Schott Nextrema® Glass Ceramic Fabrication
Glass-ceramics are distinguished from glass and ceramics by their characteristic manufacturing process and by their properties. Not classifiable as glass or as ceramic, they represent a completely new class of materials. Glass-ceramic, such as SCHOTT ROBAX® or SCHOTT NEXTREMA®, is recommended for applications that require extreme temperature environments. The material proprieties of each are unique and correspond to the specific product design requirements or application. Cincinnati Gasket and Industrial Manufacturing is a SCHOTT ROBAX® and SCHOTT NEXTREMA® glass ceramic supplier.
SCHOTT ROBAX® fire-viewing panels provide fireplace manufacturers the temperature stability, transparency, heat transmission and thermal shock resistance for safety and protection from fire hazards, while providing warm heat.
SCHOTT NEXTREMA® glass-ceramic combines the benefits of technical specialty glass with the properties of high temperature materials to provide a unique solution for technical applications and new product development (see SCHOTT NEXTREMA® glass-ceramic brochure).
Main product characteristics include:
- Near-zero thermal expansion
- High thermal shock resistance
- High chemical resistance
- Wide transmittance spectrum (visible light and IR range)
- Process inert
- Robust at high temperatures (up to 1,742 °F short term)
- Surface resistance
- Gas Impermeability
Many industries using glass-ceramic include:
- Display manufacturers
- Solar panel manufacturers
- Food processing
- Automotive manufacturers
- Outdoor heaters
- Commercial ovens
- Heat insulators
- BBQ grill manufacturers
- Fireplace manufacturers
Various NEXTREMA® applications & uses:
- Furnace viewing/insulation
- Infrared heating elements (e.g. spas, grills)
- Soldering
- CFRP manufacturing
- Coating & Sputtering
- Facade cladding
6 Types of SCHOTT NEXTREMA®:
- NEXTREMA® Opaque White
- NEXTREMA® Opaque Grey
- NEXTREMA® Transparent
- NEXTREMA® Tinted
- NEXTREMA® Translucent White
- NEXTREMA® Translucent Bluegrey