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Alumina’s pressing matter

November 22, 2009 - 00:00 GMT

KEYWORDS: alumina , Sunrock Ceramics , speciality shapes , furnace , refractories

Sunrock’s new high purity alumina grade is suitable for pressed speciality shapes in furnace linings

Technical, or advanced, ceramics is an increasingly important field of the market, utilising composite materials coupled with the need for high temperature ceramic parts; used in friction and other arduous conditions (IM December ’08, p.66: Technical ceramics take off).

Advanced ceramics are considered non-traditional, as they utilise highly refined materials and new forming techniques, and are commonly used in applications such as military vehicles and weapons.

This complex material is also more demanding of kiln furniture support structures used to hold ware through the firing...

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