Complex & Custom Designs
Materion Ceramics has the capabilities to manufacture complex and custom designs by the addition of a variety of machining functions. Input material used for customized products can be dry-pressed, isopressed orextruded in form and consist of Materion Ceramics' Thermalox™ 99.5% material or BW1000™ "high strength" material.
CNC Surface Grinding
CNC grinding is a machining function used when a customer's design has extremely tight tolerances (as low as 0.00008", 80 millionths). Such tight tolerances can only be achieved by surface grinding the material. This process is also used to add in complex features such as grooves, notches, chamfers, radii, and profiles (with custom form wheels). It is recommended that Materion Ceramics' BW1000™ material be used which exhibits superior machinability due to low grain size.
Ultrasonic Drilling
Ultrasonic drilling is used when a customer's tube or laser bore design has tighter tolerances on the ID than can be achieved by pressing. The ID of the tube or bores has to be drilled instead of pressed in. Hole range to be 0.030" - 0.200" with a straightness of up to 0.0001" inch per inch.
OD/ID Grinding
OD/ID grinding is a machining function that is used when a customer’s design has a tighter tolerance on the OD and/or ID profiling than can be met by pressing alone. The part is OD and/or ID ground to meet specifications. This type of machining can also apply any form, including threads, to tolerances as low as 0.0001”.
CNC Milling
CNC milling is a machining function that is used primarily to machine green (unfired) ceramic to near net shape. This reduces the amount of post-fired machining which is more time-consuming and, therefore, costly. This function can also be used to mill in pockets, grooves, etc.
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