Product Name: High-Temperature Silicon Carbide (SiC) Heating Element
Product Material: Recrystallized Silicon Carbide (RSiC), Reaction Bonded Silicon Carbide (RBSiC), or Sintered Silicon Carbide (SSiC)
Material Characteristics: High maximum operating temperature (up to 1600°C in air), High thermal conductivity and emissivity, Excellent chemical stability and oxidation resistance, High mechanical strength at elevated temperatures, Low thermal expansion coefficient, Superior creep resistance, Precise resistance control for stable power output
Application Fields: High-temperature industrial furnaces (shuttle kilns, tunnel kilns), Wafer heat treatment (Diffusion, Oxidation, Annealing), Glass and ceramic melting, Non-ferrous metal smelting, Radiant tube heating systems, Laboratory muffle furnaces, Sintering of electronic components
Application Industries: Broad Semiconductor (thermal processing), Aerospace (thermal simulation testing), Biomedical (dental zirconia sintering), Fluid Control (high-temperature gas heaters), Advanced Machinery (heat treatment kilns), New Energy (lithium battery material sintering), Petrochemical (catalyst heating), Electronic Engineering (thick film firing)
Processing Difficulties: Controlling electrical resistivity consistency during high-temperature recrystallization, Designing "Cold-End" technology to prevent terminal overheating, Achieving uniform coating for enhanced oxidation resistance, Managing material brittleness during large-scale precision shaping, Ensuring tight tolerances for complex radiant tube structures
Processing Flow: High-purity SiC powder grading → Mixing with binders → Extrusion or slip casting → High-temperature vacuum/gas-pressure sintering → Cold-end spraying (Al/Si coating) → Precise resistance grouping and calibration → High-temperature aging and stability testing → Surface anti-oxidation treatment → Final inspection and vibration-proof packaging
Delivery Period: Standard rod/U-shape elements: 20-35 days, Customized high-precision/radiant tube structures: 45-70 days