Custom-made Ceramic
and Glass Components
Electrical Applications
Glass and ceramics are both excellent electrical insulators. The dielectric properties of ceramics are used in capacitance and microwave applications.
Examples include:
High voltage insulator
Machined MACOR® components provide very high dielectric strength in high-voltage applications.
Machined quartz insulators are used in a similar way.
Feed throughs
Glass-to-metal seals provide electrical insulation while allowing hermetic packages to be made.
Capacitance standards
High accuracy disks in glass and ceramics are used as capacitance standards.
X-Ray equipment
Metal-ceramic assemblies are used in X-Ray tubes.
Fish spine beads
These interlocking beads are used to insulate wires, particularly at high temperature.