Metal Forming

International Syalons manufacture a range of sialon and zirconia components for various metal forming applications, including welding, extrusion and metal cutting.

Advanced ceramics for use in metal forming must possess excellent mechanical strength and toughness, impact, wear and thermal shock resistance and thermal and chemical stability. Syalon and Zircalon ceramics meet these requirements and are available in a range of products including:

• Weld Location Pins

  

  Syalon 101 and Zircalon are firmly established in the resistance welding sector, particularly as weld location pins for welding captive nuts to body panels in automotive and commercial vehicle assembly.

• Welding Jigs and Fixtures

  

  In addition to weld location pins, we also manufacture a variety of other jigs, fixtures, shrouds and nozzles, which for example may be used in orbital welding, tungsten inert gas (TIG) welding, metal inert gas (MIG) welding, induction welding and plasma welding.

• Extrusion Dies

  

  Extrusion and drawing dies require high strength and outstanding wear resistance, dimensional stability and the ability to give an excellent surface finish. Syalon 101 meet these requirements, as well as having excellent thermal shock resistance.

• Cutting Tips

  

  Sialon cutting tip blanks for milling and turning of cast iron, was one of earliest applications of sialon. The latest generation Syalon 101 and Syalon 050 cutting tips possess outstanding wear resistance, thermal shock resistance and chemical stability to allow high speed milling of cast iron.

International Syalons' technical team will be pleased to discuss your metal forming application. Contact us for more information. Alternatively download our Weld Location Pins PDF our Extrusion Dies PDF or our Metal Forming Applications PDF.