What is Industrial Ceramic Coating?

When you think of ceramics, you most likely are picturing your dinner plate set, a vase or the tiles in your home. These traditional types of ceramics have been used for thousands of years, for example bricks, pottery, porcelain, cement and glass are classified as ceramic. We are surrounded by ceramics, in our home, in our workplace and even the road we drive on is a type of ceramic. So what is the definition of ceramic? Ceramic is made of various hard, heat-resistant materials, shaped and then permanently hardened by heat. The result is a strong, brittle, heat- and corrosion-resistant product. Ceramics also have low electrical and thermal conductivity and chemical inertness. But there’s a difference between the age-old ceramics we think of, and the modern advanced ceramics developed today. Produced under similar conditions, advanced ceramics are made in the laboratory and used by chemists, physicists and engineers alike. Modern ceramics have vastly different uses across a variety of industries, from gas turbine engines to dental implants and synthetic bones.

What are Industrial Ceramics?

Since the 20th century, industrial ceramics have been engineered for high-tech applications in biomedical, aerospace and electronic areas. Ceramics are heat resistant, long-lasting, hard-wearing, good insulators and unreactive with other chemicals, making them a reliable material to work with. Ceramic wear liners are an example of industrial ceramics. Ceramic wear liners are used to protect your industrial equipment from the damaging effects of corrosion and extreme abrasion forces over time. Thanks to ceramic’s properties, equipment with these liners have a far superior resistance to the wear caused by extremely abrasive materials that fly through at high speeds, as well as offering moderate impact resistance. Another example of industrial ceramics products are machines called gas turbines inside aeroplanes. Inside the turbines, fuel mixtures are burning at great temperatures to make a fiery hot exhaust to power a plane through the air. Industrial ceramics are used in the engine components to handle these extreme temperatures. That’s why NASA’s Space Shuttle used 31,000 ceramic tiles to protect it from burning up on its way back to Earth. Ceramics have been tried and tested as a sturdy, safe and strong material across industries; that’s why we work with them at ACE.

What is ACE?

ACE specialises in the supply of wear protection systems, including components and services used to overcome the issues of excessive wear experienced in mining and other bulk materials handling applications. Our range of wear-resistant ceramic and metallic wear solutions are leading the industry. Our wear solutions include ceramic wear liners, metallic wear liners, coating and epoxies, as well as crushed liners and parts. The ACE team partners with our clients every step of the way including design, fabrication and on-site support services for the mining and quarrying Industry. ACE is regarded as an innovator in the introduction of high-grade ceramic wear liners into the Australian mining industry. We are driven to provide quality and cost-effective wear to fulfil our client’s needs every time. If you want to see our reputation in work, reach out to us to see what we can do for you.

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