Vendor Gorilla Glass produced highly flexible thin glass

As you know, glass displays, the iPhone and iPad manufactured by Corning. That it produces heavy-duty coated Gorilla Glass . However, the fact that Corning presented today can literally make a revolution in design communicators.

At the weekly exhibition of Society for Information Display in Boston, the company introduced a new development, known as Willow Glass. In the name of wonder appears the word "Willow» («Willow»), because a new generation of glass is not only an ultra, but also highly flexible. Glass can literally "wrapped" around the unit or structure. Of course, it works with touch sensors.

Glass thickness is 100 microns, or about a piece of paper. In addition to mobile devices, this technology can be useful for the manufacture of flexible solar panels. According to some reports, supplies Willow Glass individual clients have already begun, but the mass production of the product is expected to close by year end.

Since Apple has admitted that Corning is a major supplier of glass for mobile devices to iOS, then we can expect that it will be used by Willow Glass in the next generation iPhone.

Test of strength Gorilla Glass Glass 2 [video]

Apple for a long time and successfully used in their mobile products on the glass Gorilla Glass Company Corning. But as the manufacturer of the iPhone and iPad keeps secret the information about their suppliers and partners, an official confirmation of this information is not found.

Ultimately Cupertino recognized that heavy-duty glass Gorilla Glass is used in current models of iPhone and iPad, and the second generation of this product will be the basis for new models of Apple-gadget. Reference to the American manufacturer Corning as one of the suppliers of Apple is on the official page «US Jobs Supported by Apple», devoted to jobs in the United States.

So, earlier this year,  Corning demonstrated the  further development of technologies for the glass protecting the screen phones, tablets and laptops. The second generation of Gorilla Glass is 20% thinner than originally announced, while maintaining the characteristics of strength and resistance to scratches and mechanical stress. The thickness of the glass decreased by 0.1 mm, which greatly increases the visibility of images on the phone display and reduces the resistance of the multi-display on the touch control.

Experts in the field of heavy-duty glass released an impressive video to show what the load is able to withstand the recent creation of Corning.