Another focal point in FCTI’s material technology is the manufacture of silicon carbide-based materials. These are particularly appreciated in a range of applications because of
- their extreme hardness, wear,
- corrosion and oxidation resistance,
- as well as for their good thermal conductivity.
FCTI offers a whole range of different silicon carbide materials, starting with the densely sintered variety (”SSiC”), which is particularly popular in high-temperature and heat treatment applications, in the engineering of machinery / plants / chemical apparatus, for conveyor applications and wherever wear protection is required.
The particularly high-temperature stable recrystallized (”RSiC”) and nitride-bonded (”NSiC”) varieties have a clearly defined open porosity and permeability and are therefore particularly suitable for setter plates and batch trays in high temperature and heat treatment applications, while materials based on a SiC matrix with carbon fibre reinforcement (”C/C-SiC”) find their perfect application in high-performance friction bushings, in the emergency brakes for elevators, in specific fields relating to wear protection and tribology or again as heat shields in the aerospace industry.