Alumina ceramic (Aluminum Oxide, or Al2O3) is one of the most widely used technical ceramic materials, with an excellent combination of mechanical and electrical properties as well as a favorable cost-to-performance ratio.
Wintrustek offers a range of Alumina compositions to meet your most demanding applications.
Typical grades are 95%, 96%, 99%, 99.5%, 99.6%, 99.7%, and 99.8%.
Besides, Wintrustek offers Porous Alumina ceramic for fluid and gas control applications.
Typical Properties
Outstanding electrical insulation
High mechanical strength and hardness
Excellent abrasion and wear resistance
Excellent corrosion resistance
High dielectric strength and Low dielectric constant
Good thermal stability
Typical Applications
Electronic components and substrates
High temperature electrical insulators
High voltage insulators
Mechanical seals
Wear components
Semiconductor components
Aerospace components
Ballistic armor
Alumina components can be formed by a variety of manufacturing techniques such as dry pressing, isostatic pressing, injection molding, extrusion, and tape casting. Finishing can be accomplished by precision grinding and lapping, laser machining, and a variety of other processes.
The alumina ceramic components produced by Wintrustek are suitable for metallization in order to create a component that is easily brazed with many materials in subsequent operations.