• Ceramic Solid State Ionic Technologies
  • Separation/Purification Technologies
    • Sodium
      • Radioactive Waste Stream Recycling
      • Industrial Na Waste Stream Recycling
      • On-Site Sodium Methylate (SMO) Production for Transesterification
      • On-Site Hypochlorite Disinfection Systems
    • Oxygen
    • Lithium
    • Hydrogen
  • Advanced Energy Storage
    • Solid Electrolyte Batteries
    • Fuel Cells (SOFC, PCFC)
  • CO2 Beneficiation
    • Solid Electrolysis Cells (SOEC)
  • Highly Efficient Hydrogen Production
    • Electrolytic Hydrogen Production
  • Syngas Production
    • Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cell (SOEC)
    • Syngas (ITM)
  • Next-Generation Precision Sensors
    • Sodium
• Other Ceramatec Technologies
  • Fuel Processing
    • Cold Plasma Reforming
    • Hydrogen Recovery from Desulfurization
  • Synthetic Fuel
    • SOEC
    • Modular Fischer Tropsch
    • Plasma Reforming
  • Fly Ash Treatment for Reuse (Benefication)
    • Applications & Uses
  • Compact Microchannel Heat Exchangers and Reactors
  • Micro and Nano-Porous Ceramics
    • Structural (silica-free) Insulation
    • Refractory Consumables in Non-Ferrous Metal Melting
    • Machinable Ceramics
    • Alumina Waste Recycling
    • Diesel Particulate Filters
    • Microfabrication
    • Ceramic Fiber Optic Connectors
  • Hazardous Gas Treatment
    • Plasma Oxiders
    • Hydrogen Recovery from Desulfurization
  • Coatings
    • Oxide Coatings for Refractories & Ceramics
    • Anti-Fungal Coatings
    • Fire-Resistant Coatings for Wood, Carbon, Dry Wall and Plastics
    • Environmental Barrier Coatings
      • Metals
      • Ceramics
    • High Temperature Low Electrical Resistivity Coatings
  • Biomedical & Orthopedic Implants
  • Nanopowder Synthesis
  • Custom Electrode Development
  • Advance Materials Processing & Development
  • Heavy Oil & Shale Oil Upgrading
  • Next Generation Catalyst Supports & Substrates

Oxide Coatings

For Refractories, Kiln Furniture,
Ladles & Furnace Linings

Refractory furniture and setters have certain disadvantages. Most commonly used setters contain Alumina, Silica, and other trace materials. This can lead to chemical contamination from the setter surface on to the sintered parts. Secondly, rough surfaces can lead to drag lines on the sintered parts.

To address these issues, setter surfaces can be coated with a very high-purity (>98%) Alumina-based Cercanam® top coat which leads to a very smooth surface and a high purity top setter surface.

This is a low cost, but very effective solution to satisfy the firing needs of high-value ceramic manufacturers.

Furnace linings can also be coated with Cercanam® to minimize flaking of the lining and thereby increase its lifetime and to reduce the gas permeability through the porous insulation.

In another example, as shown in the picture on the right, a commercially available ladle used in non-ferrous metal melting is coated with a high purity (white) alumina oxide coating material which fills the voids and is expected to increase the lifetime of the ladle. The low porosity (<5 microns) top coat is expected to reduce the molten metal infiltration into the ladle walls. The high alumina content (>98%) is also ideal for non-ferrous metal melting applications like Aluminum melts.

Cercanam® coatings offer a very cost-effective solution to increases the value of an otherwise standard product through better performance or increased lifetime.