Saint-Gobain High-Performance Materials - Product Announcements

Consistent Grinding Performance from First Grind to Stub Size Eliminates Need to Change Grinding Parameters and Results in Superior Part Quality and Lower Grinding Cost (read more)

Combining a Completely New Ceramic Grain, an Improved Y-weight Backing, an Enhanced Resin System and a Special Grinding Lubricant, the Latest Norton Coated Abrasive Belts Blaze New Trails in Performance (read more)

Sani-Tech gives the research and development professional, system designer, process engineer and bio-engineer a freedom of choice. Sani-Tech offers a complete program of Sanitary Processing Systems and components. This includes fabrication equipment for field installations as well as small scale Labtop systems for research and process development. (read more)

CERBEC balls are known worldwide for their extremely smooth surface finish. Their manufacturing process is totally dedicated to Si₃N₄ finishing. (read more)

Norton adds versatile and economical cylindrical, centerless and surface wheels and segments to the Gemini® abrasives line. (read more)

Comprised of Chemfluor® PTFE fluoropolymer and densely packed high tensile 304 stainless steel braid, the TH Series of Smooth Tube Hose from Saint-Gobain is perfect for high pressure (5000 psi) applications. (read more)

The High-Performance Materials sector of Saint-Gobain is composed of seven activities: Abrasives, Ceramics, Crystals, Grains & Powders, Performance Plastics, Reinforcements & Composites and Textile Solutions. (read more)

There are several important advantages to bearing performance that are due to the improved surface characteristics of silicon nitride balls. Because the microstructure of silicon nitride can be uniformly engineered to sub-micron grain size, the surface of a silicon nitride ball can be finished to <0.15 micro-inch Ra and the roundness is often better than 0.00001 tolerance. (read more)

Face to the microbial growth which can lead to the formation of mildew, contaminates materials, degrades the tubing itself, Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics launches Tygon® Silver, a new tubing which kills bacteria, fungi, algae and increases the product life.

The principle: the new product is made with a silver based compound on the inner surface at the point of fluid contact. This concentrati... (read more)

CLASS™ is the largest area Sapphire sheet available in the world for Visible to Mid-wave Infrared windows. (read more)

Innovative new butterfly valve design, ease-of-use and secure lock positioning highlight Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics' (SGPPL) newest product, the Pure-Fit TruValve System. This new product offers a unique design which allows users to alter flow variability over standard flexible tubing or a finished assembly system, while providing tamper proof lockout positioning.

The Pure-Fit TruVal... (read more)

Thrust washers injection molded in Meldin® 1000 series, 3000 series, and 5000 series materials offer high wear resistance and excellent self-lubrication characteristics for demanding and dry-running applications. (read more)

Piston rings injection molded in Meldin® 1000 series, 3000 series, and 5000 series materials offer excellent chemical compatibility and wear life versus traditional cast iron solutions. (read more)

Hexoloy® SP SiC is a sintered alpha silicon carbide material designed specifically for optimum performance in sliding contact applications such as mechanical seal faces and product lubricated bearings. This material improves upon the exceptional friction properties of Hexoloy® SA SiC (sintered alpha SiC) through the addition of spherical pores. (read more)

Hexoloy® SA SiC is produced by pressureless sintering submicron silicon carbide powder. The sintering process results in a self-bonded, fine grain (less than 10µm) SiC product which is extremely hard, lightweight and low in porosity. The material can be formed into complex shapes with greater than 98% theoretical density. (read more)

NORGLIDE® Bearings are self-lubricating, lead free, plain bearing, custom manufactured to reduce maintenance and lower friction and are available with a flexible bearing tape or with a metallic backing. (read more)

Almost all of Saint-Gobain's Norglide® maintenance free bearings can be manufactured as a thin wall bearing for a variety of applications. Thin wall or thin section bearings have advantages over conventional bearings, in addition to all the standard features of Norglide Bearings, thin wall bearings are light weight, have a small cross section, easy to press fit, are lead free and self lubricating. (read more)

CERBEC ® ceramic balls are used in hybrid bearings for a wide variety of applications.

CERBEC Balls are made from two types of silicon nitrides made by Saint-Gobain Ceramics: NBD200 and SN101C. They are both fabricated using glass encapsulation HIPing which assures 100% density, high beta phase content,micron-sized grains, and minimal levels of glass phase. (read more)