CERAXIS – Wear-resistant ceramic linings
BMI installs CERAXIS technical ceramics on your equipment exposed to sliding abrasion, high temperatures and corrosive environments.
CERAXIS advantages
Extreme abrasion resistance
With a hardness of 700 to over 2,300 HV depending on the grade, CERAXIS ceramics provide lasting resistance to sliding abrasion.
Good material flow
Their low friction coefficient improves product flow and limits build-up.
Temperature resistance
From 350 °C to over 1,400 °C depending on the grade, for hot processes.
Chemical inertness
CERAXIS ceramics resist acids, bases and corrosive environments.
A grade for every application
Tiles, tubes, elbows, castable concrete: from cost-effective basalt linings to silicon carbide ceramics for extreme conditions.
Applications:
– Hoppers, chutes and transfer chutes
– Pipes, tubes and conveying elbows
– Cyclones and hydrocyclones
– Silos, storage cones, feeders
– Conveyors, mixers, extruder chambers
– Fan volutes, chemical and incineration plants
CERAXIS is a range of technical ceramic linings designed to protect industrial equipment subject to wear.
Basalt, ceramic concrete, fused cast ceramic, alumina or silicon carbide: each grade matches a level of abrasion, temperature and chemical aggressiveness.
BMI does not just supply the ceramic: our teams integrate it into your equipment, to improve the reliability of existing installations or to design new ones.
– Analysis of wear and equipment: type of abrasion, temperature, shape, diameter
– Choice of the most suitable CERAXIS grade for each area
– Lining of existing equipment (upgrade) or manufacture of new lined equipment
– Installation in our workshops: pipes and elbows, hoppers and chutes, transfer chutes…
the range
CERAXIS B50
Cast basalt
Technical ceramic cast from basalt, a robust and cost-effective solution against sliding abrasion with low impact.
Hardness: Mohs 8 – 700 to 900 HV
Temperature: up to 350 °C
Formats: tiles, tubes, elbows
CERAXIS C60
Ceramic concrete
Abrasion-resistant ceramic concrete cast in place, ideal for complex shapes. Thickness adjustable to the wear.
Hardness: Mohs 8 – 800 to 900 HV
Temperature: up to 1,000 °C
Formats: cast in place
CERAXIS Zr250
Fused cast ceramic
Dense ceramic based on alumina, zirconia and silica, designed for the most aggressive sliding abrasion.
Hardness: Mohs 9 – 1,300 to 1,500 HV
Temperature: up to 1,500 °C
Formats: tiles, tubes, elbows
CERAXIS Al300
Alumina
Ceramic containing more than 90% alumina. Extreme resistance to sliding abrasion, excellent chemical inertness.
Hardness: Mohs 9 – 1,500 to 1,800 HV
Temperature: up to 1,200 °C
Formats: tiles from 1.5 to 75 mm, panels
CERAXIS Si350
Silicon carbide
The grade for extreme conditions: severe abrasion, high temperatures and chemical stress, where aluminas reach their limits.
Hardness: Mohs 9 – 2,300 to 2,600 HV
Temperature: up to 1,400 °C (1,600 °C in inert atmosphere)
Formats: tiles, tubes
Technical or special formats: please contact us.
Abrasion resistance – ASTM C704 test
This test measures the abrasion resistance of a material: silicon carbide abrasive grains are blasted onto the sample, then the volume of material lost is measured.
Volume loss in cm³
Up to 16 times less material loss than a 400 HB abrasion-resistant steel.