 but corning announced yet another glass productthis time, its one thats thin as paper and flexible as plastic called willow glass. Corning introduces the paperthin and flexible willow glass.
Mariner held a contest among their employees to design a creative artwork for the massive feature wall in their space. From an applications point of view, it offers the possibility of curved displays andor interfaces that wrap around object or devices, and from a manufacturing point of view, the possibility of producing display devices using. Cornings new willow glass, an ultraslim flexlbe glass substrate for lcd and oled panels. Ultrathin glass substrates for thin, lightweight, flexible. Micromachining transparent, brittle spectraphysics.
Thomas buechner abstained from selection of numbers 2,11, and 35 because of his association with steuben glass. Table 1 shows the substrate material attributes for possible flexible substrate options that enable this and how flexible glass compares against the alternatives. Made using cornings proprietary fusion draw process, it is manufactured at thicknesses that create unique properties such as the ability to be flexed. Corning willow glass thin glass on carrier temperatures to 450 c zero outgassing and no residual residue survives chemical durability testing with common processing chemistries sc 1, sc2, piranha etc. Flexible glass provides advanced attributes in areas. Corning s willow glass is an extremely thin, malleable glass thats only 100 microns 0. Corning willow glass for rolltoroll processing youtube.
Corning, maker of gorilla glass 3, was kind enough to drop by our cnet booth at ces to show me willow glass, its take on bendable glass so thin you can curve it in a deep arc without breaking. Cornings flexible willow glass wont appear in consumer. Corning willow glass laminates ultrathin, bendable. Gorilla glass maker unveils ultrathin and flexible willow. Corning willow glass a major advantage of willow glass is the large formats enabled by the manufacturing process.
At roughly the same thickness as a sheet of copy paper, corning willow glass is thin enough to be flexible while retaining its superior glass attributes. Corning willow glass stemmerich glass manufacturing. Willow glass, corning willow glass, flexible glass sheet price. Handson with cornings bendable willow glass exclusive cnet. Jan 12, 2012 corning willow glass will provide electronics manufacturers with the inherent benefits of glass as a substrate while enabling costefficient manufacturing.
Applications for corning willow glass demonstrated at sid display week 2012 booth 123 touch 3x thinner than highperformance film sensor. The devices in this study were made on corning willow glass, which is a highly transparent, flexible, hermetic, and dimensionally stable substrate that can withstand high processing temperatures. Corning announced details of a major new glass design at the eighth annual display week in boston, a trade event hosted by the society for information display. Most importantly, we structured this transaction in a way. Division vice president and corning willowtm glass. The corning willow glass is produced using the companys proprietary fusion process making it possible to make glass that is 0. Corning says devices with flexible willow glass displays. The following willow glass products are available in sample quantities. Cornings flexible willow glass wont appear in consumer products for at least 3 years. Corning s flexible willow glass wont appear in consumer products for at least 3 years.
Cornings willow glass is an extremely thin, malleable glass thats only 100 microns 0. Jun 04, 2012 that is not plastic in the image above, its glass. Flexible surface lighting is the key differential advantage of oled lighting technology. Gorilla glass maker unveils ultrathin and flexible willow glass.
Jun 18, 2012 corning willow glass at sid 2012 oledinfo. Its superior composition allows a deeper layer of chemical strengthening than is. Corning announced its latest gorilla glass 3 product last month, offering three times greater scratch resistance and improved strength, and apple is assumed to be incorporating the new glass into. Corning willow glass laminates bendable, flexible glass. Dec 10, 2012 launched this summer, corning s willow glass is an ultrathin 0. Made using corning s proprietary fusion draw process, it is manufactured at thicknesses that create unique properties such as the ability to be flexed. Jan 10, 20 corning, maker of gorilla glass 3, was kind enough to drop by our cnet booth at ces to show me willow glass, its take on bendable glass so thin you can curve it in a deep arc without breaking. Corning unveils slim, flexible willow glass video engadget. As an alternative to expensive lapping and polishing, coresix can provide thin willow glass in diameter formats with semi standard orientation flats. Corning s new willow glass, an ultraslim flexlbe glass substrate for lcd and oled panels. Rolltoroll process capability provides a path to 30% cost reduction vs.
The second section focuses on flexible glass device fabrication. Willow glass provides the inherent benefits of glass in a mechanically bendable. The challenge of r2r manufacturing of oled lighting for. Here, three authors from corning explain their companys. Pdf handling of glass and ceramic ultrathin substrates for flexible. Lightweight electrowetting display on ultrathin glass. Edge tab enables practical use of willow glass in rolltoroll processing. Nov 04, 2016 it developed gorilla glass 5, which debuted earlier this year, and the plant also makes willow glass, an ultrathin, bendable glass that can be spooled like a giant roll of paper towels. Hawtof, dan, lal, archit, silica sheets in novel format for flexible. The acquisition also delivers significant financial benefits, including immediate increases to cornings revenue, net income, and cash balances, plus a new source of longterm cash flow. Max aguilerahellweg molten glass cools to become so gummy it can be cut with scissors. New willow glass is rollable and paperthin ars technica.
In these materials, processes were developed for trepan cutting of holes with diameters in the 5 to 10 mm range. Willow glass 2014 corning incorporated 10 corning willow glass provides superior barrier performance and is a benchmark for encapsulation technologies mocon aquatron nextgeneration prototype georgia tech ca patch electrical sensor corning incorporated ca patch 50c, 100% rh. Dragontrail and schott ag xensation the alkalialuminosilicate sheet glass is used primarily as cover glass for portable. Corning willow glass combines the best of glass and film. It developed gorilla glass 5, which debuted earlier this year, and the plant also makes willow glass, an ultrathin, bendable glass that can be spooled like a giant roll of paper towels. Ultrathin glass substrates for thin, lightweight, flexible oled. Mariner held a contest among their employees to design a creative artwork for the.
Advantages of willow glass over other substrate materials. Willow glass can be made as thin as 100 microns to. It also has application opportunities outside of display, where its natural hermetic properties combine with its optical transmission qualities to make it appropriate for a host of barrier applications. Corning introduces ultraflexible papercutinducing willow glass. Corning willowtm glass fact sheet maximum dimensions composition packaging availability roll samples thickness edge tab leader trailer q3 2012 alkalifree borosilicate up to gen 2 q3 2012. In particular its a sheet of cornings new 100micronthick willow glass, a new ultrathin and flexible substrate for lcds and oleds. In thin glass used for manufacturing of personal mobile devices, picosecond pulsed lasers have proved to be especially valuable. Corning intends to provide sheets and rolls of 100 micron and 200 micron thin glass about the thickness of a sheet of copy paper up to one meter wide today and wider in the future. While easily bendable, willow glass can also break fairly easily if bent too much. Willow glass is also capable of rolltoroll production runs rather than the sheettosheet production runs that are used for most of the screens on. Faceted walls allow creativity to blossom in adjoining, complementary yet different directions. Willow glass can be bonded to a variety of materials acrylic, polycarbonate, steel, and mdf. We wish to thank all the participants for their willingness to submit work.
Watch this video to learn more about our fusion manufacturing process. Discover the corning plant where gorilla glass was developed. Corning gorilla glass, as well as emerging technologies such as corning lotus glass substrates for oled and highperformance displays, corning willow glass for architectural applications, and corning iris glass, a hightransmission, lightguide plate which enables display thicknesses less than 5 mm. Flexible oleds on corningwillowglass michael boroson1, tim spencer1, scott mcclurg1, jeff spindler1, joergknipping2, manfred ruske2, dipak chowdhury3, rachidgafsi3, kj woo3, and bk kong3 march 1, 2016 1 1oledworks llc 2oledworks gmbh 3corning. Gorilla glass is a brand of chemically strengthened glass developed and manufactured by corning, now in its sixth generation, designed to be thin, light and damageresistant. In photos, willow glass appears pliable enough that it can roll into a twoinch radius, and the pdf fact sheet shows that the 0. Glass is heavy can be light weight depending on elements density, and dimensions ex. In particular its a sheet of corning s new 100micronthick willow glass, a new ultrathin and flexible substrate for lcds and oleds.
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