How One Shop Machines Advanced Ceramics

摘要

Years of trial and error combined with the appropriate machining technology allow this company to produce custom parts made of alumina, zirconia, boron nitride and other advanced ceramic materials. Demand for advanced ceramic components will increase to more than $12 billion in 2010, according to the Freedonia Group, an international business research company in Cleveland, Ohio. Uses for ceramics that are likely to grow include ballistic armor, ceramic composite automotive brakes, aero-space diesel particulate filters, joint replacement components, dental products and piezoceramic sensors. In the meantime, electrical and electronic applications such as insulators, igniters, heating elements, heat shielding components, connectors, seals and magnets will continue to be big consumers of advanced ceramics. Many of these applications will require precision, multi-axis machining as an essential part of the manufacturing process.