康寧發佈第五代Gorilla Glass玻璃 手機屏幕將更耐摔

Dropping your smartphone when taking a selfie could soon be less risky, says specialist glass maker Corning.

專業玻璃製造商康寧日前表示，自拍的時候不慎掉落手機可能不再會碎屏了。

Shattered or cracked screens are the number one cause of smartphone repairs and customer complaints globally.

手機碎屏或是屏幕出現裂紋是智能手機返修的一大主因，也是全球手機用戶共同投訴的問題。

It has launched its next generation of Gorilla Glass - the material used in more than 70% of smartphone screens, including on Samsung and Apple devices.

康寧公司推出了新一代Gorilla Glass玻璃—--包括三星和蘋果設備在內的超過70%的手機屏都在使用該系列玻璃。

Corning said Gorilla Glass 5 could survive more than 80% of drops from as high as 1.6 metres. As well as drops, it was twice at good at resisting scratches and other damage compared to what's currently on the market.

康寧公司表示，從1.6米高的位置做抗摔測試，第五代Gorilla Glass的完好率超過80%。此外，第五代Gorilla Glass在抗刮擦以及其它抗損方面是當前市場產品的兩倍。

Some of the phones tested survived over 20 hard drops in the lab. Typically, most phone drops are from between waist and shoulder height.

在實驗室中，一些手機經過20次的墜落實驗，手機屏幕依舊完好。一般來說，大多數的手機墜落的位置介於手腕和肩膀之間。

Corning's work in specialist glass dates back to 1879, when it produced the glass used in the iconic Edison lightbulb.

康寧生產特殊玻璃的歷史可以追溯到1879年，當時該公司發明並製造出了愛迪生燈泡的玻璃外罩。

By 2016, more than 4.5 billion devices use Gorilla Glass, which is created using a technique known as fusion forming.

截止2016年，使用“熱熔成型”技術的康寧Gorilla Glass玻璃已經在全球超過45億臺設備中得到使用。

It involves placing the raw materials - sand and "other inorganic material" - into a melting pot. It is then transferred to an isopipe, essentially a small trough, which is intentionally overfilled. The melted material spills out over both sides and combines underneath to form the sheet of glass.

首先，將生產玻璃的原材料，硅沙和其它無機金屬材料一起放到一個大熔爐中。接着材料通過隔熱管輸送。隔熱管是一個很淺的水槽，很容易漫過，融化的材質從兩邊流出去，流下去的溶液在水槽底部形成玻璃。

This technique means there is no human contact needed in creating the glass, eliminating defects and removing the need to treat the glass afterwards.

這種技術意味着玻璃的生產過程中無需人工參與，避免了人工誤操作和後續的人工處理流程。