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

Vortex technology produces an extremely permeable centerless grinding wheel with an improved porous structure and superior abrasive grain spacing by combining a new engineered abrasive grain and an innovative manufacturing... (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

Sporting a distinctive grain-side color – Blaze Orange – and a black heavyweight backing, the patented Norton SG BLAZE R980 coated abrasive belts have demonstrated in side-by-s... (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. These products are manufactured with time prove... (read more)

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

Surface Finish

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

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

The Gemini line of abrasive products from Norton is made with quality abrasive grain and bonds. They offer consistent performance and low costs for a wide range of grinding applications. (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.

Applications

• Ground support equipment
• Styrofoam manufacturing
• High pressure machinery
• Tube trailer loading / unloading ... (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.

To learn more about our products, click the "Saint-Gobain High-Performance Materials" link above f... (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. This precision res... (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 conc... (read more)

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

CLASS™ Sapphire sheets range in sizes up to 9 inches wide by 26 inches long, and 12 inches wide by 20 inches long. An additional sheet size of 16 inches wide will be available in mid-2006. CLASS™ Sapphire sheets are manufactured using EFG™ technology, a proces... (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 TruV... (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.

Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics can produce various thrust washer design types in these injection molded Meldin® material grades.

The Meldin® materials' excellent load be... (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.

Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics can produce various piston ring design types in these injection molded Meldin® material grades.

The Meldin® materials' excellent flexural, wear, frictional, and chem... (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. These pores are discrete, non-interconnecting and ... (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. Hexoloy® SA SiC is highly resistant to corrosion, erosion, sliding wear, ... (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. Using a wear resistant PTFE with the addition of appropriate fillers gives the material specific properties which can alter its strength and coefficient of friction and allows it to be used in m... (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 lubricati... (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.

NBD-200 is a "Magnesia" d... (read more)