DelTech Exciting CGIF News! That was the subject line for the email Marcus Fish, Development Director for the Ceramic and Glass Industry Foundation, sent to board members today: “At the end of last week we received official notification that the Corning Incorporated Foundation has approved a grant in the amount of $50,000 for The Ceramic and …
Wildlife in the city impacts Deltech Furnaces… If you live in the city, you know that many kinds of wildlife have been forced to share their space with humans. As metropolitan areas expand onto areas that used to be farmland or wilderness, the indigenous animal populations have learned to coexist with we mammals. And in …
CGIF reports on its first year… The Ceramics and Glass Industry Foundation (CGIF), of which this blogger is a proud board member and contributor, recently released its first Annual Report. (Click on the link below to view). The Foundation is the new and improved version of a now defunct fund raising wing of the American Ceramic …
Quality Materials Testing Furnaces for Optimum Performance… Materials testing furnaces are considered an important piece of equipment that is frequently used in a wide range of industrial and even scientific applications. In most instances this type of furnace can operate at temperatures up to and in some cases even exceeding 1800°C. One of the best …
Do you know “Robocasting”? Robocasting Enterprises, LLC was born out of the Technology Transfer program at Sandia National Laboratories. The company uses the technique called “robocasting” – 3D printing via particulate pastes – created by former Sandia research scientist and company founder, Dr. Joe Cesarano III. Their products include ceramic and composite components, often involving …
Deltech Furnaces mourns the loss of our founder, Calvin L. Stevenson. Calvin L. Stevenson served as Deltech’s Chairman of the Board and Technical Director until his death on February 16, 2016. Born August 2nd, 1930 in Anaconda, Montana to Calvin Stevenson and Olga Miller Stevenson. He died on February 16, 2016 in Denver, Colorado, his …
Cowboy up! “Cowboy up!” Just one of the many wise, witty, and too-the-point pieces of advice for plant managers that can be found in the book “On The Plant Floor”. Written by Bryan D. Geary and Carlton F. Sorrell of OPF Enterprises based in Missoula, Montana, the book is aimed at “both the inexperienced new …
Careers in Ceramics and Glass From a technology and science perspective there has perhaps never been a better time to be involved to some degree in the ceramic and glass industry. Bright young minds with an abundance of creativity and scientific wherewithal are increasingly being drawn to this important industry and all that it offers. …
Deltech Furnaces is now an SBDC success story! The Small Business Development Center is one of the best places that is unknown to most small business owners. From the North Metro Denver center website: The SBDC combines information and resources from federal, state, and local governments with those of the education system and private sector to …
The Deltech furnace used to fire a CMC (Ceramic Matrix Composite) nozzle designed by Boeing and built by ATK affiliate COI Ceramics has an interesting history. It started out as the largest furnace Deltech had ever built: a custom top hat model furnace featuring a 10 foot in diameter x 3 foot high workspace. It was purchased …