Technical ceramics - oxide ceramics

Technical ceramics offer a range of high-performance materials of the future which meet the increasingly demanding requirements of industry. They possess enormous hardness, while exhibiting astounding bending strengths and impact strengths, are extremely temperature-resistant, biologically compatible and chemically resistant.

It has already been possible to significantly increase the efficiency of machinery and plant in many applications through the use of technical ceramics.

Products

CVT offer an extensive range of products for a wide variety of possible applications in the field of technical ceramics.

Materials

Depending on the application, CVT offer technical ceramics made of aluminium oxide, zirconium oxide, silicon nitride, glass ceramics and silicon carbide.

Applications

Technical ceramics can be used in a variety of applications as a substitute for metal components. CVT offer the perfect ceramic materials for many applications.

Versatile properties of technical ceramics allow a wide range of uses

In the field of technical ceramics, the later use is defined by the material used, the form and the size of the component. The components are moulded from ceramic powder, organic binder and liquid at room temperature and acquire their typical material properties in a sintering process at high temperatures. The larger or more complex a component made of technical ceramics, the more challenging it is to manufacture.

Depending on the material used, a component made of technical ceramics possesses the following properties:

heat resistance to well above 1000 °C
electrical insulation
resistance to abrasion and wear
extreme hardness
corrosion resistance
biocompatibility
low thermal expansion

low density
high mechanical strength
stability of form
low or high thermal conductivity
electrically insulating
semiconductor properties