Methods of making three dimensional glass ceramic articles

    公开(公告)号:US11554976B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-17

    申请号:US16674748

    申请日:2019-11-05

    Abstract: A three dimensional glass ceramic article with a thickness between 0.1 mm and 2 mm, having a dimensional precision control of less than or equal to ±0.1 mm. A method for forming a three dimensional glass ceramic article including placing a nucleated glass article into a mold, and heating the nucleated glass article to a crystallization temperature, where the nucleated glass article is in the mold during the heating. Then, holding the nucleated glass article at the crystallization temperature for a duration sufficient to crystallize the nucleated glass article and form a three dimensional glass ceramic article, where the nucleated glass article is in the mold during the holding, and removing the three dimensional glass ceramic article from the mold.

    SCRATCH RESISTANT GLASS AND METHOD OF MAKING

    公开(公告)号:US20220411324A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-29

    申请号:US17894693

    申请日:2022-08-24

    Abstract: Methods of manufacturing a glass-based article includes exposing a glass-based substrate having a lithium aluminosilicate composition to an ion exchange treatment to form the glass-based article. The ion exchange treatment including a molten salt bath having a concentration of a sodium salt in a range from 8 mol % to 100 mol %. The glass-based article includes sodium having a non-zero varying concentration extending from a surface of the glass-based article to a depth of the glass-based article The glass-based article has compressive stress layer extending from the surface to a spike depth of layer from 4 micrometers to 8 micrometers. The glass-based article includes a molar ratio of potassium oxide (K2O) to sodium oxide (Na2O) averaged over a distance from the surface to a depth of 0.4 micrometers that is greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 1.8.

    Scratch resistant glass and method of making

    公开(公告)号:US11472733B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-18

    申请号:US16826473

    申请日:2020-03-23

    Abstract: Glass-based articles comprise stress profiles providing improved scratch resistance. A glass-based article comprises a lithium aluminosilicate composition and a molar ratio of potassium oxide (K2O) to sodium oxide (Na2O) averaged over a distance from the surface to a depth of 0.4 micrometers that is greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 1.8. The article comprises sodium having a non-zero varying concentration extending from a surface of the glass-based article to a depth of the glass-based article and a spike depth of layer that is greater than or equal to 4 micrometers and less than or equal to 8 micrometers. The article may comprise an average compressive stress of greater than or equal to 150 MPa over a depth from 15 micrometers to 40 micrometers.

    Method of phase quality control for glass ceramics in manufacturing

    公开(公告)号:US11204280B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-21

    申请号:US16804219

    申请日:2020-02-28

    Abstract: A method for determining crystal phases of a glass ceramic sample, including the steps of applying energy to the sample using an excitation source, detecting raw Raman spectral energy that is given off by the sample using a detector, wherein the raw Raman spectral energy includes peak values, determining a plurality of predetermined energy peaks based off a composition of the sample, superimposing the plurality of predetermined energy peaks over the raw Raman spectral energy, applying a baseline value between each predetermined energy peak, subtracting the baseline value from the raw Raman spectral energy, calculating corrected peak values based on the raw Raman spectral energy and baseline value, and determining the crystal phases of the glass ceramic sample based on the corrected peak values.

    Systems and methods for thermally controlling warp

    公开(公告)号:US11136255B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-05

    申请号:US15181706

    申请日:2016-06-14

    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include systems and methods for controlling material warp that include placing the shaped mold in a heating device, forming a glass material into a shaped mold, and cooling the glass material and the shaped mold to a predetermined viscosity of the glass material. Some embodiments include, a predetermined time prior to removing the glass material and the shaped mold from the heating device, holding the glass at the mold in the heating device where the heating device temperature is substantially equal to mold and glass temperature just prior to exiting to ambient temperature. Some embodiments include removing the glass material and the shaped mold from the heating device to further cool the glass material and the shaped mold at ambient temperature, where after removing the glass material and the shaped mold from the heating device, the glass material will exhibit controlled or desired material warp.

    SCRATCH RESISTANT GLASS AND METHOD OF MAKING
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200308046A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-01

    申请号:US16826473

    申请日:2020-03-23

    Abstract: Glass-based articles comprise stress profiles providing improved scratch resistance. A glass-based article comprises a lithium aluminosilicate composition and a molar ratio of potassium dioxide (K2O) to sodium dioxide (Na2O) averaged over a distance from the surface to a depth of 0.4 micrometers that is greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 1.8. The article comprises sodium having a non-zero varying concentration extending from a surface of the glass-based article to a depth of the glass-based article and a spike depth of layer that is greater than or equal to 4 micrometers and less than or equal to 8 micrometers. The article may comprise an average compressive stress of greater than or equal to 150 MPa over a depth from 15 micrometers to 40 micrometers.

    Methods for regenerating lithium-enriched salt baths

    公开(公告)号:US10556826B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-11

    申请号:US15777422

    申请日:2016-11-18

    Abstract: Methods for regenerating poisoned salt bath comprising providing a salt bath comprising at least one of KNO3 and NaNO3, providing an ion-exchangeable substrate comprising lithium cations, contacting at least a portion of the ion-exchangeable substrate with the salt bath, whereby lithium cations in the salt bath diffuse from the ion-exchangeable substrate and are dissolved in the salt bath, and selectively precipitating dissolved lithium cations from the salt bath using phosphate salt. The methods further include preventing or reducing the formation of surface defects in the ion-exchangeable substrate by preventing or reducing the formation of crystals on the surface of the ion-exchangeable substrate upon removal from the salt bath.

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