Leveraging on its expertise in designing, composing, shaping and firing ceramics, Imerys Kiln Furniture is developing technical ceramics kiln furniture solutions for a wide range of industries.

Our large porfolio of high quality body compositions (silicon carbide, cordierite, mullite and alumina) is a strong base to supply you with tailored kiln furniture solutions.

Below are some examples of kiln furniture solutions we have brought to the industry. If you face a technical challenge in firing your products, don't hesitate to contact us!
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Industries	Challenges	Solutions Developed
High Voltage Insulators	Support a wide range of hard porcelain pieces up to 1 400°C, some of them being very heavy. Ensure a high degree of compactness.	Based on our Aptasinit composition (Nitride bonded Silicon Carbide) a full kiln furniture system has been designed and successfully implemented.
Electronic Components  (eg: MLCC, Ferrites…)	Provide a light, high temperature and mechanical resistant system, with easy assembling and handling properties that allows a high degree of compactness (possibility to load the kiln with a high number of pieces to be fired).	Patented solution: Butterfly Mullite stackable systems (3 mm thickness) with screw Mullite feet, ensuring a very easy and safe handling, along with a high degree of compactness.
Powder Calcination (eg : Lithium Ion powders for batteries)	Contain powders during the calcination process without any contamination.	Box saggars in several materials have been developped (eg : cordierite, alumina, zirconia, SiC...) to ensure a perfect compatitiblity with the powder and a very good resistanced to thermal schock for a long life-time.
Sintered Metal Powder Pieces for various applications (eg: watches, bioscience, automotive…)	Support high value added metal parts during their sintering, without contaminating them. These supports must resist to a large number of firing cycles.	Plates with very accurate geometrical dimensions and from different materials to ensure a high life-time and a good compatibility with the type of metal. e.g. : • Zirconia for titanium pieces • Alumina : Tungsten pieces
Ceramic pieces for automotive (e.g. : spark-plugs, DPF) and process industry (e.g.: grinding balls)…	Contain ceramic pieces during their firing at high temperature avoiding any contamination.	Patented solution: A RSiC-Mullite composite has been developed to stack RSiC (SC 100RG) on Mullite feet with screw connections (Thermomull 04). Boxes with very precise dimensions and from different materials to fit the customers' requirements. e.g. : • Recrystalized SiC boxes for grinding balls • Mullite boxes for spark-plugs.