Advanced Ceramics

Additive Materials for High-Performance Applications

Next-Generation Materials

Tailored to Your Project Needs

Adva Cera delivers complex, advanced ceramic components that are additively manufactured according to precise, application-driven requirements. From early-stage development through production qualification, we collaborate with OEMs, researchers, and other customers to produce ceramic components that overcome their engineering challenges and withstand intensive performance demands.

Our advanced ceramics portfolio includes oxide and nitride formulations that are optimized for temperature resistance, chemical stability, and mechanical strength. All are validated for use in additive manufacturing workflows. Adva Cera ensures that our products are consistent, high-quality, and guaranteed to satisfy our customers.

“*” denotes a material that is still in development.

Oxides

Oxides are robust ceramics that are suitable for use across a wide range of industrial applications.

Alumina (Al₂O₃)

Alumina is one of the most commonly used ceramic materials, owing largely to its high hardness, thermal stability, and corrosion resistance. Components composed of alumina are electrically insulating and puncture-proof, making them suitable for use as substrates in electronics manufacturing.

Zirconia (ZrO₂)

Zirconia, dubbed “ceramic steel,” offers a combination of high hardness, wear and corrosion resistance, and one of the highest fracture toughness values among technical ceramics. Its high thermal expansion and unique resistance to crack propagation make it an excellent material for joining with metals like steel.

Silica (SiO₂)

Silica is a hard, chemically inert, and temperature-resistant ceramic that is often used in applications like investment casting. In addition to its ability to withstand temperatures higher than the melting point of most metals and alloys, its low coefficient of thermal expansion and fine particle size imparts smooth surface finishes on parts when used as a casting core.

Nitrides

Nitrides offer exceptional thermal, mechanical, and chemical performance, suiting them for use in extreme environments.

Aluminum Nitride (AlN)*

Aluminum nitride is uniquely suited for thermal management applications as one of the only thermally conductive ceramic materials. It has a coefficient of thermal expansion that is similar to silicon, which, in addition to its high mechanical strength and chemical stability, makes it desirable for use in semiconductor manufacturing.

Silicon Nitride (Si₃N₄)*

Silicon nitride exhibits many desirable material properties, including high toughness, thermal shock resistance, and corrosion resistance to industrial acids and alkalis. There is growing interest in using this material in orthopaedic implants due to its remarkable antibiofouling and osseointegrative surface properties that support bone growth.

Bioceramics

Bioceramics are biocompatible materials that are considered safe for use in biomedical applications.

Hydroxyapatite (HA)

Hydroxyapatite is another naturally occurring mineral that forms the main, structural component of bone. HA has excellent biocompatibility and osteoconductivity, making it an optimal material for use in bioresorbable implants with well-defined, porous, and patient-specific geometries. HA is less bioresorbable than TCP, lending itself primarily to scaffolding applications. Once implanted in the body, it provides structural support before allowing bone cells to proliferate through its pore system and eventually replace it.

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