Carbolite offers solutions for oxide and non-oxide ceramics. Oxide ceramics include inorganic compounds that consist of oxygen and one or more metallic elements while non-oxide ceramics include inorganic compounds that are made up of a combination of metallic and non-metallic elements without the presence of oxygen.

The debinding process involves effectively removing the organic binder or additives from a green ceramic body through various techniques including thermal debinding, solvent extraction, or a combination of both. Sintering involves heating a material to a high temperature below its melting point. The sintering process encompasses 3 main stages particle rearrangement, particle necking, and pore elimination. These stages facilitate the bonding of particles together, resulting in the overall densification of the ceramic structure.

Carbolite provides a variety of solutions for debinding and sintering. We offer a two-furnace solution, where separate furnaces are used for debinding and sintering. This approach has the advantage of confining any contaminants from the binder removal process to the debinding furnace. An alternative single-furnace solution is offered where one furnace is utilized for both debinding and sintering. This option is ideal for larger, high batch loads as it reduces transfer between stages and breakage risk during debinding.

Carbolite furnaces can support oxidising, reducing and an inert atmosphere during the sintering process. Please contact Carbolite to obtain further information on gas equipment and processing atmosphere for your application.