Area of Application

Parts

Why use ceramic?

Materials

Mechanical
engineering,
general

Coatings,
bushings,
nozzles,
extruder linings,
guide rollers,
guides,
conveying elements in worm extruders,
bearing bushes
slip rings,
mixing elements in screw extruders,
shearing,
cutting,
protective sleeves,
protective tubing,
sifter wheels,
seating rings
slide rails,
roller bearings,
shaft protection tubes,

High
wear resistance
and / or
corrosion resistance and
mechanical strength

Aluminium oxide,
silicon carbide,
silicon nitride,
zirconium oxide,
quartz porcelain

Grinding machine spindles,
milling arbors

High stiffness

Guide wheels,
high speed roller bearings

Low density

Roller bearings,
thermal insulators

Good high temperature strength

Area of Application

Parts

Why use ceramic?

Materials

Pumps and
fittings

Linings for sleeves and cylinders,
sealing plates,
housings,
bearing bushes,
slip ring seals,
pistons,
ball plugs,
balls,
bushings,
plungers,
pump impellers,
guide wheels,
rotors,
valve plates,
shafts,
shaft protection sleeves,
cylinders

High wear resistance and / or
high corrosion
resistance

Aluminium oxide,
silicon carbide,
silicon nitride,
quartz porcelain

Plant engineering

Linings for mills,
concrete mixers,
containers,
linings for screw
conveyors and drive rollers for conveyor belts,
filters,
grinding bodies
mixers,
pipes,
agitators,
chutes,
sifters

Good corrosion resistance and high resistance to wear

Aluminium oxide,
silicon carbide,
silicon nitride,
zirconium oxide

Paper production machines

Stripping bars,
linings,
cutters,
suction bars

High wear resistance

Aluminium oxide,
zirconium oxide,
Silicon carbide

Area of Application

Parts

Why use ceramic?

Materials

Textile machines

Exhaust nozzles,
exhaust tubes,
friction disks,
thread brakes,
thread guides,
hooks,
eyes,
tubes,
rollers,
cutting elements,
spinning rings,
bars,
vortex nozzles

High wear resistance
and
high surface quality

Aluminium oxide,
zirconium oxide,
quartz porcelain

Metalworking

Splaying mandrels,
bending tools,
drills,
wire drawing rollers,
wire drawing cones,
cutter spindles,
rollers,
sandblasting nozzles,
indexable inserts,
drawing dies

High hardness
and
high wear resistance

Aluminium oxide,
zirconium oxide

Casting moulds,
casting cores,
casting funnels,
soldering substrates,
filter cores,
melt filters,
smelting crucibles,
protective tubes,
welding bars,
welding nozzles,
welding electrode insulators,
welding pins,
welding rings

High temperature resistance
and/or good
corrosion resistance, resistance to thermal shock

Dense cordierite,
porous cordierite,
mullite,
aluminium oxide,
silicon nitride

Spacers,
rules

Low thermal expansion and
high stiffness

Cordierite

Oxygen sensors

Oxygen ion conductivity

Zirconium oxide

Area of Application

Parts

Why use ceramic?

Materials

Motors,
turbines

Combustion chamber linings,
piston heads,
sleeves,
port liners,

Thermal insulation

Aluminium titanate

Rocker arm inserts,
valves,
valve guides,
valve seats

High wear resistance, low density,
hardness

Silicon nitride,
silicon carbide

Piston pins,
turbo rotors,
roller bearings,

Low density
high strength

Silicon nitride,
silicon carbide

Diesel catalysts,
catalyst carriers

Good corrosions and heat resistance

Spark plugs,
glow plugs

Electrical insulation and heat resistance

Technical porcelain

Gas turbine wheels,
turbine blades and guide vanes,
turbocharger impellers and housings

High-temperature resistance

Silicon nitride,
silicon carbide

Oxygen sensors

Oxygen ion conductivity

Zirconium oxide

Chemical and process
Engineering

Linings,
laboratory porcelain,
pyrometer tubes

Good corrosion and heat resistance,
high wear resistance

Aluminium oxide,
quartz
porcelain,
mullite

Tower packing media,
catalyst carriers

Good corrosion and heat resistance

Aluminium oxide

Filters

Good
corrosion resistance

Aluminium oxide