Are you looking for a suitable thermal processing technology for your ceramic products?

We offer professional development of thermal processing for optimized product characteristics. The drying, debinding, and sintering processes are coordinated with your material. We support your product development with our diverse drying and furnace equipment and our lengthy experience.

1. Drying

Drying is an elementary component of ceramic processing. The drying process should be controlled to enable homogeneous shrinkage and thus avoid later stresses and cracks in the component. We offer you the equipment as well as advice on the accompanying analytical measures.

2. Binder Burnout and Sintering

Equipment comprises numerous chambers, high-temperature, and various debinding furnaces, including those with integrated thermal afterburners. The high-temperature furnaces can reach temperatures of up to 1950 °C in various atmospheres (static air, dynamic air, vacuum, argon, hydrogen, nitrogen, and mixed gases). This enables us to accommodate your individual wishes and needs and develop the optimum sintering parameters for your product.

3. Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP)

With our HIP equipment, we can postdensify ceramics in a hot isostatic process at up to 2000 °C and 3000 bar. This process technology is primarily used for technical, medical, and optical high-performance ceramics. The pressurization supports the diffusion processes in the material, allowing ceramics with very high densities, fine-grained microstructures, and isotropic properties to be obtained.

 

Our Laboratory and Pilot Facilities

Here, you will find a selection of our laboratory and pilot equipment for thermal processing technology. If you are interested in using our technical facilities, we would be happy to advise you individually.

Debinding Furnace KS 80/S (Fa. Linntherm)

max. temperature:
850 °C
Heating rate:
2 - 3 K/min
Muffle volume:
116 l
Atmosphere:
Compressed air, inert gas
Special features:
thermal afterburning

Electric Chamber Furnaces (Fa. Nabertherm)

max. temperature:
1350 °C
Heating rate:
2 - 20 K/min
Atmosphere:
Air
max. sample size:
L x W x H = 50 x 35 x 70 cm
Furnace volume:
up to 200 l

Chamber Furnace N20/HR (Fa. Nabertherm)

Field of application:
Suitable for heat transfer measurement. A sample with a diameter of 12 cm can be inserted into the oven door. Temperature measurement is possible directly behind the sample in the interior of the furnace.
max. temperature:
1300 °C
Atmosphere:
Air

Gradient Kiln Labotherm GR 1300/14S (Fa. Nabertherm)

max. temperatur:
1350 °C
Gradient:
6 heating zones, max. 300 °C
Atmosphere:
Air
max. sample size:
L x W x H = 130 x 10 x 6 cm

High-Temperature Furnace FHT 1750 u. 1800 (Fa. Ceram Aix)

max. temperature:
1750 °C
Heating rate:
2 - 30 K/min
Heating units:
Kanthal Super open distribution, arrangement: 3 elements each left and right
Atmosphere:
Air
max. sample size:
L x W x H = 30 x 15 x 20 cm

Elevator Furnace ELT 1750 (Fa. Ceram Aix)

max. temperature:
1700 °C
Heating units:
Kanthal Super 33 open distribution, arrangement: 3 elements on each of the four walls
Atmosphere:
Air
max. sample size:
L x W x H = 27 x 27 x 36 cm

Inert Gas Furnace (Fa. Ceram Aix)

max. temperature:
1700 °C
Firing chamber:
D x H = 200 x 300 mm
Atmosphere:
Air, inert gas, vacuum < 10 mbar
Heating rate:
2 - 25 K/min

High-Temperature Vacuum Furnace LHTW 150-150/20 2G (Fa. Gero)

max. temperature:
1900 °C
Heating Units:
tungsten sheet
Atmosphere:
Vacuum (< 10 - 5 mbar), inert gas, hydrogen
Firing chamber:
D x H = 150 x 150 mm

Hot Isostatic Press (Fa. EPSI)

Thermoelements:
Type C, Type B
Max. temperature:
Type C = 2000 °C
Type B = 1500 °C
Heater:
Graphite
Max. Pressure:
300 MPa
Firing chamber:
D x H = 125 x 220 mm
Heating rate:
2 K/min – 20 K/min