Morgan Technical Ceramics and Morgan Carbon News http://www.morgantechnicalceramics.com News & Articles About Advanced Technical & Electro Ceramics en Tue, 05 Dec 2006 09:45:54 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Jack@sterling-econsultancy.co.uk Jack@sterling-econsultancy.co.uk Engineering 1440 RSSeditor v0.9.54 (http://www.rss-info.com) Revolutionary Shaft Grounding Ring Improves Reliability Of Motors In Australia And New Zealand http://www.morgancrucible.com/cgi-bin/morgan_news/morgan_news.cgi?database=Morgan Carbon.db&command=viewone&op=t&id=7&rnd=298.68801904865745 Morgan Carbon Morgan Carbon Supporting Engineering Innovation http://www.morgancrucible.com/cgi-bin/morgan_news/morgan_news.cgi?database=Morgan Carbon.db&command=viewone&op=t&id=10&rnd=651.3276838064663 Morgan Carbon MIM Technology Provides Low-Cost, High-Quality Alternative To Machining http://www.morganelectroceramics.com/articles/mim.htm Morgan Electro Ceramics A manufacturer is trying to produce a metal part for a customer. The part is relatively complex, very small, and will be produced in large quantities. The customer is on an extremely tight budget.

Until about 15 years ago, the options for fabricating this part were limited. In truth, there was essentially just one choice: traditional machining. It may not have been a particularly cost-effective method, with the complexity of the part's geometry requiring long machine times. Still, considering that machining was the only option, there was no reason to address the downsides.

Enter metal injection molding, or MIM. This technology provides a low-cost alternative to machining, investment casting, and stamping. A MIM machine can mold parts in seconds compared to minutes or even hours through conventional techniques; in fact, MIM tooling can mold most parts in about 10 seconds - parts that would normally require 15 to 20 minutes using other methods. MIM applications are ideally suited for high-volume production of intricate components, ranging from laparoscopic instruments for the medical industry to optic modulators used in fiber-optic networks.]]> Morgan Carbon : Global Centre of excellence for Rotary transfer system opened in Antweiler http://www.morgancrucible.com/cgi-bin/morgan_news/morgan_news.cgi?database=Morgan%20Carbon.db&command=viewone&op=t&id=9&rnd=978.7339984016359 Morgan Carbon Advanced Coating Technology Extends Life Of Paint Bell Cups Over 5 Years At Ford Motor Company http://www.morganadvancedceramics.com/case_studies/ford.htm Morgan Advanced Ceramics New Technology Offers Dramatic Cost-Savings for Rotary Paint Atomizer Users

Not often does an investment in equipment produce a payback in six months, with direct cost savings amounting to more than 20 times the initial expenditure. But those are the results that a space age ceramic coating for paint bell atomizers is achieving for Ford Motor Company.

This new Ford-patented coating solves the problem of limited life of the aluminum and titanium bell cups, an expensive replacement component of the paint atomizers. The process for applying the coating was developed in collaboration with the Diamonex Products Division of Morgan Advanced Ceramics. Morgan Advanced Ceramics is a leading manufacturer of innovative ceramic, glass, metal and engineered coating solutions.

Short Life of Bell Cups

While paint rotary bell atomizers have been improved over the last two decades, the abrasive wear to the bell cups has been a lingering technical problem. In addition, the useful life of these bell cups has been shortened even further by the introduction of high solid metallic paint technologies along with mica flakes to achieve brighter colors and shimmering, reflective surfaces. It is well known and documented throughout the paint community that highly pigmented and aluminum-containing surface coatings are extremely aggressive on painting equipment.

]]> New Ceramic Technology Contributes to Advances in Medical Implants http://www.morganadvancedceramics.com/articles/medical_implants.htm Morgan Technical Ceramics Ceramic material, with its biocompatibility and resistance to wear, is ideally suited for a wide variety of medical implant applications, from artificial joints to implantable electronic sensors, stimulators and drug delivery devices. For well over a decade, alumina, zirconia and other ceramics have successfully proven their ability to withstand the harsh environment of the human body.

Ceramics for Artificial Joints

Advances in the use of ceramics for artificial joints have received a great deal of attention, especially since golf legend Jack Nicklaus received a ceramic-on-ceramic total hip replacement in 1999 in an experimental procedure at New England Baptist Hospital. Ceramic-on-ceramic hip joints received FDA approval in 2003.

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