SILICON CARBIDE (SiC) BALLS
SPECIFICATIONS
Ceramic balls with good mechanical and stiffness properties, good corrosion, and wear resistance. They are electric conductors and suitable for high temperature applications.
SECTORS OF USE
Special bearings and pumps, electric switches and sensors, medical instruments. They are used in automotive, aviation and aerospace, naval, petroleum, chemical and electronic industry.
ZTA CERAMIC BALLS
SPECIFICATIONS
Aluminum Oxide with about 10% content of Zirconium Oxide balls, they feature better mechanical properties, wear and compression resistance and thermal shocks resistance in comparison to nearly pure Aluminum Oxide balls.
SECTORS OF USE
Ball bearings, special pumps, and valves mainly when both high corrosion resistance and high heat resistance are required. Medical field applications. They are used even as grinding and machining media.
ALUMINUM OXIDE (Al2O3) BALLS
SPECIFICATIONS
Polycrystalline structure light weight oxide balls, they provide good mechanical characteristics, corrosion, abrasion, and heat resistance. They are auto lubricant and good electric insulators. Please note: chromatic appearance of the balls may be subject to variation.
SECTORS OF USE
Special bearings, check valves, pumps and valves that operate in aggressive environments, petroleum pumps, flow meters, measurement instruments, medical devices.
ZIRCONIUM OXIDE (ZrO2) BALLS
SPECIFICATIONS
Refractory ceramic material balls provide excellent corrosion, wear and heat resistance. They improve their hardness when they are subjected to collisions. Yttrium doped Zirconia Oxide, they provide the best properties between ceramic materials in grinding and milling applications.
SECTORS OF USE
Special bearings, pumps and valves that operate in aggressive environments, check valves, flow meters, measurement instruments. They are used in the medical field (very pure material). Grinding and milling applications.
SILICON NITRIDE (Si3N4) BALLS
SPECIFICATIONS
Light weight ceramic material balls, they provide very good mechanical/toughness properties and corrosion resistance. They are auto lubricant materials and good electric insulators. They have excellent resistance to thermal shocks. Balls are manufactured according to ASTM F 2094 Class II standards.
SECTORS OF USE
Special bearings, high-speed bearings, under vacuum pumps, compressors, centrifugal pumps, shafts/mandril, recirculating balls, flow meters, measurement instruments. They are used in aerospace and military industry.