Corning Incorporated announced on 6 April 2009 that the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) would be using the Corning Advanced-Flow glass reactor in its chemical engineering research programm…
Corning Incorporated announced on 6 April 2009 that the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) would be using the Corning Advanced-Flow glass reactor in its chemical engineering research programme. Corning“s reactor has the ability to continuously and efficiently stream chemical reactants together, and not mix them in batches, thus enabling breakthroughs in manufacturing. We believe continuous manufacturing of chemicals and pharmaceuticals is an important trend for the advancement of the chemical processing industry. Continuous manufacturing provides significantly more efficient manufacturing and higher-purity products, both critical benefits. Additionally, these types of reactors enable new chemical pathways that in the past people could only dream about accomplishing in a production environment, said Professor Klavs Jensen, chair of the MIT Department of Chemical Engineering. We are very excited that the Department of Chemical Engineering at MIT will be using Corning“s Advanced-Flow glass reactor technology in its leading-edge programme, said Dr. Gary Calabrese, vice president, Science and Technology, Corning Incorporated. Corning“s reactor technology is now being readied for deployment in manufacturing locations around the world, which means that the MIT research can have a significant impact on the future of chemical manufacturing. In addition to important research work, MIT may apply Corning“s Advanced-Flow glass reactor to its undergraduate teaching curriculum. It is very important to give students an education that keeps up with the most important trends in technology. Corning has innovated for businesses, and we need to be equally innovative for our students, Jensen noted. Corning innovation, in the form of the high-throughput, easily scalable Advanced-Flow glass reactor, is now bringing significant performance benefits to industrial chemical processing. The Advanced-Flow reactor can be customized to specific client needs, and enables a cost-effective solution for a single reaction or a wide portfolio of reactions, increasing the efficiency, scalability, and quality of chemical processing – all while reducing environmental impact, performance variability, and cost.