Saint-Gobain’s Wear Resistance strength is in custom engineering shapes in their pre-fired state. Our objective is to improve the performance, efficiency, and equipment life of our customer’s material-handling equipment. We provide cost effective solutions for solving wear and corrosion problems encountered in heavy industry during routine plant operation on a daily basis. Extending the life of your material handling equipment and keeping your systems at maximum operational levels is a top priority.
Reducing the particle size of hard materials is expensive & tough on operations. Our solutions have been assisting customers in extending the life of dynamic and static equipment with one of our many ceramic material solutions. With over 50 years of continual practical ceramic application experience with abrasive materials, Saint-Gobain's products are best suit your application, not limiting to the list below.
Equipment Examples:
Sliding Abrasion Resistance | Erosion Resistance | Impact Resistance | Corrosion Resistance | ||
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Datasheet | Good | Good | Good | Good | |
Datasheet | Better | Better | Good | Good | |
Durastrike™ ZTA (Zirconia Toughened Alumina) |
Flyer | Best | Best | Best | Good |
Datasheet | Better | Better | Good | Better |
Are you classifying and separating abrasive materials?
Do you require a supplier who has a high level of application experience and material science knowledge?
We work with your experienced personnel to co-develop ceramic lining solutions to solve virtually any equipment reliability issues caused by wear. These systems are usually dynamic, so special consideration in applying one of our many ceramic materials is essential to your success.
Equipment Examples:
Ceramic solutions
Sliding Abrasion Resistance | Impact Resistance | Corrosion Resistance | ||||
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Norfrax / Silit SK (Silicon infiltrated Silicon Carbide / SiSiC) |
Datasheet | Better | Good | Better | ||
Datasheet | Good | Good | Good | Good | ||
Durafrax (Alpha Alumina oxide) |
Datasheet | Better | Better | Good | Good | |
Hexoloy® (Sintered Alpha SiC) |
Datasheet | Best | Best | Good | Best |
Whether it is a complex elbow, lateral, tee or reducer made out of carbon steel, hardened pipe, weld-overlay, nickel alloys, HDPE or rubber, we have designed a lining system to address wear and corrosion problems affecting plant reliability and safety. Cryston, Durafrax, Norfrax, and Hexoloy® are just a few of the more typical successful materials utilized in these demanding piping applications in an industry such as yours to resolve constant patching of elbows, leaks leading to safety concerns, downtime, etc.
Sliding Abrasion Resistance | Erosion Resistance | Corrosion Resistance | ||
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Datasheet | Good | Good | Good | |
Datasheet | Better | Best | Good | |
Datasheet | Better | Better | Better | |
Datasheet | Best | Best | Best |
Density cm3 | Abrasion Resistance C704 | Sliding Abrasion Resistance | Impact Resistance | ||
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Durafrax (Alpha Alumina oxide) |
Datasheet | 3.52 | 1.0 | Better | Good |
Corguard (Alumina Zirconia Silica) |
Datasheet | 3.49 | 1.65 | Good | Best |
Durastrike™ ZTA (Zirconia Toughened Alumina) |
Flyer | 1.20 | 0.8 | Best | Best |
Sliding Abrasion Resistance | Erosion Resistance | Impact Resistance | Corrosion Resistance | ||
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Norfrax / Silit SK (Silicon infiltrated Silicon Carbide / SiSiC) |
Datasheet | Better | Better | Good | Better |
Durafrax (Alpha Alumina oxide) |
Datasheet | Better | Better | Good | Good |
Cryston Refrax (Nitride Bonded SiC) |
Datasheet | Good | Good | Good | Good |
Hexoloy® (Sintered Alpha SiC) |
Datasheet | Best | Best | Good | Best |
Various types of valves, spray nozzles and rotary valves/airlocks pose challenges to users when they lose their clearances which reduce their performance. Our application engineering experts work closely with every customer to identify the concerns and evaluate a range of ceramic materials to provide the best solution. Hexoloy®; Durastrike™ PSZ and Y-TZP and Durafrax are just a few of the materials used in these applications.
Sliding Abrasion Resistance | Erosion Resistance | Impact Resistance | Corrosion Resistance | ||
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Durastrike™ (ZTA, YTZP, PSZ) | Flyer | Best | Best | Best | Good |
Hexoloy® (Sintered Alpha SiC) |
Datasheet | Good | Best | Good | Best |
Datasheet | Good | Good | Good | Good |
Looking for an ultra-fine-grain, sintered high grade pressed alumina for various types of abrasion? Durafrax® is an ultra-fine sintered alpha-alumina oxide (Al2O3):
The High performance dense Nitride Bonded Silicon Carbide ceramic refractory is perfect for complex shapes capabilities.
Reaction bonded silicon carbide (RBSiC / SiSiC) are Premium Cast Silicon Carbide material. It provides excellent wear resistance and is engineered to resist oxidation and thermal shock.
A patented product, it is an ultra-premium Silicon Carbide material engineered to resist abrasion and mechanical shock.
Hexoloy® is our Premium sintered Alpha Silicon Carbide pressed or extruded to customizable complex shapes providing maximum performance?
HEXOLOY®
The ZAC / CORGUARD® ALUMINA ZIRCONIA SILICA (AZS) fused cast product with its interlocking crystalline structure, provides resistance to heavy impact, sliding abrasive wear and thermal shock.
CARBOFRAX® 50 & ALFRAX® 50 are Silicon Carbide & Alumina based trowelable, wearing compounds used to provide abrasion resistance in low and high temperature applications where traditional refractory bricks are either not feasible or cost-effective.
WEARPAK® Adhesives, Mortar & Wearing compounds are offered in various viscosity/grades to suit every application need.
WEARFIX® ZAC ceramic is a based wearing compound used to improve joint wear or as a filling material for improved performance.
DIAMOND SAW BLADES are designed for easy on site jobs, offered in 8“, 10“, 14“ and 20“ dia.
DIAMOND FLAP DISCS are diamond impregnated discs for fast removal, chamfering edges or smoothing surfaces wet or dry.
High performing ceramic materials and solutions are required in almost every aspect of the mining & processing of abrasive materials.
Durafrax pioneered the ceramic movement in this industry; which now utilizes various Innovative Time Proven ceramic material solutions in Blast Furnace Stockhouse, Gas Cleaning & Charging; coke making, Sinter Plants and Pellet plants.
Demanding elements require high performance ceramic materials to combat various combination of corrosion, abrasion and Erosion.
Saint- Gobain are Pioneers in this industry with our ceramic materials in all aspects coal and ash handling.
Time proven & FDA approved cost effective ceramic Wear Solutions.
Proven ceramic solutions in the crushing, pulverization and separation of cement, clinker and slag.
Recycling materials is demanding on a variety of equipment which we have provided ceramic solutions for.
Ceramic materials have been proven to lower the cost/ton in many aggregate and Hot Mix Asphalt facilities. From Quarry to Silo, we have you covered.
Scrubbers, gas cleaning and dust collection linings are just a few examples of our widely accepted ceramic solutions. In addition, Saint-Gobain is the leader in environmental policies within our own operations.
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