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Robust ceramic steering plates for belt grinding machines – durable, reversible and far longer-lasting than steel.

Ceramic steering plates

Ceramic steering plates still deliver the highest quality even after 5 years of use — 5 days a week, 6–7 hours a day. For continuous operation on belt grinding machines, they are the durable alternative to steel.

  • Ceramic plate after 60 months of use – durable and robust
  • Close-up of a technical-ceramic plate surface
Overview of Si₃N₄ and SiC ceramic plates: properties of silicon nitride plates and of silicon carbide plates in SSiC and SiSiC, and applications such as belt grinding machines, sliding and wear plates, furnaces, the semiconductor, chemical and glass industries, and battery technology
Si₃N₄ and SiC ceramic plates: properties and typical applications. AI-generated image. View enlarged ↗

Key properties & benefits

  • Long service life at consistently high quality
  • Usable on both sides — the plate can be rotated
  • Far longer service life than V2A steel plates
  • Designed for continuous use on belt grinding machines

Ceramic lasts — steel wears out

A ceramic plate still delivers top quality after around 5 years of use. Under the same conditions, a V2A steel plate is already worn out after 4 weeks.

Used ceramic plate after about five years in service
Ceramic plate after approx. 5 years in use — still the highest quality.
V2A steel plate after four weeks of use showing clear wear
V2A steel plate after 4 weeks (6 hrs/day, 5-day week). Working time to change the plate: 1.5 hours.

Ceramics in use

The ceramic plates run on belt grinding machines — shown here after 12 years of use, 5 days a week, 6–7 hours a day. The abrasive material is raw or fired oven tiles as well as tiles.

The plates can be rotated and thus used on both sides. Reloading the machine takes roughly 2–4 hours; the plates are attached with assembly glue or special heat-resistant glue.

Other aspects

  • Detail of a belt grinding machine with a ceramic steering plate
  • Close-up of the mechanical mounting of a steering plate
  • Measuring a plate surface with a tape measure

Fields of application

  • Belt grinding machines
  • Grinding & polishing technology
  • Oven-tile & tile production
  • Continuous abrasive processes

Spellings: Si₃N₄ also Si3N4.

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