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Have you physically spoken with a human at Liquidmetal when they stonewall you?
We deserve to see the results of the proxy vote! What the hell
Why is the report not out!!!!!!!!
They will tell us after they sell their shares
Watts,
What are you talking about?
or this one.
United States Patent 8,829,437
Prest , et al. September 9, 2014
Method for quantifying amorphous content in bulk metallic glass parts using thermal emissivity
Abstract
Disclosed are methods and apparatus for determining an unknown degree of amorphicity in a bulk-solidifying amorphous alloy. A specimen can be prepared from the alloy, irradiated with passive radiation, imaged to provide a thermal image, and the image analyzed to assess the differences in emissivities in the image. The degree of amorphicity can be determined based on the differences in thermal emissivities.
The below mentioned patent application describes the 3 Apple Watches in detail..
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United States Patent Application 20140305932
Kind Code A1
Waniuk; Theodore A. ; et al. October 16, 2014
OPTIMIZED MULTI-STAGE INDUCTIVE MELTING OF AMORPHOUS ALLOYS
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Apple Watch Edition: Gold
Text by Jony Ive:
We wanted to appeal to a wide range of personal styles. So with Apple Watch Edition, we're working with a uniquely luxurious metal, 18 carat solid gold. We're using both yellow and rose gold. Each is a custom alloy designed to be not only beautiful, but up to twice as hard as standard gold.
It begins at the molecular level where precise adjustments in the amount of silver, copper and palladium in the alloy result in very specific hues of yellow and rose gold. Next, we use a new hardening process developed by our metallurgists to strengthen a metal that is naturally very soft.
The molten gold is cast not into the shape of the watch but into solid ingots. These ingots are then precisely milled to remove any imperfections. They are then compressed to a fraction of their original size creating dense pore free billets. Ultrasonic scanners are used to detect even the most minute defects in the metal. From these solid billets, we machine the watch housing as well as individual components like the digital crown and the clasps for our straps. Finally, each case is hand polished to an immaculate sheen by highly skilled jewelry artisans.
The result is gold that is elegant yet uncompromisingly durable.
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Apple Watch: Steel
Text by Jony Ive:
Stainless steel is both strong and beautiful. There's a reason it has long been used to make fine watch cases. For Apple watch, we start with an alloy of stainless steel known for its strength and corrosion resistance. We then customize it with a series of alloying and processing steps to make it even stronger. While in its molten state the composition of the metal is tightly controlled to minimize impurities and ensure hardness. This is followed by a specialized cold process that helps to make the metal up to 80% harder and less susceptible to nicks and scratches. The forgings are then machines in a twelve station multi axis milling machine achieving highly accurate uniformity across the case. It's polished to a pristine mirror finish. For the space black stainless steel, an additional diamond like carbon layer is added to achieve a durable finish and brilliant appearance.
The bands receive the same careful consideration. Each links bracelet is made from more than 140 individual parts. The Milanese loop is made from fine steel coils woven together to create a flowing mesh with a fabric like feel.
With stainless steel, we've given a traditional material a new expression.
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Apple Watch: Aluminum
Text by Jony Ive:
Our engineers have custom designed a new alloy. It is 60% stronger than standard alloys but just light. This requires precision alloying. Raw aluminum of exceptional purity is heated to a molten state. Tightly controlled amounts of magnesium and zinc are then added. As these elements bind together they form a protective compound that strengthens the metal. The alloy is then poured, jet cooled and then cast. A high temperature treatment then minimizes uneven chemistry in the billets and ensures proper grain structure. Next, a finely tuned extrusion process makes a uniform surface free from defects.
After being meticulously formed, each case is machines, buffed, and then textured with microscopic zirconia beads.
I am not expecting Apple to use the name Liquidmetal but Apple would totally legitimize it if they only announced that their alloy was amorphous. That will cause the medical industry to take notice. This is why Apple is hugely important.
The dilution was for survival. I am not upset that Steipp and company have tried to get paid, as oil would have done the same. I only wish they would actually produce something. I literally worked 6 days a week almost constantly for three years non stop to build my business. Are they that dedicated? I doubt it!
LQMT needs to be legitimized and that only happens when somebody says, "we are using Liquidmetal alloys" or "amorphous alloys".
If Apple were to use amorphous alloys and announce that they are in fact amorphous, the medical community would be all over us, especially after the new phone gets even lighter and is basically bend proof
Gorgol,
The big question of course is!!!
If Apple is using Liquidmetal alloys in the Watch and soon to be released iPhone 7, where are they procuring the alloy?
Who benefits from Apple procuring the alloy because Apple is not a commodity company. They have suppliers who are experts at procuring commodities. Are they using Materion and if not, then who?
If LQMT is being used and is being commercialized, what is the benefit to LQMT (other than pure survival) if Apple never uses their Tradedress?
Blind faith is not smart. You must have an exit strategy. Everybody knows that. Sometimes you give up and cut your losses.
If you are really in Private Equity, you would know this.
This year must yield better results from the Engel Symposium as we have been consistently presenting at these since 2011.
If we don't get a contract soon in the medical field, then I'm scared.
Tony,
Tell me when you give up on stocks..
If this doesn't hit soon, I may finally give up as the risk is exceeding the reward for me. When should we have positive news? I don't want to find myself in trouble with this stock!
How's Jakob doing? :)
What is the $7k report you guys keep referring to?
Also, why would anybody pay $7k to read a report. If I'm paying $7k, I can surely afford to pay somebody to read it to me. LMAO
I am cautiously excited about where LQMT is at this juncture in time.
Engel is onboard.
Materion is onboard.
Apple is using the technology to expand their margins.
LQMT was at SAE for "automotive exposure"
I am cautiously excited. I truly hope this works out as it will change my life.
Is it really less than $1/ ounce
I don't believe anything made from liquidmetal will be disposable
Disposable????
You guys don't get it.
Apple doesn't have to be first to market with BMG. They will develop the processes and patents that will ultimately allow them to mass produce electronics at a low cost with a high margin for profit and low margin for errors.
Remember, Vertu has already used LQMT. Apple is not first to market, but they will be the first to injection mold their product!
Bodes well for whom
I don't understand what that means!!!
This worm has a hook in it. What does this mean?
It's not a rumor. It hit Engadget and cnet
I checked www.whois.com to see who owns the domain name registration.
It was registered in Panama anonymously. It expires on May 20, 2016.
It's like a liquidmetal glue gun
What is the benefit of joining with steel if the steel is weaker and non amorphous for structuralapplications
I didn't see the pictures. Where are they?
That is VERY interesting.
Greater efficiency = lower cost per injection and bigger molds and final parts
It's actually a pretty big deal. Less steps and less cost. Also, less wasted material and less recycling of waste = greater efficiency
Gorgol,
They got rid of the "cookie" that has to be cut off of each piece that is manufactured and then you have to polish the rough edge (where the cookie was) after cutting off the cookie.
That whole process is gone! :)
This first patent listed seems to appear that Apple is looking for a way to use a 100 gram ingot to make a 100 gram part with no lost material, no post processing and no recycling necessary.
This might be the final piece of the puzzle. Then all we will need are a sheet factory and we are in big business.
Lastly, we will need a machine capable of making parts greater than 100 grams. Imagine if a machine could eventually make beams of LQMT in a massive vacuum assuming it isn't cost prohibitive.
Clearly you don't understand LinkedIn.
Also, most discussion regarding LQMT is negative. Going public on a forum like Twitter could impact is far worse than keeping it under wraps.
I keep going back to this article from Sept 30, 2014!
Liquidmetal’s Apple Alliance for Metal Yet to Bear Fruit
Bill Johnson, a professor at the California Institute of Technology, helped develop the material, and Liquidmetal licensed it. Before signing the agreement with Apple in 2010 and Swatch in 2011, Liquidmetal made mobile-phone parts for Nokia Oyj and Motorola using earlier technologies, as well as watch cases for TAG Heuer and Casio Computer Co.
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Is the Apple Watch a Consumer Electronic Device or is it a Watch. I ask because Apple's worldwide perpetual deal occurred after Swatch according to this article.
I don't think the long shafts are relevant!
The middle portion looks like some sort of hinge. Maybe it's a knee or something.
New Apple patent released today. Anybody care to help me find more information on the:
"temperature regulated melt crucible for cold chamber die casting"
Watts,
Look at the new MacBook.
It can't be made thinner out of aluminum. The next major design change must involve a new alloy, period. Unless everything goes fully wireless and there are wireless charging stations everywhere and physical plugs are no longer necessary, then a new material alloy will be used in the name of increased tensile strength.
Normal blades cut through meat and other dense fibers and are pressed onto hard surfaces (cutting boards) which causes them to fold over itself, get dull and they also typically corrode because of their non-amorphous nature.
I would assume that if the only surface the blade is gliding over is lubricated skin and the only surface it is cutting is hair, then it is a pretty decent guess.
Worst case scenario, you send it in to the manufacuturer once every ten years to be reminded in a machine. (Recycled)
Sell them direct to consumer.
Do an infomercial or do QVC. Our Liquidmetal blades never have to be sharpened. Every man and woman in America would buy one. Hell, you could injection mold the handle and blade in one step. Sell each for $30.
I'd buy one immediately of it meant that I didn't have to worry about it rusting or dulling. 300,000,000 Americans at $30 = $9,000,000,000
We should just make razor blades!
Easy money!
Jolly,
I have personally worked with many Apple employees and live in a building with many Apple employees. They are incredibly insulated from what is happening inside the company as Apple is the most secretive company in the world.
Even if they did know what was happening, they would NEVER talk about it to ANYBODY because it is not worth their career.
If you read that somebody knows somebody who knows somebody at Apple, they are full of shit. If they heard a rumor, they're full of shit. PERIOD.
The only rumors that I will remotely pay attention to come from www.macrumors, www.patentlyapple, www.appleinsider, or www.cultofmac
All the other sites are absolute garbage.