Carbons Ceramics Quartz
- Carbons/ Graphites
- Graphites
- Tailor-made Graphite compositions
- Resin bonded Carbons
- Expanded Graphite
- Special processed Carbon powders
- Carbon Felt
- Carbon Fleece
- Carbon Fibers
- Carbon Braids
- Quartz
- RBSiC ceramics (reaction-bonded Si infiltrated Silicon Carbide)
- RBB4C ceramics (reaction-bonded Boron Carbide)
- NSiC – Silicon Nitride bonded SiC
- Al2O3 – Aluminum Oxide ceramics
- Compound of SiC and Graphite
- Freestanding CVD SiC or Pyrolytic Carbon
- SiC30
Composites:
- C(G)FRP – Carbon (Glass) Fiber Reinforced Polymers
- C-SMC – Carbon Sheet Molding Compounds
- C/C – Carbon Fiber Carbon
- C/C-SiC – C/C with Silicon Carbide
- C/C-SiSiC – Silicon infiltrated C/C-SiC
- CMC – Ceramic Matrix Composites (Ox/Ox, SiC/SiC, SiC/SiCN)
- Metal Graphites
Material Property Engineering
- Density
- Porosity (volume, shape)
- Permeability
- Corrosion resistance
- Conductivity (thermal & electrical)
- Temperature performance
- Heat capacity
- Radiation property (black body or less)
- Thermal expansion
- Thermal shock resistance
- Hardness
- Stiffness
- Elasticity
- Anisotropic property engineering
- Wettability
- Coefficient of friction
- Wear resistance
- Purity/ purification processing (semiconductor grade)
- X-Ray transmissivity
- Inner surface area modelling
Techniques:
- Infiltration (metals, organic resins, wax, salt, carbon, graphite slurries)
- Reactive infiltration with Si
- CVI-Chemical Vapor (into bulk) Infiltration
Surface Engineering
- Si coating
- SiC coating
- PyC – Pyrolytic Carbon coating
- Diamond coating (conductive and non-conductive)
- CVI – Chemical Vapor (surface) Infiltration
- Siliconizing of carbon fabrics
- Surface activation
- Plating (electro-, electroless)
- Barrier coating
- Surface passivation
- Thermal spray coating
- Plasma spray coating
- Grinding/ machining of SiC after coating
- XClean particle free etching
- Laser texturing
- Mechanical Quartz polishing
- Fire Quartz polishing
- No particle release surface
- Surface treatment (grinding, lapping, polishing)
Forming Technologies
- Mechanical machining
- 3D printing and additive manufacturing technique
- Slip Casting (with/ without pressure)
- Composites prepreg stacking
- Filament winding
- Textile preforming
- TFP - Tailored Fiber Placement (Unigrid ™)
- Needled and toughened preforms
- RTM – Resin Transfer Molding
- Autoclave techniques
- Stabilizing nonwoven 3D forms and fibers by chemical vapor infiltration
- Various joining techniques
- Soldering ceramics
- Laser welding (SHADOW)
- Automated flame polishing and fusion of quartz parts
- Expand to Shape
Press to Size:
- Isostatic pressing
- High precision press to size
- Multi material press to size
- Compression-/ injection
- molding
- Extrusion
- Carbon SMC – Sheet Molding