The International Electric Propulsion Conference is the premier international forum for spacecraft primes, hardware developers, government researchers, academic scholars, and students in the field of electric propulsion. The IEPC takes place every two years and is attended by more than 500 participants representing more than 25 countries. This year’s programme contained more than 500 technical… Continue Reading
Over the years, ceramics have found their way into many specialised fields, but ballistic armour has to be one of the strangest. In the aftermath of World War II, the search to find new methods of reducing casualties became paramount, especially as the increasing development in rifles and guns, and more particularly their rate of… Continue Reading
Precision Ceramics has introduced the very hardest ceramic composite available to further enhance the range of specialist technical ceramics being manufactured ‘in house’ in Birmingham. CeramAlloy Ultra Hard is an ultra-high-performance alumina/zirconia composite, Hot isostatically pressed for very high mechanical properties and enhanced reliability and with an excellent balance between bending strength, hardness and fracture… Continue Reading
The very first Ceramics UK Show, held at Telford International Exhibition Centre, got off to a flying start on 10th and 11th July, successfully showcasing the historical and growing technical ceramics industry in the UK with a truly international audience of both suppliers and end users. With the ceramic industry growing in the UK, the… Continue Reading
Ultra Biotics have developed a new process to coat boron nitride with diamond by keying the diamond into the surface rather than laying it onto the surface. The new process addresses the problems associated with diamond coating on boron nitride and how to overcome them to produce an excellent pinhole free and well adhered diamond… Continue Reading
During the week, there’s a team of specialist Mazak machine operators who work side-by-side producing highly technical ceramic components at the headquarters of Precision Ceramics in central Birmingham. On Saturday 1st June, several members of the team came together to celebrate the wedding of one of their own when Daniel Dacosta married his long-term partner Lizzie… Continue Reading
To meet the ever-increasing quality demands of our customers, Precision Ceramics has consistently invested in the very latest state-of-the-art manufacturing equipment. As a result, a bank of multi-station machining centres now stand side-by-side at our UK headquarters in Birmingham allowing us to produce even the most complex of technical ceramic components efficiently, economically and to… Continue Reading
After a successful career with the McGeoch Organisation spanning 32 years, Nigel Johnson retired from Precision Ceramics on Friday 31st May. Following an apprenticeship with Auston Rover, Nigel joined the Delta Organisation in 1987 before moving to Rouse Thompson & Lloyd in Lower Tower Street, Birmingham a few years later. When the RTL business and… Continue Reading
Following the success of our first international exhibition presence at Hannover Messe in early April, Precision Ceramics were on show again at Ceramics Expo in Cleveland, Ohio, on 30th April and 1st May. There was a great reaction to the new two-day format, added features, and bustling atmosphere generated at the exhibition. Everyone came away… Continue Reading
Despite the demise of many industry-based exhibitions in the United Kingdom and further afield, Precision Ceramics continues to attend at least two major events each year, generally one in Europe and the other in the USA. During the first week of April we were exhibiting at Hannover Messe as part of the Ceramic Applications Group… Continue Reading
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