Ceramics Industry Services
Ceramics are the core of our business, in all their shapes, forms and applications. We are the development partner you can trust.
Our pilot-scale manufacturing facilities excel at: raw materials sourcing and refining, powder processing, forming, drying, and sintering. The facilities at our disposal are operated by a team of ceramics experts, supported by our state-of-the-art comprehensive analytical capabilities and our disruptive technologies. We also have access to The AMRICC Centre as one of the founding investors of AMRICC (Applied Materials Research, Innovation & Commercialization Company). To find out more about how our technologies are changing how we make and use ceramics, visit our Technologies section.
Contact us to find out how we can change the way you view ceramics and the areas they can be used in, for example:
- Technical ceramics
- Electronics
- Medical ceramics
- Tableware
- Refractories
- Coatings (e.g., thermal barrier coatings)
- Tiles
- Sanitaryware
- Nuclear energy
Ceramic sintering
Ceramic sintering is a critical manufacturing process that transforms compacted ceramic powders into dense, durable materials through controlled heating. This process enhances mechanical strength, thermal resistance, and electrical properties by bonding particles in glass like phases at high temperatures, typically just below their melting point. Sintering is widely used in advanced ceramics for aerospace, medical implants, electronics, and energy applications, where precision and performance are essential. Advanced techniques include field enhanced, solid-state, and liquid-phase sintering, each tailored to specific material requirements. At Lucideon and The AMRICC Academy, we offer expert consultancy, analysis, upscaling, and training in ceramic sintering, providing material scientists and engineers with cutting-edge knowledge to optimise manufacturing processes.
Testing & characterization
» Testing & characterization services for the ceramics industry
White Papers
Additive Manufacturing can provide innovative forming opportunities and can offer the potential of being able to be integrated alongside traditional methods
Drying is an important process in almost all industry sectors, including ceramics, pharmaceutical, food, chemical, construction and semiconductors
This white paper discusses milling options, their advantages and disadvantages, as well as focusing on how the milling process can help to control key characteristics to optimize the properties of end products in manufacturing processes
This white paper looks at applications and potential applications of ceramic materials in the aerospace and defense industry
This white paper introduces the most common methods for ceramic additive manufacturing
This white paper highlights some of the testing involved in ISO 13356 and discusses how recent and ongoing research into ceramic processing provides opportunities to meet product improvement challenges
Case Studies
IKEA wished to appoint a preferred consultant for ceramic product sourcing around the globe
Competitor analysis benchmarking study carried out by Lucideon
Scanning electron microscopy was used to identify the cause of a glaze pinhole fault in sanitaryware manufacture
Application of Lucideon's Flash Sintering Technology
Lucideon expertise helped a client with additive manufactured implants
A manufacturer of ceramic armor for military vehicles and personnel sought pressure-cast forming expertise