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Printing Alumina, Zirconia & Engineering Ceramics

Additive manufacturing produces dense technical ceramics for wear parts, electronics, and high-temperature components with geometries casting cannot reach.

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Technical Ceramics
1600°C
Firing Range
99.5%
Sintered Density
±0.2mm
Post-Fire Tolerance
82+
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Nozzles & Combustion Parts
Aerospace

Nozzles & Combustion Parts

Silicon-carbide nozzles and combustion hardware that hold their shape where metal alloys soften.

Zirconia Structural Parts
Medical

Zirconia Structural Parts

High-toughness zirconia for dental, medical, and precision structural components.

Insulators & Substrates
Electronics

Insulators & Substrates

Dense alumina insulators and substrates for high-voltage and high-frequency electronics.

Lattices & Cores
Lightweight

Lattices & Cores

Triply-periodic lattices for stiffness-to-weight, filtration, and thermal management.

Heat-Management Parts
Thermal

Heat-Management Parts

Cordierite and SiC parts for burners, heat exchangers, and thermal-shock duty.

Wear & Cutting Components
Wear

Wear & Cutting Components

Hard, corrosion-resistant ceramics for tooling, seals, and abrasion parts.

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Shaping
Step 01

Shaping

DLP, binder-jet, or paste extrusion forms a green body from ceramic-loaded resin, powder, or slurry.

Debind
Step 02

Debind

Binders are slowly burned out of the fragile green part without cracking or warping.

Sinter
Step 03

Sinter

High-temperature firing densifies the part to 99%+ and its final ceramic properties.

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Each ceramic system prints and fires differently. Coverage spans the engineering ceramics behind demanding technical parts, with the debind and sinter schedules each one needs.

  • Alumina (Al₂O₃) — insulation, wear
  • Zirconia (ZrO₂) — toughness, medical
  • Silicon Carbide (SiC) — high-temp, abrasion
  • Silicon Nitride (Si₃N₄) — bearings, structural
  • Cordierite — thermal shock, kiln furniture
  • Aluminum Nitride — high thermal conductivity
Row of printed ceramic green bodies awaiting firing
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