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FILE NAME Corning OC DATE 1968 Apr 30
DOC OC054
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Internal Report - Corporate Planning with
Notations
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Dr. H. R. Hibbard Jr.
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Mr. R. Shannon
| CORPORATE PLANNING 1
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Corning Fiberglas Corporation
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April 30 1968 5
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Mr. J. Evey
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To comply
which the
Corporate
tion
with your recent request for a list of
Company should give consideration to
new products and processes
Planning for future growth I
as a part of the long range
submit the following for your considera-
1. Glass Reinforced Ceranic Composites
Concept :: yee ce
concept vi This
involves the
and fired strengths of
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ceramic exposites
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improve the greon
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strengths strengths
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substantially improve ( OCF has never had a sponsored
We have worked however on
program in the area of reinforced ceramics
an unofficial and quite limited basis with
~ govaral outside companies and Universities
will
Indications
are glass fibers
- a for disea reports have green strengths increase drying rates and in
also improve fired
so back to us to to the affoot that glass fibers
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matrix
strengths even though they seem to disappear in the
a Probability of Supceen
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The strengths i
probability of improving
of
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ware reduce > handling damage and breakage are
groen
to
process
fir^,dstrengths of caramic
extremely high Probability of improving ..:
composites are are about 50/50 Development of
--. higher temperature resistant fibers will improve these odda 7
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fr
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I have recomended D in this
1 facilities and
area for a number of years With
adequato in the use of manpower we could be the ones who make the big
brea through glass fibers as reinforcement for
___ would recommend that OCF undertake such a study ceramic comp sitas Yes I
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extrets Class could be a possible replacement for steal and asbestos
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This concept covers the development of a trested glass fiber which can be used as replacement for arbsstos in the reinforcement of calcium silicate insulations
Status
It is currently a Marketing sponsored D Program However due to a shortage of manpower the program le tamporarily on the shelf Asbestos the current
reinforcing fiber for calcium silicates is reported to cause cause
cancer Because
of adverse publicity possible court actions and for protection of our position
In the calcium silicate market It is necessary necessary for OCF asbestos fibers from Kaylo It would be very desirable
to replace asbestos inthe calcium silicate market
to eventually reasse
if vo vere the first
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Probability of Success
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Less than 25 .
Recommendations
Reactivate this program as soon as manpower becomes available This is a tough problem to solve however I recommend we continue with our program We just can't allow one of our competitors to be first in the removal of asbestos
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Dovolop a dry structural roof dook to broaden our line of structural and
During the past 20 years OCF people have developed or bad made available to
then three structural roof dock products = Tectum an inorganic bonded rizal
product now produced by National Gypsum Solas Clay Toan Panels now boing
introduced on the market by Dow and a calcium silicate product called Lifa
developed by OI OCF does not ourrently produce or market a structural roof
doak product N active program is currently under my
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It all depends on whether the product must be based on glass structural roof decks have already been developed However
is the product is to be based on glass then the probability
fibers Dry
if the criteria
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This concept covers the development of a treated glass fiber which can be used
as a replacement for asbestos in the reinforcement of calcium silicate insulations
It is currently & Marketing sponsored D Program However due to a shortage of manpower the program is temporarily on the shelf Asbestos the current
of adverse publicity possible silicates actions reported for protection reinforcing
fiber for salcium silicates is reported cause
cancer
Bopcoasuitsieon In the calcium silicate market it is necessary
OCF
asbestos fibors from Laylo It would be very desirable
in to replace asbestos
the calcium silicate market
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to eventually if wo re
rozovs first
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Less than 25
Recommendatio
tough Reactivate this program as soon as manpovar bes mes available This is a
problem to solve however I recommend we continus with our program We just can't allow one of our competitors to be first in the resoval of asbestos
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Develop a dry structural roof dook to broaden our line of structural and , building products
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During the past 20 years OCF people have developed or had made available to
then three structural roof deck products - Toctum an inorganic bonded Bical -
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product now produced by National Gypsum Selas Clay Foam Panels now being
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introduced on the market by Dow and a calcium silicate product called Lifa
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under developed by OI OCP does not ourrently produce or market a structural roof
deak product No active program is surrently
my
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Probability Probability of Succes ee ee
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It all depends on whether the product must be based on glass
structural roof decks have already been developed However
is the product is to be based on glass then the probability
in
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fibers Dry if the criteria is less than 1
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OCF Marketing has
activo program in
. doaks should also
an urgent nood for such a
of this aroa MarketingMarketing of
be considered
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16. Inorganic Reinforced Plastic Systora
product R should have an
developed structural
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This concept sovers Inorganic - Mass
1 molded
in
standard
FRP
prossos
using
Fiber Composites standard
capable
of being
. molding techniques .
Statust
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be Recent exploratory investigations in this
developing inorganic alurry systems which area indicate the possibility of
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fibers
to
produce
products
having
can
strengths
be
reinforced
with glass
but at a substantially lower cost Being
comparable to reinforced plastic
rate ratd ed fireproof
completely completely inorganic they would
De
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robability of Succers
955
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| Recommendations Recommendations
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An active program should be est
to
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bustibility palding palding systars
Such
up
pursue the development of all
systems
offer lower
costs
higher modulus
insorganic
and
His could easily be the ones who
in027-
could be a serious threat to
develop such a product It
our future
ales should
come with such up
growth in the FRP market if some ns a product
| 7. Fire Rated Acoustical Products
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concept This
covers the
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board acoustical productdsevelopment of one and two hour rated tile and osiling
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and | OCF now markets R1
E2 20s and two hour
, acoustical tile and coiling board
rated glass fiber fire rated
are extremly poor Customer
products Gross margins of such products
marginal
,
acceptance of the R1 and R2 products are also
wo
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Probability of Suncese t
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25 or less if va go the glass fiber routs 996 if us go the Fourdrinier wat
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Recommendations
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OCF'nust OCF'nust develop a complete line of one and two hour rated tile and
board products if we are to remain inin the acoustical market
ceiling
Various
surrently under way at Granville must be continued ...
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programs
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High Temperature Glass Fiber Insulation
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based on glass fibers which will
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of a high high temperature insulation product
supplement or eventually replace Kaylo in
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OCF developed several years ago a product called
MultMiulti Temp Gross margins
were lower than those obtained on Kaylo C Marketing withdrew the product
from the Market Several new concepts of producing a lower cost Multi
high temp insulation are ourrently under way
Probability of Success
/
ly
50/50
Recommendations
Program initiated recently which involves involves boat felting of the glass fibers followed up with a post saturation of clayclay shows considerable promise This
program should be continued
9. Glass Reinforced Fused Salt Commositan Concept This concept involves the reinforcement of fused salt with glass fibers to produce structural exposites
Status Status
This concept has been reduced to practice Patents have been filed for However there is no current program and no apparent interest within the company on this concept We have demonstrated it is possible to achieve flex strength as high
** 75.000 psi It is possible to adapt this concept to produce structural ice
Probability ofSucongel
Technical - 956
Commercial - 1
Rogommandational
This offers the company a now except of producing metallis high strength
Dr^ W. R. Hibbard Jr.
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compositos Tarket Research should be carried out to determine whetbar markets
exist for such expositos
1500 In addition to the above there are a number of product concepts in the high tempora-
ture calcium silicato insulation field which we hope to develop in the n ttoo
distant futuro They include such products as Marinite fire rated_vall rated_vall assemblies
ceramic drying pallets high temperature oven door insulation
insulation
insulating osments furnace insulation elevator door and shaft insulation pipo
fittings large size sectional ware and bonded aggregato composites If you would
like to revios any of the above in greater detail please call mo you
Finally over the years wo as a company have directed our efforts toward glass fibors I've heard many poople say from time to time nothing new o 50s out of Research Yet in the past 10 - 15 years two completely different products namely glass foam pellets and glass flake have boon developed For ons roas n neither found any success on the market I believe both products doservo a evaluation
as to possible market applications Incidentally both are proprietary OCF products
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R. F. Shann n