Saint-Gobain Ceramics offers a broad range of ceramic materials to meet your exact needs for composite armor protection systems. With 40 years of experience in composite armor systems, we can supply these materials as finished or unfinished components, machined blanks, pressed near net shape blanks, high volume pressed net shape components, and complex, highly machined parts. (read more)
Hexoloy® SA SiC is produced by the pressureless sintering of 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)
Hexoloy® SE Silicon Carbide offers an excellent alternative material to metals, super-alloys and other ceramics for applications such as chemical processing, high temperature furnaces, and other demanding, severe environment applications. (read more)
Maximize Kiln Capacity and Productivity
Hexoloy® Silicon Carbide kiln support beams offer true low mass design potential for high temperature furnace applications. The excellent strength of Hexoloy allows for reduction of beam cross-section by 50% versus traditional refractory SiC materials, without compromising load-carrying capability. (read more)
Hexoloy® SiC Chemical Process Heat Exchanger Tubing
A superior alternative to metals, glass and other tube materials for enhanced heat exchanger efficiency, uptime and reliability:
High Thermal Conductivity
Virtually Universal Corrosion Resistance
Extreme Hardness and High Strength (read more)
Hexoloy® SiC Wear Resistant Parts for the Mining Industry
A superior alternative to metals, tungsten carbide and alumina ceramics for efficiency, uptime and reliability. It offers:
Extreme hardness and high strength
Virtually universal corrosion resistance
Good thermal conductivity
Low thermal expansion
Excellent thermal shock (read more)
Enhanced Hexoloy® SA Silicon Carbide exhibits reduced micro-porosity, which results in increased flexural strength and a higher Weibull modulus. (read more)
Saint-Gobain Ceramics is a leader in material design and cost effective solutions for concentrated solar power. Our unique capabilities in designing high temperature receiver materials enhances the efficiency and high temperature conversion of solar energy to thermal energy for conversion to electricity. (read more)
Norbide® Hot Pressed Boron Carbide is one of the hardest materials known and offers excellent chemical and wear resistance for demanding applications such as blast nozzles, monument nozzles and armor components. Components made with Norbide® B4C offer longer service life which can translate into lower costs, reduced maintenance and less downtime for many applications. (read more)
Hexoloy® SG Silicon Carbide is a unique electrically conductive analog of sintered silicon carbide that can be readily DC magnetron sputtered. Hexoloy® SG features high density and uniform electrical resistivity, less than 5 ohm-cm. It can be sputtered at high deposition rates compared to other ceramic target sources, with controllable thin film optical properties. (read more)
Semiconductor Hexoloy® SG SiC for DC Magnetron Sputtering
Hexoloy SG SiC is a unique electrically conductive analog of Hexoloy SA SiC that can be readily DC magnetron sputtered. Hexoloy SG SiC features high density and uniform electrical resistivity, less than 5 ohm-cm. (read more)
Hexoloy® SP SiC is a sintered alpha silicon carbide material designed specifically for optimum performance in sliding contact applications such as mechanical pump seal faces and product lubricated bearings. This material improves upon the exceptional friction properties of Hexoloy® SA SiC through the addition of spherical pores. (read more)
Noralide® NBD-200 Hot Pressed Silicon Nitride (Si3N4) offers a combination of characteristics that make an ideal material for seal face components in nuclear applications as well as other applications where maximum fracture toughness and flexural strength are required. Hot-Pressed for maximum strength and density, Noralide® Si3N4 provides better fracture resistance than other ceramic mat... (read more)
Hexoloy® SP SiC is the best choice for severe fluid handling applications
Superior sliding friction characteristics with all the corrosion resistance of Hexoloy® Silicon Carbide.
Hexoloy® SP SiC is a sintered alpha silicon carbide designed specifically for optimum performance in sliding contact applications such as mechanical seal faces and product lubricated... (read more)
AlNimax™ AlN is a high purity, fully dense ceramic material that features excellent plasma resistance and superior thermal properties. These characteristics provide improved component life and reliable performance for silicon wafer processing. Manufacturing process flexibilty allows the integration of features such as refractory metal layers & electrical terminations. (read more)
