Because of ceramic rods’ limited capacity for load-bearing, and because they can’t be used to transmit wires and cords like ceramic tubing, ceramic rods are generally limited to a few applications. Read More…
Leading Manufacturers
LSP Industrial Ceramics, Inc.
Myrtle Beach, SC | 609-397-8330, 609-397-8341As a manufacturer and stocking distributor of industrial and technical ceramics, LSP carries the most diversified inventory of ceramic tubes, spacers, bushings, etc. in the industry. Our teams aim to exceed your expectations and our high performance solutions are very cost efficient. If you have any questions then feel free to visit our website or give us a call today!
C-Mac International, LLC
Pittsburgh, PA | 412-406-7171C-Mac International, LLC is a custom ceramics supplier. We provide advanced ceramic component parts manufacturing for a variety of industries and provide solutions to many ceramic needs. Our company specializes in Alumina, Steatite, Cordierite, Zirconia, and MgO. For all your ceramic needs or a free price quote, call C-Mac International, LLC today!
Insaco Inc.
Quakertown, PA | 215-536-3500Insaco provides custom grinding and machining services to fabricate precision parts from sapphire, quartz, and most technical ceramics including alumina, zirconia, silicon carbide, silicon nitride, aluminum nitride, and others. Engineers are available to discuss material options/alternative recommendations, as well as design concepts to help our customers minimize fabrication costs. Since 1947 Insaco has enjoyed an extremely strong reputation for reliably meeting the toughest grinding and machining requirements in working with these difficult materials.
Applied Ceramics
Fremont, CA | 510-249-9700Years of experience have created unique specializations and expertise of our engineering and product consultation team. Applied Ceramics has a proven track record in creating the highest quality products for semiconductor processing equipment, automotive ceramics, cutting tools and many other industrial ceramics. We’ve machined products for industries such as aerospace/aviation, medical, nuclear, and more, but can produce products from high-end materials for all relevant enterprises.
Mica-Tron Products Corp.
Holbrook, MA | 781-961-5297Ceramics machining and much more is what you will find at Mica-Tron Products. We have the ability to machine intricate parts in a wide variety of materials. In our state-of-the-art facility, we are able to offer single prototypes to large runs of thousands. Excellence in quality since 1959.
Advanced Ceramics Manufacturing
Tucson, AZ | 520-547-0850Since our founding in 2001, as an AS 9100 certified aerospace research and development company, Advanced Ceramics Manufacturing we have become a leader in the production of ceramic components, custom ceramic fabrication and water soluble molds and tooling. We specialize in aerospace composites. Within our state of the art facility, we have an autoclave, wet-lab, metrology lab, ceramic firing ovens, QC lab, and two composite clean room.
Applied Ceramics, Inc.
Atlanta, GA | 770-448-6888Our Versagrid® honeycomb ceramic products are custom made to your specifics. Applied Ceramics provides product in mullite, fused silica, cordierite, activated carbon and alumina ceramics. As ceramic manufacturers, our cell density runs 4-400 cells psi. We’ve been in business since 1967. Contact us.
Ceramic Rods - LSP Industrial Ceramics, Inc.Ceramic rods can be created in several ways, but among the most efficient and effective means of ceramic rod creation is extrusion. Extrusion is the process of forcing molten material through a die in order to shape it.
Ceramic Rods - LSP Industrial Ceramics, Inc.A die is a metal plate with a specially-shaped hole cut through it. The extrusion process begins with a collection of raw material. In the case of ceramics forming, that raw material can be aluminum oxide (also known as alumina), silicon carbide, zirconia and many other similar materials.
Those materials are suspended above a conveyance channel in a hopper. Gravity is used to release the suspended materials into the cavity. Once in the cavity, the materials are heated to their melting points and pressurized.
Heating and pressurizing raw ceramic materials makes them workable; once melted they can be forced through the die, and as they pass through the die they take its shape. In the case of rod extrusion, the die shape can be as simple as a circle; this will produce a long cylinder as material is forced through it.
Once the material emerges on the other side of the die, it has become a newly extruded ceramic rod. At this point the rod can be cut and prepared for shipment or additional processing if necessary.