From the Experts for Advanced Ceramics

Electronics Experts

Our substrates and many other components are used

throughout the field of electronics. For example, ceramic

heat-sinks provide the right climate for high-power electron-

ics. Our components ensure reliable operation in aerospace

technology, the automotive industry, opto-electronics, mea-

surement and control technology and in industry and enter-

tainment electronics. CeramTec is one of the leading manu-

facturers of these components. Electronics keep the world in

contact and in motion – CeramTec advanced ceramics make

it possible that every-thing works the way we expect it to.

Medical Products Experts

Advanced ceramics are at work in a wide range of medical

devices, such as litho tripters and ultrasonic cleaners – or

in dental ceramics in the field of dentistry. What’s more,

CeramTec bioceramics help maintain and increase the quality

of life, for instance with implant components for artificial hip

and knee joints. Biocompatible and extremely resilient ad-

vanced ceramics enable doctors to provide patients with op-

timum care and help patients master the challenges of every-

day life again. Today, every minute, a hip joint replacement

featuring BIOLOX® components is implanted around the world.

Automotive Industry Experts

CeramTec advanced ceramics play a vital role in increasing

safety, cost-effectiveness and comfort in vehicle engineering.

Piezoceramic components act as sensors for electronic con-

trols and provide them with information on the vehicle’s en-

gine running smoothness, position and changes in direction.

Electronic components based on ceramic substrates react to

this information and control motor management, safety sys-

tems like ABS and ASR and release the airbag when neces-

sary. In engines heat-resistant ceramic parts like valve compo-

nents, backings in the crankshaft housing and components

for gasoline and water pumps ensure increased efficiency,

less wear and lower noise emission. As a composite MMC

Metal Matrix Ceramics open up new horizons in light metal

construction. And last but not least, modern LED lighting sys-

tems with ceramic components significantly improve visibility

and protective ceramics deliver the required safety.

Safety and Functionality Experts

Often unseen, but always indispensable. Understated through perfect function. Indispensable for perfor mance, safety and

reliability. This is how we interact with CeramTec advanced ceramics every day, often without even noticing them. When wash-

ing our hands, making espresso, talking on our cell phones, driving our cars or at the dentist’s office. Everywhere where other

materials are unable to satisfy the specific demands of special areas of application. Or where high levels of functionality and

safety are required. There are already many areas of application that depend on the unrivaled properties of advanced ceramics.

And this material’s potential is far from being exhausted – because CeramTec advanced ceramics offer decisive advantages and

benefits for meeting the challenges of the future.

Equipment and Mechanical Engineering Experts

CeramTec advanced ceramics make it possible to securely

control processes, reduce emissions and take responsible care

of our resources in many areas of chemicals and process en-

gineering. Highest wear resistance, temperature resistance

and high corrosion resistance make CeramTec advanced

ceramics a reliable alternative to other materials in equip-

ment, machine and plant engineering. Whether in chemical,

environmental or energy technology, in precision engineering

or in metal forming – CeramTec products make a decisive

contribution to increasing the operating life and performance

capability of machines and plants. Metalworking is a good

example where high-performance machining with our SPK

cutting materials and tools offers high process reliability

along with economic and efficient production by decisively

reducing production times and costs.

S A f E T y A n d f u n C T I o n A l I T y

• Chemicals and process engineering

• Equipment, machine and plant engineering

• Energy supply and environmental technology

• Metalworking

• Recycling and processing

• Sanitary fittings

• Water treatment

• Engine and turbine construction

• Sensor and actuator technology

• Lighting systems

• Electronics and communications technology

• Medical devices

• Medical implants and prosthetics

ArEAS of APPlICATIon

AdvAnCEd CErAMICS

Application Experts D i v i s i o n s a n D s u b s i D i a r i e s

Comprehensive material, production and application expertise combined with over 100 years of experience make us the lead-

ing advanced ceramics specialist for every area of application. As part of an overall, user-oriented organization, independent

divisions at CeramTec are responsible for customer support in individual market segments. Every division represents a specific

range of services – from development to production all the way to sales. For our customers, this means: proximity, flexible,

dynamic partners, a high level of expertise and rapid decisions.

The divisions’ Product Portfolios

Mechanical Applications

Components from the division make a decisive contribution to extending

the service life and performance capability of machines and plants, espe-

cially whenever aggressive media and high temperatures are at play. This

is in part due to the tremendous wear resistance, temperature insensitiv-

ity and high corrosion resistance of the ceramic materials used such as

alumina, zirconium oxide, silicon nitride or silicon carbide. To learn more

about custom-tailored solutions for industrial applications and machine

and plant engineering, speak with the ceramics experts at CeramTec’s

Mechanical Applications division.

Multifunctional Ceramics

Silicate ceramic insulation components, metalized alumina ceramics and

expertise in piezo-ceramics make the Multifunctional Ceramics division

your system partner for electronics and automotive engineering along

with many other areas of application. One of this division’s special areas

of expertise includes piezo-ceramics or functional ceramics in the form

of advanced piezo-ceramic components, which are indispensable in the

areas of sensor and actuator technology.

Electronic Applications

As a manufacturer of substrates, circuit carriers and core materials made

of alumina and aluminum nitride, the division plays a crucial role in every

area of the electronics world. Components are highly versatile and enjoy

widespread use in almost all sectors of the industry from automotive

engineering to high-performance electronics and optoelectronics, aero-

space technology or telecommunications. Depending on the application,

components are laser treated, stamped, grooved, dry pressed, extruded

or film cast. In addition the division also offers heat-sinks and cooling ele-

ments for optimized thermal management and LED technology.

Medical Products

CeramTec‘s Medical Products division has set standards in the field of

endoprosthetics since the early 1970s with its BIOLOX® components.

BIOLOX® components for hip and knee joint replacements have been

implanted millions of times worldwide and help patients master the chal-

lenges of everyday life again. No other manufacturer’s material is used as

often for tribological pairing as BIOLOX® ceramics. More than 11 million

BIOLOX® components have been implanted since 1974.

Chemical Applications

The division manufactures components especially designed to meet the

highest demands even under the most difficult working conditions in

the chemicals industry, in laboratory and environmental technology and

in foundries. Additional application areas include pyrometry, pharma-

ceuticals, temperature control technology, galvanic technology and cus-

tomized products. The division offers a wide range of ceramic materials

for these application areas – including aluminum titanate – paired with

comprehensive manufacturing and application engineering expertise and

a broad portfolio of forming and processing methods.

D i v i s i o n s a n D s u b s i D i a r i e s

Mechanical Systems

CeramTec Mechanical Systems division parts and components are used

in seal and regulator technology applications throughout the world.

From sanitary fixtures and household appliance engineering to automo-

tive engineering, ceramic seal and regulator discs and components for

pumps, roller bearings, valves and compressors play a key role in ensur-

ing smooth, low-maintenance operation of gas and liquid circuits. The

Ceramdisc® and triduon® brands prove CeramTec competency in sanitary

engineering.

SPK Cutting Tools

Cutting ceramics and inserts made of ceramic cutting materials with

matching tools and clamping systems for turning, milling and boring

cast iron, hardened steels and materials that are very difficult to machine

make the CeramTec SPK Cutting Tools division the expert on productiv-

ity. The high-performance ceramic cutting materials, tools and clamping

systems are developed and produced in Ebersbach, Germany, where we

also design tailor-made products for customers. The division also boasts

its own test center, where custom solutions are developed for optimum,

cost-effective component machining.

The Subsidiarys’ Product Portfolios

Emil Müller

Established in 1921 as a metal packaging manufacturer, Emil Müller

GmbH began manufacturing stamping and bending parts, garnering the

company a permanent position the automotive industry in the years the-

reafter. The company headquarters in Wilhermsdorf has been manufactu-

ring salt cores exclusively for piston manufacturing for over 25 years now

along with other casting components such as engine blocks and oil pans.

CeramTec north America

Vacuum-tight electrical and optical

Ceramaseal® components.

dAI Ceramics

Ceramic cores for precision casting applications.

CeramTec-ETEC

CeramTec-ETEC is a CeramTec subsidiary headquartered in Lohmar,

Germany that offers solutions made from ALOTEC® advanced ceramics

for wear and corrosion protection, ceramic armor for ballistic protection

of personnel, vehicles and assets, ALOSLIDE® inrun track systems for ski

jumping events, and PERLUCOR® transparent ceramics.

CeramTec Malaysia

Dipping formers for manufacturing rubber

gloves for medical, industrial and household

use.

CeramTec Czech republic

Seal and regulator discs for sanitary fittings and

devices, components for use in machine and

equipment engineering made from ROCAR®

silicon carbide.

CeramTec China

Components for textile machinery, laser processing of substrates, seal

and regulator discs for fittings and devices.

D i v i s i o n s a n D s u b s i D i a r i e s

CeramTec Korea

Lasered substrates.

Korea

CeramTec Korea

Suwon City

www.ceramtec.kr

Malaysia

CeramTec Malaysia

Seremban

www.ceramtec.my

Mexico

CeramTec PST Mexiko

Puebla

Poland

CeramTec PST Press + Sintertechnik

Gorzyce

russia

CeramTec Representation Office

Moskau

www.ceramtec.ru

Sweden

CeramTec Representation Office

Gothenburg

www.ceramtec.se

Spain and Portugal

CeramTec Ibérica

Vilassar de Mar/Barcelona

www.ceramtec.es

Czech republic

CeramTec Czech Republic

Sumperk

www.ceramtec.cz

Turkey

CeramTec Representation Office

Istanbul

www.ceramtec.com.tr

uSA

CeramTec North America

Laurens, SC

www.ceramtec.us

DAI Ceramics

Willoughby, OH

www.daiceramics.com

Market Experts

China

CeramTec Suzhou

Suzhou

www.ceramtec.cn

Brazil

CeramTec PST Press Sintertécnica Brasil

Nova Odessa/Estado de São Paulo

www.ceramtec.com.br

france

CeramTec Representation Office

Paris

www.ceramtec.fr

Great Britain

CeramTec UK

Colyton

www.ceramtec.co.uk

India

CeramTec India

Panaji, Goa

www.ceramtec.in

Italy

CeramTec Commerciale Italiana

Bergamo

www.ceramtec.it

l o C AT I o n S

CeramTec-ETEC

lohmar

Phone +49 2205 9200-0

www.ceramtec-etec.de

CeramTec Wittlich

• Mechanical Systems division

CeramTec Ebersbach/fils

Phone +49 7163 166-239

www.ceramtec.com/location/ebersbach

• • SPK Cutting Tools division

CeramTec Plochingen

Phone +49 7153 611-0

www.ceramtec.com/location/plochingen• Medical Products division• Mechanical Applications division

Emil Müller

Wilhermsdorf

Phone +49 9102 9935-35

www.emil-mueller-gmbh.de

CeramTec lauf

Phone +49 9123 77-0

www.ceramtec.com/location/lauf• Multifunctional Ceramics

division• Mechanical Systems

division

CeramTec

Marktredwitz

Phone +49 9231 69-0

www.ceramtec.com/location/

marktredwitz • Chemical Applications

division• Electronic Applications

division• Medical Products

division

• Over 100 years of experi-ence in Advanced Ceramics

• More than 3,000 employees worldwide

• Production sites and subsidiaries in Europe, Asia and America

CErAMTEC fACTS

With a comprehensive range of products and services, the CeramTec Group satisfies the necessary pre requisites for playing an

active role in international markets. However, this also requires a local presence. In addition to locations in Germany, world-

wide subsidiaries, sales organizations, offices and trading partners ensure we are as close to our customers as possible.

detailed contact information is available at: www.ceramtec.com/contact/

Piezo-Ceramics

Thanks to their unique, active properties, piezo-ceramics

have already made their mark in a wide variety of appli-

cation areas. The piezo-ceramic manufacturing process

is specifically targeted to give these materials unusual

properties in these combinations, which enable piezo-

ceramic components to:

• Transform pressure, expansion or acceleration into elec-

trical energy

• Transform electrical voltage into mechanical action or

oscillation

• Piezo-ceramics are characterized by their high energy

density and efficiency.

Silicon Carbide

Silicon carbide materials are extremely light but almost

comparable to diamond in terms of hardness and temp-

erature resistance. Special characteristics include:

• Very high hardness

• Excellent corrosion resistance even at very high applica-

tion temperatures

• Thermal shock resistance

• Very high thermal conductivity (higher than steel)

• Low thermal expansion

• High wear resistance and very good gliding properties

Silicon carbide masters corrosion, abrasion and erosion

as skillfully as it stands up to frictional wear. Components

are used in chemical plants, mills, expanders and ex-

truders or as nozzles, for example. Silicon carbide’s non-

toxicological character makes it ideal for use in the food

and beverage industry. Another typical application area

for silicon carbide components is dynamic sealing tech-

nology using friction bearings and mechanical seals, for

instance in pumps and drive systems. Compared to metals,

silicon carbide enables highly economical solutions with

longer tool life when used with aggressive, high-temper-

ature media. Silicon carbide fittings are also excellently

suited for use in demanding conditions in chemical pro-

duction, energy technology, paper manufacturing and as

pipe system components.

Silicon nitride

Silicon nitride materials are perfectly suited for manu-fac-

turing mechanically stressed components and for engine-

specific appli cations, especially at high temperatures.

They possess remarkable characteristics:

• High mechanical strength

• High fracture toughness and impact resistance

• Excellent wear resistance

• Good thermal conductivity

• Very low thermal expansion

• Thermal shock resistance

These characteristics and its low weight make silicon nitride

an excellent material choice for demanding applications.

This is why components made of silicon nitride ceramics

are successfully used in various welding processes, for ex-

ample.

Aluminum nitride

Among other applications, aluminum nitrides are suitable

for use as electrical insulation materials in micro elec-

tronics, as resonator materials in aluminum metal lurgy

and in laser technology or as heat exchangers. They are

characterized by:

• Very high thermal conductivity

• High electrical insulation capacity

• Favorable temperature cycle resistance

• Good metallization characteristics

• Low thermal expansion

• Moreover, aluminum nitrides are used to make substrates

for semi-conductors and high-performance electronics.

Metal-Ceramic Composites

Composite materials are required when using light metal

components in stress conditions. For composite compo-

nents from metal and ceramics (Metal Matrix Composites,

MMC or Ceramic Matrix Composites, CMC), a metallic

substrate is hardened with ceramic particles for reinforce-

ment. The low weight of the metal can thus be combined

with the resistance of ceramics under tribological, me-

chanical and thermal loads. Highly porous ceramic pre-

forms are infiltrated by the light metal during the casting

process and thus assure a seamless transition between

metal and ceramic material. Wherever lightweight metal-

lic components need to be reinforced or optimized, the

use of metal/ceramic composites is a technically and eco-

nomically attractive solution.

Aluminum Titanate

This material is unique in that it does not expand, even at

high temperatures. Components made of this material can

withstand even the most abrupt temperature changes of

several hundred degrees without damage. Aluminum tita-

nate is characterized by:

• Excellent thermal shock resistance

• High thermal insulation

• A low Young’s modulus

• Good chemical resistance

These properties make aluminum titanate especially ideal

for use in metallurgical melting.

Silicate Ceramics

Silicate ceramics are considered traditional materials and

exhibit the following outstanding properties:

• Very good electrical and thermal insulation capacity

• High temperature cycle resistance

• Minimal and/or predefined thermal expansion

• Corrosion resistance

These advantages and favorable processing conditions

make silicate ceramics highly economical solutions for in-

sulation components for the electronics industry, for the

automotive sector, for electrical, heating and lighting

technology and for environmental, thermal, precision and

measurement technology.

Ceramic Materials Experts

Alumina

Alumina in its various levels of purity is probably the most

important oxide ceramic material. CeramTec has a wide

range of low-density and lightweight materials with a

variety of property combinations at its disposal:

• High to extremely high mechanical strength

• Good thermal conductivity

• High corrosion and wear resistance

• Good gliding properties

• Very good electrical insulation

Zirconium oxide

Depending on their crystal structure, zirconium oxides can

exhibit pseudo-elastic reactions, thus enabling extremely

high component strengths. Alongside their excellent tri-

bological properties with respect to friction and wear on

objects that move in opposite directions, zirconium oxides

also demonstrate:

• Extraordinary fracture toughness

• High wear resistance

• High corrosion resistance

• Low thermal conductivity

• A coefficient of expansion similar to steel

This has helped zirconium oxides gain ground as structural

materials for components subject to high stress: Wher-

ever wear resistance, corrosion resistance or electrical and

thermal insulation are required, zirconium oxide is the

ideal material in machine and equipment engineering,

making it possible to develop new areas of use or replace

steel components.

C E r A M I C M AT E r I A l S A n d T H E I r P r o P E r T I E S

Temperatureresistance

Thermalinsulation Hardnessandwearresistance

Bendingfractureandcompressivestrength

Corrosionresistanceandbiocompatibility

Electricinsulationanddielectricstrength

Chemicalresistance Heatconductivityandthermalshockresistance

Piezoelectricityanddynamics

Each application and each ceramic component places individual demands on the capabilities and properties of the material.

Therefore, the successful deployment of a product depends above all on selecting the correct material, fine-tuning it and de-

signing the component. This is the domain of the ceramic materials experts at CeramTec, who know the optimal advanced

ceramic material for each requirement profile, and hence the optimal solution to the problem.

Monitored processes form the basis for production in which

customized prototypes are produced with the same precision

and re liability as standard parts in mass production. Processes

like extrusion, pressing, injection and casting help form the

raw ceramic mass into complex geometries. Our furnaces

produce high-quality products with fine crystal microstruc-

tures under predefined conditions. Taking into consideration

the exact amount of unavoidable shrinkage is part of the

complex skill set of an expert manufacturer like CeramTec.

The final finishing process transforms raw ceramic products

into precision components.

Quality Experts

As a specialist for the development, production and sale of

innovative products made from advanced ceramics, CeramTec

is committed to uncompromising quality in every area of busi-

ness. For CeramTec this means: Being a step ahead today in

order to meet our customers’ expectations tomorrow.

The book “Technical Ceramics”

CeramTec is a partner to the book and provides information,

images and suggestions on this topic. The chapters cover a

number of subjects including a materials overview, the manu-

facturing process, design and technical ceramics in applica-

tion, and offer detailed insight into the world of advanced

ceramics.

Order your copy: www.ceramtec.com/ceramic-materials

Systems Experts

The only way to create true added value and achieve

success is to optimally integrate ceramic components within

the system as a whole. This is why the experts at CeramTec

do not think in terms of products, but rather in terms of sys-

tem solutions. Comprehensive expertise in connection and

integration technology creates economical, ceramics-orient-

ed solutions for every application. Continuous improvement

of functional safety, optimization of component resilience,

leveraging of savings potential and concentration on a single

system supplier makes our ceramics expertise a true advan-

tage for our customers.

Production Experts

The manufacturing and processing methods for advanced

ceramics are as varied as the options available for their use

and the precisely tuned materials. Every material, and every

component design requires individu alized production tech-

nology. As production experts we have had over 100 years to

perfect these methods.

Experts for the Challengesof the Future

development Experts

Each field of application calls for its own development work

and close interaction among users, designers and ceramics

experts.

Basically everything is possible. Comprehensive technology

management controls the myriad research and development

facilities at CeramTec. Modern methods like design of experi-

ments and simulation techniques guarantee rapid develop-

ment times.

Experienced employees from the research, development and

application engineering departments are available right from

the start to help you realize your product ideas. Together

with your experts we engage in dialog to define the applica-

tion conditions, specification criteria and constructive prereq-

uisites and develop economical solutions. Our innovation

management delivers the expertise our customers need for

advanced solutions.

T H E f u T u r E I n S y S T E M S , d E v E l o P M E n T, P r o d u C T I o n

Continued miniaturization in electronics, innovative surface technologies, trends and developments in the healthcare,

neo-ecology (including regenerative energies), mobility and communications technology markets – the challenges of the

future are multifaceted and demand innovative solutions. Advanced ceramic materials open up new, undreamed of pos-

sibilities for design engineers and de-velopers that take us to new dimensions. The experts at CeramTec help maximize the

potential of advanced ceramics. Their extensive experience makes them indispensable partners on the path to new solu-

tions and applications. They are specialists whose expertise ensures the greatest safety and probability of success in the

development process.

• DIN ISO 9001

• DIN EN ISO 13485

• DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025

• ISO TS 16949

• DIN EN ISO 50001

• DIN EN ISO 14001

More at: www.ceramtec.com/quality

QuAlITy MAnAGEMEnT And

CErTIfICATIonS

CeramTec GmbH

CeramTec-Platz 1-9

73207 Plochingen, Deutschland

Phone: +49 7153 611- 0

Fax: +49 7153 25421

info@ceramtec.de

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