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Re: mackit post# 22187

Wednesday, 01/21/2015 6:14:50 PM

Wednesday, January 21, 2015 6:14:50 PM

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I was talking to an old business associate who is selling to Chinese sapphire furnace manufacturers. The furnace that GT sold back in 2012 has not changed that much. There was a lot of "dead"space in the furnace and by using larger crucibles they could get larger boules. The challenge was in scaling the process.
Theory only gets you about 1/3 to the goal. The rest is trial and error...which takes time and GT grossly underestimated the amount required ...or ignored the technical staff's input.
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