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Technical Ceramics from The Ceramic Experts
Advanced ceramic materials make applications possible today that were virtually inconceivable just yesterday. Due to their unique material properties, technical ceramics are considered to be one of the most efficient materials of our time.
Advanced ceramics provide the basis for CeramTec products. This material is also referred to as technical ceramics, engineering ceramics or industrial ceramics. These terms cover many different and in part highly-specialized ceramic materials with unique mechanical, electrical, thermal and biochemical properties and property combinations.
These specific characteristics can be further developed, optimized and matched for use in technical applications. It is also possible to combine different properties. Materials like these can be used to design advanced components that perform the required tasks with optimum precision and can be light years ahead of competing materials such as metal or plastic in the respective field of application. Components made from ceramic materials are increasingly the only solution available for technical challenges that cannot be overcome with conventional materials.
Technical Ceramics – Materials Groups
Technical ceramics from CeramTec can be divided into four major groups of ceramic materials: Silicate ceramics, oxide ceramics, non-oxide ceramics and piezo-ceramics. Silicate ceramics are the oldest type of ceramic materials for technical applications and are made primarily from natural raw materials in conjunction with alumina (aluminum oxide, aluminum silicate). The oxide ceramics group contains materials that consist primarily of metal oxides such as aluminum oxide, zirconium oxide, aluminum titanate or dispersion ceramics. Non-oxide ceramics represent a materials group comprised of ceramic materials based on carbon, nitrogen and silicon compounds such as silicon carbide, silicon nitride and aluminum nitride. Piezo-ceramics (also known as functional ceramics) represent a group of materials used to convert mechanical parameters into electrical parameters or, conversely, to convert electrical signals into mechanical movement or vibration.
Technical Ceramics – Material Properties
Ceramic materials used as technical ceramics or advanced ceramics in technical applications must satisfy extremely high demands in terms of their properties. The property spectrum ranges from wear and heat resistance, temperature and corrosion resistance all the way to biocompatibility and food compatibility.
- Flexural strength
- Biocompatibility
- Chemical resistance
- Density and stiffness (Young’s modulus)
- Compressive strength
- Electrical insulation
- Dielectric strength
- Hardness
- Corrosion resistance
- Food compatibility
- Piezo-electricity and dynamics
- Temperature resistance
- Thermal shock and fluctuation resistance
- Metalization (joining technology)
- Wear resistance
- Thermal expansion
- Thermal insulation
- Thermal conductivity
These diverse properties make it possible to use technical ceramics in a variety of applications in the automotive industry, electronics, medical technology, energy and environment and in general equipment and mechanical engineering. CeramTec’s current product portfolio comprises well over 10,000 different products, components and parts, and a
broad spectrum of advanced ceramic materials along with CeramTec’s own proprietary developments based on this fascinating material.
Markets and Applications for CeramTec Products?
Are Nearly Everywhere.
CeramTec advanced ceramics offer so many advantages in so many different applications in a wide variety of markets. CeramTec products are used in Vehicle and Automotive Engineering, Electronics, Energy and Environment, Equipment and Mechanical Engineering, and Medical Technology.
The latest News from CeramTec covering Technical Ceramics
- Material Development for higher Yarn Quality
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2015-03-02 - CeramCool® Searchlights help save Lives
2014-11-10 - Advanced Ceramics in the Hunt for Comets
2014-10-31 - Expert Study on the Future of ceramic Materials
2014-06-09 - Silicon Nitride Ceramics for Roller Bearing Technology
2014-04-14 - Technical Ceramics on a Space Exploration Mission
2014-01-27 - Ceramic sliding Surfaces for the next Generation of Curling Stones
2013-12-09 - PERLUCOR® transparent Ceramics recieve innovation Award at Compamed
2013-11-26 - Grinding, Mixing and Dispersing with Tools made from wear-resistant Zirconium Oxide
2013-11-04 - CeramTec wins Best-of Prize of the Materialica Design + Technology Award
2013-10-16 - Advanced Ceramics and structural Steel in an extreme Stress Test
2013-10-04 - CeramTec testing and calibration laboratories accredited according to DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025 standard
2013-09-16
Where Can…
…Advanced Ceramics Be Found? Our new brochure about ceramics in our world answers the question where technical ceramics deliver peak performance every day.
Technical Ceramics Manual
The chapters of this manual include an overview of materials, manufacturing processes, ceramic-oriented component design and examples for applications.
CeramTec Images
Selected CeramTec image themes featuring components made from technical ceramics that can be used according to Creative Commons (CC BY-ND 3.0).
Your direct Line to CeramTec Advanced Ceramics
You can contact CeramTec’s Development department directly with any comments or ideas regarding technical ceramics or questions about technical ceramics’ properties or fields of application.
Your contact:
CeramTec GmbH
Development Dept.
CeramTec-Platz 1–9
73207 Plochingen
Dr. Ilka Lenke
RFQ Management
Phone +49.7153.611-275
Fax +49.7153.611-491
Email
Technical Ceramics – Experience it live
You will find technical ceramics at a number of international trade fairs and events. Moreover, a visit to the “Technical Ceramics” exhibition at the Deutsches Museum in Munich or Porzellanikon, the European Museum for Technical Ceramics in Selb, is always worthwhile. CeramTec helped develop a variety of exhibits featuring ceramic materials for both museums.
We also recommend reading the article about advanced ceramics on Wikipedia and visiting the web pages of the Ceramics Industry Association, were you will find specific information on this topic and a very useful guide to advanced ceramics. Moreover, the Technical Ceramics Information Center hosts a seminar series called “Technical Ceramics in Practical Applications” every two years in Germany. This seminar series is aimed at teaching participants about the capabilities, applications and cost savings potential of technical ceramics.
Recommended Contacts
Please click on the button “Contacts” to the right, to get a list with the personal and direct responsible contacts within the CeramTec Group.