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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.
Silicon Carbide - C-Mac International, LLCSilicon carbide offers low thermal expansion, high thermal conductivity, strong thermal shock resistance and elevated chemical intertness as it is not attacked by acids, alkalis or molten salts. A modern ceramic material, silicon carbide is classified as an advanced, technical, or engineering ceramic due to its superior attributes. Silicon carbide components are common to industrial environments as they are particularly well suited to the high stress needs of these settings.
Electrical conduction, semiconductors, automotive, structural and abrasion industries are just a few of the many sectors in which silicon carbide is utilized. Grinding machines, brake discs, seals, bearings and heat exchangers are all commonly made of this material, maximizing its heat resistance and conductivity. Silicon carbide grit can also be used to create ground glass for use in photographic equipment and in the creation of decorative glassware.
Although natural occurrence of silicon carbide is rare, several processes allow for large production of man-made replicas of this substance. The Ascheson furnace and Lely are commonly used methods. The Ascheon technique involves heating silica, carbon and other additives that increase porosity to maximum temperatures and then gradually lowering them. The Lely process sublimates the particles in an argon atmosphere by heating them in a fashion similar to the Ascheson furnace. Chemical vapor deposition is sometimes used to produce cubic silicon carbide, though it is a very expensive option.
Thermal decomposition of polymethylsilyne also yields pure silicon carbide when it occurs in an inert atmosphere with low temperatures. This process has the added advantage of pre-forming the polymer before it is transformed into a ceramic. When silicon carbide is formed, no matter the process, the color of the crystals helps to determine the purity of a given sample. Colorless, pale yellow and green crystals are the purest. Brown, blue or black crystals indicate some degree of contamination and are less pure.
Common imputiries include nitrogen, aluminum and iron, all of which affect the electrical conductivity of the final product. The crystals or grains produced by any of these methods are then bonded together by manufacturing techniques such as sintering, firing, hot pressing, hipping, extrusion, fusing, slip or pressure casting, injection molding and deposition.