CMCs for low energy kiln furniture: CMC Energy

Almath Crucibles Ltd为一系列行业的窑炉和熔炉工艺制造和供应陶瓷产品。窑和炉工艺的环境可持续性可以通过减少设备每次运行消耗的总热能来提高，这可以通过使用质量较轻、机械完整性相当或更好的炉具来实现。在本项目中，将开发基于陶瓷复合材料的材料和结构，这些材料和结构具有比传统陶瓷材料更高的上级机械性能和更低的质量。将从材料中生产测试样品和演示器，然后测试机械和热性能。将制定一个扩大计划，以确保这些材料能够以具有成本效益的方式大量生产。

Almath Crucibles Ltd manufactures and supplies ceramic products to a range of industries for their kiln and furnace processes. The environmental sustainability of kiln and furnace processes can be improved by reducing the total heat energy consumed in each run of the equipment, which can be achieved by using furnace furniture with lower mass and equivalent or better mechanical integrity. In this project, materials and structures based on ceramic composites will be developed which have superior mechanical properties and lower mass than conventional ceramic materials.Test specimens and demonstrators will be produced from the material and then tested for mechanical and thermal properties. A scale-up plan will be produced to ensure that the materials can be manufactured cost effectively at volume.