Syalon 101 provides exceptional chemical and thermal stability, outperforming traditional materials like cast iron and other ceramics (alumina, silicon carbide, etc.), ensuring outstanding service life with limited contamination. Perfect for pouring and transporting, Syalon 101 ladles designed to handle molten aluminium can be engineered to suit a range of processing lines – including highly automated systems. They are reliable, cost-effective, and can help to add functionality to your casting plant during the digital transformation.
For applications where temperatures may exceed 1200°C, we recommend Syalon 050. This material maintains excellent physical properties even at temperatures reaching 1400°C. Our foundry crucibles and ceramic ladles even champion energy-efficiency by requiring no preheating for even intensive use cycles. Although sialon ceramics exhibit minimal wetting intrinsically, some applications may require extremely low tolerances to melt adherence. In those instances, ladles can be coated with a non-wetting boron nitride coating.
The ceramic ladles and crucibles manufactured by International Syalons are very easy to use. For example, there is no need for preheating. Also, Syalon possesses minimal wetting, so adherence of the melt is kept to a minimum, although this behaviour depends on the melt temperature and the alloy composition. For those situations which require it, we can coat the ladles with a non–wetting boron nitride coating.
The successful integration of advanced technical ceramics into engineering systems necessitates close collaboration between you, the end user, and us, the material manufacturer. For an initial consultation with our technical sales team, please call +44(0)191 2951010 or email . For advice on using our foundry handling equipment, including foundry ladles and foundry crucibles, in molten metal handling applications, please download our User Guide.
International Syalons manufacture a range of silicon nitride and sialon advanced ceramic thermocouple protection sheaths for use in the aluminium and molten metal handling industries.
Syalon is the preferred choice when looking to improve nozzle wear resistance, outperforming many competitive materials such as alumina and tungsten carbide.
International Syalons manufacture a range of standard and bespoke silicon nitride and zirconia ceramic weld location and control pins, which are used for precise captive nut welding.
