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Introduction to the global advanced ceramics industry

2021-04-15

The development status of foreign advanced ceramics 


At present, the United States, Japan, and the European Union are mainly in the leading position in the development of advanced ceramics abroad. Among them, the United States has a leading position in the application of advanced ceramics in aerospace, nuclear energy and other fields; Japan occupies a leading position in the industrialization and civil fields of advanced ceramic materials, and occupies about half of the world's advanced ceramics market share; The European Union is in a leading position in the subdivision application field and mechanical equipment field of advanced ceramics.


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→Figure Aluminium nitride is a compound of aluminum and nitrogen. It is a material with high thermal conductivity and electrical insulation properties.


Development Status of Advanced Ceramics in Japan 


Japan occupies a leading position in the scientific research and preparation of advanced ceramic materials. Japan is in a leading position in advanced ceramic materials such as electronic ceramics, optical fibers, and high-toughness ceramics.It is in a leading position in the research and development of foam ceramics, superplastic ceramics, plastic composite ceramics, various advanced ceramic materials and ceramic components, and the research and development of high-performance ceramic batteries and ceramic engines.


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Development Status of Advanced Ceramics in America 


Advanced ceramics in the U.S. are currently in a large scale use in the fields of aerospace technology, aircraft, nuclear engineering, automotive, medical equipment and mechanical power.The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is implementing a large-scale research and development program in the development and processing technology of structural ceramics, focusing on ceramic replacement of key closed loops in aerospace engines and civil heat engines.


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Development status of advanced ceramics in EU countries 


European Union countries take functional ceramics and high-temperature structural ceramics as the main research objects. In particular, Germany and France have conducted key research in the field of structural ceramics, mainly in the fields of power generation equipment, new energy materials, and ceramic devices in engines.


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Development Status of Advanced Ceramics in China 


The development of advanced ceramics research in China has achieved a series of innovative results so far. Among them, China has innovatively applied fiber-reinforced ceramic-based composites to the protective frames of strategic missiles and various satellite antenna windows;There are world-class innovations in the research of nano-ceramic powder preparation and agglomeration, as well as the solid-state sintering theory of nano-ceramics.


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Giant enterprise in advanced ceramic industry


At present, the leading enterprises in the field of advanced ceramics are mainly from Japan, the United States and the European Union.Japanese companies such as Kyocera, Toshiba, Jiayou, Murata, and Toto, which are leading in the field of functional ceramics;American companies such as Grumman, DuPont, and Ceredan, which have conducted large-scale research and development of structural ceramics in the aerospace field;Chinese companies that are catching up in the field of advanced ceramics, typical representatives such as Johncera Group, are currently the only company in China that has a complete enterprise chain from various ceramic powder preparation, multiple process molding, precision processing to final products.


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In addition, in the next article we will focus on advanced ceramic company representatives from Japan, so stay tuned!