• Control of Vehicular & Industry Emission

Through research and development, our engineers and scientists apply technology to address the day’s toughest challenges and enable better lives. Building on the progress we’ve achieved, our teams work to extend the latest advancements to help solve new problems — ones that we’re facing today and anticipate will continue to grow in the years ahead.

Tackling air pollution from the vehicles 

This spirit of innovation is what we called upon when we first began tackling the problem of automotive exhaust. With the implementation of the 1970 U.S. Clean Air Act, Corning emerged on the frontlines of emissions control innovation — setting the standard for catalytic converters worldwide and reducing billions of tons of pollutants from vehicles on the road. filters are filled with thousands of tiny, parallel channels, creating the look of a “honeycomb” – where exhaust can flow through. These channels provide a very large internal surface area allowing catalysts to have intimate contact with the exhaust gases. For substrates, the parallel channels remain open, while filters have alternately plugged channels, forcing the exhaust gas through the porous wall and capturing dangerous particulates on the inlet walls. When you look through a substrate, you can see straight through the tiny channels. Whereas when you look through a filter, you can’t see the other side, but instead see the plugged “checkerboard” pattern on the surface.