Our Ceramics are designed to enhance efficiency and durability across various applications, making them the ideal choice for industries like automotive, aerospace, and renewable energy.
Saint-Gobain Performance Ceramics & Refractories specializes in high-performance ceramic materials such as Silicon Carbide (SiC), Silicon Nitride (Si3N4), Boron Carbide (B4C), and Alumina (Al2O3), each engineered to withstand the most extreme thermal, chemical, and mechanical conditions. These advanced ceramics offer unparalleled hardness, superior thermal conductivity, exceptional mechanical properties, and excellent chemical stability, making them ideal for high-stress applications like thermal-chemical processing, temperature sensing, semiconductor wafer processing and high accuracy and precision metrology applications.
Their robustness enhances the reliability and lifespan of critical components in industries such as nuclear, automotive, aerospace, chemical processing, and renewable energy, thereby supporting more efficient and sustainable operations.
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High-Performance Ceramics for Specialized Applications
- Ceramic Labware: Durable and high-purity ceramics used for laboratory environments.
- Thermocouple and Sensor Protection Tubes: Ceramic tubes protecting sensors and thermocouples in harsh industrial environments.
- Shell & Tube Heat Exchangers: Equipment used for transferring heat between fluids in various industries, utilizing high-performance ceramics for durability.
Process Engineering Solutions
- Thermal Processing: Equipment and materials used for heating, melting, or treating materials at high temperatures.
- Chemical Processing: Corrosion Resistant Ceramics designed to withstand aggressive chemical and thermal environments.
Precision Measurement and Motion Control
High Accuracy CMM and Motion Control Equipment: Advanced systems used for precise measurement and motion control in manufacturing and industrial processes.
Advanced Industrial Equipment and Components
- Surface Treatment: Precision-engineered nozzles used in applications like atomization and abrasive blasting, often made from durable ceramics.
- Nuclear Reactors: High-performance materials and components (seal faces, crushable insulators, neutron shielding plates) designed to withstand extreme conditions in nuclear energy production.
Semiconductor and Advanced Manufacturing
- Semiconductor Wafer Processing: Specialized equipment and materials used for processing semiconductor wafers, requiring high precision and stability under extreme conditions.
Get in touch with our experts
What are the key technical considerations when manufacturing seal faces for nuclear reactor coolant pumps?
Seal faces for nuclear reactor coolant pumps must be highly engineered to meet the specific tolerances of the application. These must be machined according to intricate designs, ground and lapped.
Which material is the best suited for use in a thermocouple protection tube?
Choice of material depends on operating conditions, such as temperature, environmental chemistry, thermal cycling, fluid flow, and presence of particulates. Saint-Gobain Performance Ceramics & Refractories’ team of experts is on hand to discuss any requirements around material selection.
How do the properties of silicon carbide compare with those of aluminum oxide?
Compared to alumina oxide, silicon carbide is a lighter material, has lower thermal expansion, higher thermal conductivity and higher specific stiffness.