A service provider employs a five-step ceramic injection molding (CIM) process consisting of tool design and manufacturing, mixing, molding, debinding, and sintering, which yields high dimensional accuracy without the need for secondary operations. Suitable for projects where alternative fabrication methods may not be feasible or cost-effective, CIM enables the manufacture of small, intricately shaped components using such materials as aluminum oxide, zirconium oxide, and ZTA ceramic. Able to withstand high temperatures without suffering from thermal shock, these materials offer strength, toughness, wear resistance, and biocompatibility. A contract molder of implantable-grade biomaterials specializes in working with PEEK-Optima for medical
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Ceramic Sheets and Boards
Ceramic sheets and boards are stock shapes available as solid plates, slabs, and substrates. The board or plate may consist of a ceramic fiberboard product, a dense sintered ceramic plate, or a precast cement bonded slab.
Ceramic Media and Abrasives
Ceramic abrasives and media include aluminum oxide, boron carbide, cubic boron nitride (CBN), cerium oxide, fabricated diamond, silicate, silicon carbide, tin oxide, tungsten carbide, zirconia, and other fused or sintered crystalline inorganic materials.
Aluminum Oxide and Alumina Ceramics
Aluminum oxide and alumina ceramics have excellent wear characteristics, chemical resistance, compressive strength, high-temperature properties, and dielectric strength. They are used widely because of their versatility and low cost. Their main drawback is its relatively poor thermal-shock resistance due to higher coefficients of thermal expansion and lower thermal conductivity (compared to other pure ceramic materials).
Ceramic Insulation and Textiles
Ceramic insulation and textiles are fibrous refractories or thermal insulation products that consist of ceramic fibers in bulk, cloth, batting, paper or rope forms.
Oxide Ceramics
Oxide ceramics include alumina, zirconia, silica, aluminum silicate, magnesia and other metal oxide based materials.
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VICTREX® 90-Series high flow PEEK polymers were developed specifically for thin-walled, intricate component applications and offer higher mechanical properties with improvements in modulus,...
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Harper's pusher plate and tunnel kilns are designed for processes requiring precise control of temperature and atmosphere, ideal for those with longer residence times that require exact control of the...
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HONOR ROLL OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES Offered in either six- or seven-axis models, an 8-ft portable coordinate-measuring machine (CMM) provides accurate measurement to within 0.0007 in. Operators guide...
Ceramics Have Medical Device Makers All Fired Up With the increasing demand for miniaturized ceramic components with complex geometries, ceramic injection molding (CIM)—a form of powder...
Using Implantable-Grade PEEK for In Vivo Devices PEEK, which has significant benefits in vivo, may be what OEMs want for implant devices. Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) polymer is an exceptionally strong...
The earliest recorded use of CIM technology was in the 1930s when, for only a short time, an early version of the technique was used to make spark plugs. However, most experts agree that modern CIM...
Ceramic injection molding builds precision microminiature parts for extreme environments. Comparison of common items and MicroCIM features. Automated inspection of internal features in normally opaque...
