Corning Incorporated

Paul Delautre

Thierry Luc Alain Dannoux

Allan Mark Fredholm

Laurent Joubaud

Stephane Poissy

Olivier Lobet

Frederic Henri Florent

Patrick Jean Pierre Herve

Pierre Brunello

Jean-Pierre H Lereboullet

A modular mounting and connection or interconnection system for microfluidic devices () includes a plurality of end-butting compression-sealing fluid connectors or adapters (), and one or more clamping structures () each structured to hold one of the fluid connectors () in compression against a planar surface of a microfluidic device (), and to press against the device, on another directly opposing planar surface thereof, either a contact pad () or another of the fluid connectors (), with each clamping structure () including an individually moveable compression-providing element such as a compression screw () structured to provide a controlled amount of compression. The system desirably further includes one or more device frames () each structured so as to receive and hold a microfluidic device () with one or more of the clamping structures () attached, the device frame () being structured to retain the device () and attached clamping structures () by constraining only one or two of the clamping structures () in a manner such that no torsion or bending is applied to the device (), and one or more system frames () structured so as to receive and hold a plurality of device frames () in proximity to each other in a three-dimensional array, such that volumes of desired fluid interconnections between devices () can be minimized.

Modular mounting and connection or interconnection system for microfluidic devices

An apparatus for mass production of 3D articles from 2D glass-containing sheets includes a heating section having a heating station that includes a heating chamber adapted to receive a 2D glass-containing sheet, a pneumatic bearing system proximate to the heating chamber for suspending the 2D glass-containing sheet inside the heating chamber, and a heater system proximate to the heating chamber for supplying heat to the heating chamber. A forming section downstream of the heating section has a forming station that includes a mold system adapted to shape a heated 2D glass-containing sheet into a 3D article. A cooling section downstream of the forming section has a cooling chamber adapted to controllably cool off one or more 3D articles. A method of mass producing 3D articles from 2D glass-containing sheets involves use of the apparatus.

Apparatus and method for mass producing 3D articles from 2D glass-containing sheets

A deformation apparatus for reforming a glass sheet comprises a central portion, a first edge mold movably coupled to a first end of the central portion and configured to be linearly translated along a linear mold axis in a first direction toward the central portion. The deformation apparatus further includes a second edge mold movably coupled to the second end of the central portion and configured to be linearly translated along the linear mold axis in a second direction opposite the first direction and toward the central portion. Methods are also provided including the step of cooling a reformed glass sheet, wherein a greater shrinkage of the reformed glass sheet relative to a shrinkage of the deformation apparatus is accommodated by a movement of at least the first edge mold in a first direction toward the central portion of the deformation apparatus.

Methods and apparatus for reforming a glass sheet

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Paul Delautre