Cao Xin, deputy director of Bengbu Institute of Functional Glass of China Building Materials Group: In the range of 0. 12mm, I believe this is an amazing achievement in the world. Ultra-thin glass, also known as ultra-thin electronic touch glass, is the core material of electronic information display industry and is used as the basic material of mobile phone, computer and TV display screen. The thinner the glass, the better the light transmittance, the better the flexibility and the lighter the weight. But the glass is too thin and very fragile. How to make the glass thin and have enough strength and toughness is a world problem.
It is precisely because of China's technological breakthrough and innovation that the international market price of ultra-thin glass has been reduced by 2/3. However, Cao Xin did not meet the thickness of 0. 12mm. When 0. 12mm glass rolled off the assembly line in batches, he was already preparing for the research and development of 0. 1mm ultra-thin glass.
In the late 1950s, British pilkington Glass Company announced to the world that the glass float forming process had been successfully developed, and countries rushed to buy patents, but Pilkington was independent and blocked China's technology. This situation makes china glass industry realize that it must take the road of independent innovation.