Industrial Wear

Sialons are silicon nitride based ceramic alloys and can be tailor-made to suit a vast range of applications. Syalon 101 is pre-eminently suitable for couples used in sliding wear, whilst the superior hardness of Syalon 050 allows it to be of particular benefit in many wear applications.

Zircalon, although generally not as wear resistant as Syalon, possesses superior toughness making it the material of choice for many wear applications where impact is experienced. For example, Zircalon has found wide use as weld locations pins in resistance welding of captive nuts to sheet metal.

• Milling Media

  

  When used as grinding vessels for the preparation of industrial and analytical samples, weight losses for Syalon 101 bowls are about 14 per cent of the reported weight loss for agate, alumina, zirconia and tungsten carbide. Milling efficiencies are also in general improved.

• Shot Blast Nozzles

  

  In shot blasting applications, particularly with aggressive grits, Syalon 050 out-performs conventional nozzles with a useful life of about eight times that of conventional nozzles. Syalon nozzles are light weight and easy to handle.

• Paper De-watering Foils

  

  During the de-watering stage of modern paper manufacture, the paper travels over the de-watering foils at speeds approaching 100km⁄min, making only the most wear and thermal shock resistant materials, such as Syalon 101, applicable.

Industrial wear applications are Syalons' forte, so please contact the International Syalons' technical team to discuss your wear application or request a quote. Alternatively download our Industrial Wear Applications PDF.