Ceramic balls resistant to environmental stressors.(New Products)

Product Design & Development;  March 1, 2008 ;     154 words ...The GBC Materials business of Morgan Advanced Ceramics offers their dry-pressed alumina ceramic balls for use in harsh environments. According...to 99.5 percent purity--for unlapped ceramic balls. * Availability in a variety of sizes...

China finds first ceramic balls used by ancient hunters

Xinhua News Agency;  September 11, 2004 ;     199 words ...China finds first ceramic balls used by ancient hunters LANZHOU, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- Four ceramic balls unearthed in northeast China are believed...the finding people only knew of the ceramic balls from historical documents. The balls...

Ceramic balls. (Show Products).

Design News;  March 3, 2003 ;     89 words ...Offer lower thermal expansion CERBEC[R] ceramic balls reportedly last longer and offer better...steel balls in bearing assemblies. Ceramic balls offer lower thermal expansion, smoother...power tools, and ballscrews. The use of ceramic balls can lower total operating costs, the...

Saint-Gobain's Cerbec Ceramic Balls Beneficial In Windmill Applications.

Advanced Materials & Composites News;  January 19, 2004 ;     150 words ......ceramic hybrid bearings (steel races with ceramic balls), particularly in converting the 30...Saint-Gobain Advanced Ceramic's Cerbec(R) ceramic balls are beneficial because they eliminate...Ceramics will exhibit its line of Cerbec ceramic balls for wind turbine generator ...

Alumina component for anti-lock braking system.

Advanced Ceramics Report;  August 1, 1999 ;     255 words ......is now being produced in alumina at GBC Materials Corp's facility in Latrobe, Pennsylvania...contact with corrosive brake fluid. GBC Materials says that the components have to pass...fluid through the metering aperture. GBC Materials' production of the alumina metering...

Ceramic balls for harsh environments.(ELECTROMECHANICAL/MECHANICAL...

ECN-Electronic Component News;  November 1, 2007 ;     140 words ......announced its dry-pressed alumina ceramic balls for use in harsh environments. These...check and ball valves and bearings. The ceramic balls can be used in the electrical, environmental...and more electrically resistant. The ceramic balls provide low thermal conductivity and...

High-speed spindle bearing

Manufacturing Engineering;  September 1, 1999 ;     174 words ......ball bearing rivals that achieved with ceramic balls. The Ultra is dimensionally interchangeable...is due chiefly to the fact that the ceramic balls have a density only 40% that of the...Because the modulus of rigidity of ceramic balls is SOlo higher than that of steel balls...

GBC Materials expands manufacturing capacity.

Advanced Ceramics Report;  November 1, 2000 ;     165 words ...GBC Materials has expanded its manufacturing operations in Latrobe, Pennsylvania...further information, contact: Sharon Johnson, Assistant General Manager, GBC Materials Corp, 580 Monastery Drive, Latrobe, PA 15650, USA; tel: +1-724-537-77...

Ceramic balls. (Show Preview).(from Saint-Gobain Advanced Ceramics,...

Design News;  March 11, 2002 ;     88 words ...CERBEC[R] ceramic balls are said to improve bearing performance in a variety of applications...Compared to conventional steel bearings, hybrid bearings with CERBEC ceramic balls claim to increase service life, improve reliability, and lower...

Ceramic balls respond to call for higher speeds in today's machine tools....

Product Design & Development;  September 1, 2001 ;     253 words ...Although Cerbec ceramic balls are being used for hybrid bearings...bearings incorporating Cerbec ceramic balls. These silicon nitride balls are...Used in spindle bearings, these ceramic balls are engineered to provide high-spe...

CERAMIC BALLS USED TO CLEAN COAL GASES

Advanced Ceramics Report;  February 1, 1992 ;     135 words ...A de-sulphurization and dust removal system which uses ceramic balls has been cooperatively developed by Kawasaki Heavy Industries...Combined Generation Technique Research Association of Japan. The ceramic balls which measure 2 mm in diameter are stacked to form a dust...

Ceramic Ball Bearings.(Brief Article)

Medical Design Technology;  July 1, 2001 ;     76 words ...CERBEC[R] ceramic balls improve bearing performance in a wide variety of applications including...Compared to traditional steel bearings, hybrid bearings with CERBEC ceramic balls increase service life, improve reliability, and lower total operating...

Saint-Gobain taps into new application.(Ceramics In The News)(ceramic...

Ceramic Industry;  April 1, 2004 ;     121 words ......high-performance ceramic hybrid bearings (steel races with ceramic balls), particularly in converting the 30 rpm motion of the wind...Saint-Gobain Advanced Ceramics, bearings using its CERBEC[R] ceramic balls are beneficial because they eliminate electrical arcing...

Ball bearing line. (Motion Control/Power Transmission).

Design News;  April 7, 2003 ;     81 words ......mounted units, PumPac[R] angular contact bearings, and hybrid ceramic balls. Marathon bearings include composite, heavy-duty cast iron...to reduce temperature and vibration in centrifugal pumps. Ceramic balls are insulating and impervious to electric arcing. MRC Bearing...

CERAMICS ARTIST SHIFTS TO SELLABLE ITEMS.(LOCAL)(CATCHING UP)(Column)

Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  November 20, 2006 ;     260 words ......disappointment a year ago that his ceramic balls fit the legal definition of garbage...after he released 87 of the hollow ceramic balls, imprinted with his name, address...photo Artist Terry Couch released 87 ceramic balls into the Wisconsin River in February...