New R-SiC extends service life in kiln furniture
- W. Haldenwanger Technische Keramik GmbH and Co., Waldkraiburg (Germany)
Silicon carbide kiln furniture systems are an essential part of modern high-temperature technology. SiC ceramics have exceptional high-temperature stability and thermal shock resistance., They show no plastic deformation (creep) under mechanical load and maintain their geometry after each high-temperature cycle. Therefore, various new kiln systems with light and open setting patterns can be realized where more fired goods can be produced with less kiln furniture ballast and within shorter firing cycles. The fast-firing technology of porcelain is an opportunity for new SiC kiln furniture ceramics. The new SiC ceramic systems available include: (1) recrystallized SiC (R-SiC); (2) silicon-infiltrated reaction-bonded SiC (SiSiC); and (3) nitride-bonded SiC (NSiC). The new SiC ceramics have an important production criterion in common. They show practically no shrinkage during production. This is important for the manufacture of large shapes, such as beams, rollers and setter plates, as well as tailored geometries that allow light and open kiln furniture construction. Because of the extraordinarily high thermal shock resistance, high strength and high-temperature creep stability of these SiC ceramics, delicate and precise kiln furniture configurations have been introduced. One application is the fast firing of tableware with automatic setting robots.
- OSTI ID:
- 596802
- Journal Information:
- American Ceramic Society Bulletin, Vol. 76, Issue 11; Other Information: PBD: Nov 1997
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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