Ceramic Technologies, Inc.

Ceramic Technologies designs with some of the newest advances in high-tech ceramics to solve wear problems. Sliding wear, abrasive wear and wear from flowing products are all solved using advanced ceramics. Contact us with your wear problems to utilize our expertise in material engineering and selection. See our website for details on our advanced ceramics and pictures of our custom wear parts. Ceramic wear parts and wear resistant ceramics are manufactured to your specifications in the following materials: Aluminum Oxide Boron Carbide Boron Nitride Silicon Carbide Silicon Nitride Zirconia

Boron carbide is one of the hardest and lightest known ceramics. It is formed by hot-pressing, so making complicated shapes is difficult. Because the boron-10 isotope will absorb neutrons, boron carbide is an important material in nuclear process technology. Neutron Absorber rods Military Armor Sand Blast Nozzles Spray Nozzles Sputtering Targets Thin Film Coatings

Aluminum ceramics are the most widely used ceramics because they offer superior wear and corrosion resistance. Additionally, the raw materials are plentiful, so the powders are low-cost. Compared to other ceramics, aluminum oxide is the lowest cost with one of the highest hardness properties. Aluminum is gas-tight with no open porosity. It is diamond ground to achieve polished surface finishes. Common applications include:Sand Blast Nozzles Mechanical Seals Mud Pump Liners Microwave Components Grinding Media Textile and wire guides Oil and Gas choke beans Electrical Insulators

Our fine-grained sub-micron yttria stabilized zirconia is a great material for zirconia ring applications. Zirconia pad printer rings, Piston wear sleeves and zirconia bushings outperform tungsten carbide and any hard-facing coatings. The low coefficient of friction that zirconia offers minimizes wear from sliding friction. In addition, zirconia offers superb corrosion resistance, which is the main reason it will outperform tungsten carbide in oil service applications. The ceramic is easily press fit or heat shrunk into steel bodies to provide a long wearing system.Other grades such as HIP zirconia or MgO stabilized zirconia are also available. Shoot us an email with any questions or to ask us to quote your zirconia ring requirements.

Silicon nitride offers one of the best combinations of toughness and hardness of commercially available ceramics. In addition, its low thermal expansion coefficient offers superb thermal shock resistant compared with most other ceramics. Complex geometries can be made with sintered material. The material also exhibits low density, high temperature strength, excellent wear resistance and good facture toughness. Common applications include:Diesel engine glow plugs Rocker arm pad Ceramic ball bearings Check Valves for Oil Well Applications Resistance Welding Fixtures Sand blasting nozzles MWD wear parts in Oil Well Drilling Poppet valves Guide rollers for steel rods and cable Molten Aluminum Nozzles and trim Valve Trim

Ceramic Technologies offers a line of ceramic capsule blades used to trim hard capsules. Made with high purity HIP zirconia, our blades offer high strength and resist chipping. We inspect for chip free edges at 20X. Ceramic Technologies offers the longest lasting hard capsule trimming blades. These blades exhibit the following characteristics: Blades are made by ultra high purity Zirconia powder Polished edges are chip free to 20X Blades are HIPed to minimize any chipping and add toughness Multiple styles available and Custom blades can be made