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ECO-27 End Dams for Twin Roll Casters
End dams used on Continuous Aluminum Sheet Casters ( Twin Roll Casters) are manufactured from a wide variety of materials. Which type of end dam is used depends upon certain operating requirements. For soft alloys cast in 0.25″ thickness ZIRCAR Ceramics’ ECO-27 is a cost effective material to use. CNC machined then hardened, ECO-27 helps […]
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ZIRCAR Ceramics offers Flexible Alumina Textile Type AS-7M launders for Molten Aluminum Applications
ZIRCAR Ceramics is now offering custom fabricated flexible launders for use on Molten Aluminum transfer applications. Constructed of Alumina Textile Type AS-7M cloth as the metal contact surface with a filler of low density blanket insulation backed by a high strength fiberglass outer cladding, ZIRCAR Ceramics’s Flexible Launders can be coated with Boron Nitride or […]
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ZIRCAR Ceramics’ Stacked Blanket Kiln Lids
ZIRCAR Ceramics owns and operates nearly 2 dozen kilns. Several are small top loading kilns that are fired to 1300C. By replacing the original IFB lined lids with a stacked blanket (ZIRCAR’s Alumina Type NMB) we have extended the life of the lid significantly, made the kiln more energy efficient and with the simple lift […]
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Maximum PIW!
Check out this new advertisement we created to be featured in Light Metal Age magazine. Hope our aluminum customers like it as much as we do! Maximum PIW David Hamling Vice President sales@zircarceramics.com
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3D Printing at ZIRCAR Ceramics!
Check this out. For the very first time we have made a mold via 3D printing. Some additional development is needed but I am amazed at how much fun it was printing this mold – while everyone was asleep. More to be printed soon.
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ZIRCAR Ceramics’ Furnace Insulation Modules Type FIM
Our “FIM” Furnace Insulation Modules are pre-assembled engineered packages of a multi-layer ZIRCAR Ceramics Insulation system. These two FIMs have a board lining that consists of our alumina SALI as hot face, ZAL-15 as the intermediate layer and ECO-1200B as the backup layer. FRA -600 is the outer hardboard layer. The insulation system and the […]
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WOW, you can really hang your hat on our new Alumina Adhesive AL-CEM/DB1!
Our new AL-CEM/DB-1 is one strong Al2O3 adhesive. After receiving so many customer requests for a high temperature Al2O3 cement that would “bite” to many different materials, ZIRCAR Ceramics has responded and is now offering its new Alumina Adhesive Type AL-CEM/DB-1. DB-1, as we refer to it, is an easy to use, air-setting adhesive that […]
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ZIRCAR Ceramics Now Designs With Inventor!
So many of our customers would send us 3D files, such as Solid Works, when submitting request for quotations. For years we would ask them if they would either convert them to a AutoCad 2000i or dimensioned PDFs. We have recently upgraded our design/drafting software to AutoDesk Inventor and now welcome your 3D files. Click […]
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ZIRCAR Ceramics Introduces Alumina Type ZAL-12
New product development has always been at the heart of our company. My father, Bernie Hamling would spend hours and hours in the lab coming up with what we call “cures looking for a disease” He would then direct us to “go find someone who can use this product”. We would try. Many times, we […]
