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Opportunity Lab A Material for the Future

A Material for the Future

For Trendsetters and Innovators – challenge glass!

For Trendsetters and Innovators – challenge glass!

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For many of today’s challenges, glass can contribute to tomorrow’s solutions

Are you facing a challenge with something you are
currently developing? Perhaps specialty glass, glass ceramics
or composite material is the perfect solution for you.

Are you facing a challenge with something you are
currently developing? Perhaps specialty glass, glass ceramics
or composite material is the perfect solution for you.

With startling range, you can create something entirely new!

Round, square, flat or curved – nearly any shape is possible.
Long, short, thin as a needle, perforated, textured – the requirements might be challenging,
maybe even unimaginable, but possible with glass.

Round, square, flat or curved – nearly any shape is possible.
Long, short, thin as a needle, perforated, textured – the requirements might be challenging,
maybe even unimaginable, but possible with glass.

Heat resistance meets high-tech!

Glass and glass-ceramics are high-temperature materials unaffected by temperature shocks and chemical attacks. With thermal expansion near zero, they retain their shape even under extreme conditions.

Glass and glass-ceramics are high-temperature materials unaffected by temperature shocks and chemical attacks. With thermal expansion near zero, they retain their shape even under extreme conditions.

The surface makes the difference

Some surfaces must withstand the most unusual loads or meet unusual requirements
for new functionalities. Special high-end coatings on glass and glass-ceramic allow for
extreme resistance, e.g. from scratches. Other functions can also be achieved by
targeted surface treatment. What does your surface have to handle?

Some surfaces must withstand the most unusual loads or meet unusual requirements
for new functionalities. Special high-end coatings on glass and glass-ceramic allow for
extreme resistance, e.g. from scratches. Other functions can also be achieved by
targeted surface treatment. What does your surface have to handle?

Everything for a long lifespan

Harsh environmental factors like heat, pressure, moisture and chemicals make the
durability and longevity of materials crucially important. Specialty glass is a material
that rises to the challenge. In lithium-ion batteries, for example, specialty glass can be
used as a sealing material to hermetically encapsulate the unit and support reliable,
long-term functionality. Functional glass powder, which can scavenge harmful hydrofluoric acid,
also contributes to longer lifespans and increased battery safety. Energy densities can also be
increased, however, by using innovative ion-conducting glass-ceramics, such as in advanced
lithium solid-state batteries.

Harsh environmental factors like heat, pressure, moisture and chemicals make the
durability and longevity of materials crucially important. Specialty glass is a material
that rises to the challenge. In lithium-ion batteries, for example, specialty glass can be
used as a sealing material to hermetically encapsulate the unit and support reliable,
long-term functionality. Functional glass powder, which can scavenge harmful hydrofluoric acid,
also contributes to longer lifespans and increased battery safety. Energy densities can also be
increased, however, by using innovative ion-conducting glass-ceramics, such as in advanced
lithium solid-state batteries.

Rethinking glass: For all that seems possible and impossible.

Glass offers innovative solutions for numerous ideas and projects. It enjoys having the most versatile properties imaginable, which can be changed and adapted as is required. Thus, there is a high potential for innovation, which can lead to entirely new application areas coming into use. It is what makes glass one of the most versatile materials for the future.

Maximize the innovative potential which glass has to offer.

Material
Development

Designing materials for today’s and tomorrow’s customer needs: optical and technical glass, glass ceramics and special materials e.g. powders, ceramics, sol-gel ...

Hot
Forming

Expert for hot processes after melting: especially forming processes of glass directly from the melt and reshaping of glass by reheating.

Laser
Processing

Identification, development and adoption of unique processing technologies: for cutting, structuring, shaping, joining or modifying edges and glass bodies; for filamentation and ablation, laser-induced scribing and cleaving, bending (uniaxial or multiaxial-3D), intrinsic decoration, marking and layer structuring.

Melting

New and optimized processes/technologies: for melting special glass and glass ceramics via lab experiments, test bed facility and modeling.

Coating
Development

Development of new functionalities for glass and glass ceramics via advanced coating and surface modification which allows glass to be more transparent, harder and scratch resistant.

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