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CERAMIC FABRICATIONS

A key part of Zircotec's business is the fabrication of free standing ceramic components from a range of different ceramic materials, primarily through the use of our own in-house plasma-spray process using similar techniques to those used for our ceramic coatings.

 

Zircotec has the technology and know how to be able to fabricate some extremely complex ceramic structures. To do this we use an automated robotic plasma-spray facility, and, depending upon the component being fabricated, we are able to use a combination of both sacrificial and permanent formers/dies on which the ceramic coating is deposited. Our processes allow us to achieve extremely tight dimensional tolerances, and by controlling the plasma-spray environment and feedstock we are able to maintain a very tight control on the chemical composition of the ceramic. We have facilities to machine ceramic components after plasma-spraying, and also processes by which we are able to clean finished ceramic components to further reduce any risk of residual chemical contamination.  

 

We manufacture a range of free standing ceramic components such as:

  • Ceramic Crucibles for high temperature operation.

  • Ceramic Filters, eg. for use in gas detectors.

  • Ceramic Furnace Components such as ceramic tubes and other ceramic artefacts.

  • High temperature ceramic Susceptor Tubes for use in optical fibre production.

  • Ceramic components for their combined Electrical and Thermal Insulation  

We are able to manufacture ceramic components ranging from just a few millimeters in size up to components that are more than 1 metre long. As an example of our capabilities:

  • We manufacture a significant number of ceramic filters that are only circa 10mm dia.

  • We regularly manufacture high purity zirconia ceramic tubes that are circa. 200mm dia. and >1 metre long with a wall thickness of just a fraction of 1mm.

We are of course always interested in identifying possible new applications for our ceramic fabrication technology. Please feel free to contact us if you think you might have a need for our expertise.

 

 

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