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Increased consumer demand for more memory storage has led to recent advances in the semiconductor industry and semiconductor manufacturers are now investing heavily in the next generation 450mm wafers. Pilot lines are being built worldwide and key to their success is the ability to produce chips in an efficient and economical way. Ceramic semiconductor wafer handlers from Morgan Technical Ceramics will be a critical component, enabling manufacturers to improve productivity and yield.

Morgan Technical Ceramics, a leading manufacturer of ceramic components, is developing new ceramic membranes for water filtration and purification for use in industrial wastewater treatment processes. With water scarcity affecting one in three people globally, there is increased demand for businesses to conserve water and be more sustainable. Morgan Technical Ceramics’ new products will help industrial operations to be more environmentally friendly and efficient.

Morgan Technical Ceramics (MTC) announced that it produces a range of superior Diamonex® diamond-like carbon (DLC) biocompatible coatings that are ideal for medical implants, including left ventricular assist device (LVAD) heart pumps and artificial joints. With excellent adhesion and wear resistance, Diamonex coatings have significantly extended component life.

Morgan Technical Ceramics (MTC) announced that it continues to expand its range of superior, exceptionally wear-resistant Diamonex® diamond-like carbon (DLC) coatings for use in the aerospace industry. The coatings can be applied to a variety of metals, plastics and glass, providing a significant improvement in both product life and operating efficiencies. For aircraft windshields, the DiamondShield® coating reduces the abrasion caused by desert sand environments. Other recent applications include a titanium landing gear bearing refurbishment program, landing lights, and wing tip lenses.

Morgan Technical Ceramics (MTC) announced that it produces sensors for medical ultrasound devices using its advanced piezo ceramic materials. Medical sensors for infusion pumps, enteral feeding pumps and dialysis equipment are manufactured to ISO 13485 standards at MTC’s new medical sensor manufacturing facility, located in Southampton, UK.

Morgan Technical Ceramics has designed and manufactured the ceramic tips for a ground-breaking medical device from Microsulis Medical Ltd that destroys tumours in a minimally invasive procedure. As a result of using the new system, both patient trauma following surgery and post operation recovery time are significantly reduced. Patients can be sent home on the day of surgery, reducing hospital stays, which is better for the patient and reduces the cost to healthcare providers.

Leading manufacturer of ceramic components Morgan Technical Ceramics exhibited its pioneering ceramic speech valve for the first time in China, at Medtec China in Shanghai, 7th – 8th September. The ceramics specialist worked with University of Hull (UK) spin out company, Avoco Medical Ltd, on a speech-restoration project for patients with throat cancer.

Morgan Technical Ceramics (MTC) announced that its Hayward, California manufacturing site has received the 2011 Environmental Achievement Award from the City of Hayward. Presented by the Hayward City Council in April, the award was given to honor the facility for its notable efforts to preserve and enhance the business community and natural environment. MTC was especially singled out for achieving zero discharge of process water and implementing waste reduction, recycling and pollution prevention initiatives.

Morgan Technical Ceramics (MTC) announced that it has received a U.S. trademark for Sharkskin™ high-roughness textured alumina material, manufactured at its Hayward, CA site. Sharkskin provides a high-roughness surface texture integral to the alumina base material.

Morgan Technical Ceramics (MTC) recently hosted a group of eighteen materials science students, from the United Kingdom’s renowned Oxford University, at its manufacturing site in Hayward, California. The trip was part of a student-organized tour of advanced materials industries and facilities in a number of countries.

Morgan Technical Ceramics (MTC) announced that its Bedford, Ohio site manufactures the piezoelectric ceramic materials used in EBR Systems, Inc.’s innovative new WiCS® Wireless Cardiac Stimulation System. The PZT (lead zirconate titanate) material made by MTC is critical to the efficiency of the WiCS system, which is powered by a battery with a 3-year lifespan.

Morgan Technical Ceramics (MTC) announced that its Auburn, CA manufacturing site was recently selected as FEI Company’s 2010 Supplier of the Year for Quality. Hillsboro, Oregon-based FEI is a worldwide leader in electron microscopy products.

Morgan Technical Ceramics (MTC) Certech has pioneered a new manufacturing technique which strengthens its ceramic cores used in the investment casting process by 20-30%. The ceramic cores, which are used to cast high performance aerospace and industrial turbine blades, can now be manufactured with a tougher coating, enabling customers to improve yields and achieve associated cost savings.

Morgan Technical Ceramics (MTC) ElectroCeramics, leading manufacturer of ceramic components, has launched a new sensor which is ideal for reliable and precise heat energy and water flow measurement. The high performance ultrasonic sensors enable designers and OEMs to build accurate measurement equipment including smart metering systems, which are critical to helping society understand and reduce energy usage.

Morgan Technical Ceramics (MTC) announced that its Latrobe, PA-based manufacturing site has expanded its capabilities and can now produce extruded micro-sized rods and tubes in high purity Alumina and Steatite. The rods and tubes are widely used in medical, aerospace and electronic applications.

Morgan Technical Ceramics (MTC) announced that its Wesgo Metals site in Hayward, CA now offers custom brazing services, including active metal brazing, a process that allows metal to be bonded directly to ceramic without metallization

Morgan Technical Ceramics (MTC) announces the availability of pre-sintered preforms (PSPs) produced by its Wesgo Metals manufacturing site in Hayward, California. The PSPs are ideal for high temperature applications in the aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) industry. MTC’s newest PSP dimensional capabilities include significantly larger and thinner sheets.

Morgan Technical Ceramics (MTC) is offering ceramic cores made with its proprietary P-52 material, from its Certech manufacturing sites in both New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Ceramic cores produced with P-52 material exhibit greater dimensional accuracy while maintaining tight tolerances without distortion. They remain stable and rigid at high temperatures, making them ideal for use in investment casting of aerospace engine components.

Morgan Technical Ceramics (MTC) announced that its Certech manufacturing site in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania produces H7, a high silica core material with a coarse particle size distribution and open pore structure, ideal for use in casting of highly technical aluminum structural parts in aerospace applications.

Morgan Technical Ceramics (MTC) announced that its ElectroCeramics manufacturing site in Bedford, Ohio designs and manufactures a comprehensive range of precision piezoelectric ceramic components made of lead zirconate titanate (PZT) for use in aerospace, medical, industrial, commercial and consumer sensor and actuator applications. The company can produce intricate piezoelectric designs that meet demanding specifications for such products as transducers, sensors, actuators and bimorphs.