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Apple Adds Diamond-Like Carbon Coating (DLC) To Gorilla Glass
Apple’s iPhone 12 announcement included an upgrade to Gorilla Glass, which called Scratch-Resistant Glass for all the upcoming Apple devices. According to Apple, the term for the covering glass is Gorilla Glass Victus. iPhone users are more likely to damage and break their phones than to have them stolen or misplace them. Apple cooperated with Corning to enhance Victus with a diamond-like carbon coating (DLC) for its devices displays to make its devices more rigid and robust. Few details are available that three major companies are working on enhancing their device’s display and created systems to coat with diamond-like coatings. About its structure, the company says that Spiral Grain Coatings on iPhone’s glass structure makes it stronger and more durable to damages. The Glass can withstand more pressure and more resistant to drops before surrendering to breakage. In a Knoop Diamond Scratch Test, the latest Victus Glass could beat other competing products that were tested as it can withstand an 8 Newton Load. The Apple company website already states, “Creating tougher Glass isn’t rocket science. It’s molecular science.”
Apple is evaluating methods to strengthen further its display Gorilla Glass by coating them with diamonds. $3.4 billion was spent by smartphone owners in 2017 replacing broken screens, most of which were Gorilla Glass 6. Intevac and privately held Denton Vacuum supply equipment to smartphone manufacturers to deposit diamond thin films. Denton's PECVD system can coat one Gen 6 panel per minute, achieving 57% smartphone penetration on an equipment spend of $200 million.
Apple’s iPhone 12 announcement included an upgrade to Gorilla Glass, which called Scratch-Resistant Glass for all the upcoming Apple devices. According to Apple, the term for the covering glass is Gorilla Glass Victus. iPhone users are more likely to damage and break their phones than to have them stolen or misplace them. Apple cooperated with Corning to enhance Victus with a diamond-like carbon coating (DLC) for its devices displays to make its devices more rigid and robust. Few details are available that three major companies are working on enhancing their device’s display and created systems to coat with diamond-like coatings. About its structure, the company says that Spiral Grain Coatings on iPhone’s glass structure makes it stronger and more durable to damages. The Glass can withstand more pressure and more resistant to drops before surrendering to breakage. In a Knoop Diamond Scratch Test, the latest Victus Glass could beat other competing products that were tested as it can withstand an 8 Newton Load. The Apple company website already states, “Creating tougher Glass isn’t rocket science. It’s molecular science.”
Apple is evaluating methods to strengthen further its display Gorilla Glass by coating them with diamonds. $3.4 billion was spent by smartphone owners in 2017 replacing broken screens, most of which were Gorilla Glass 6. Intevac and privately held Denton Vacuum supply equipment to smartphone manufacturers to deposit diamond thin films. Denton's PECVD system can coat one Gen 6 panel per minute, achieving 57% smartphone penetration on an equipment spend of $200 million.
