Contract Research and Development
Contract Research and Product Development Services
The engineers and scientists at C12 Advanced Technologies are ready to help with the most challenging research and development projects.
Research and development services and capabilities that we can provide include:
♦ Toll manufacturing and custom formulation of solvent-based and water-based tape casting, screen-printable pastes, inks and pastes for Direct Write 3D printing.
♦ Rapid prototype design and high-volume Direct Write 3D Printing of ceramics, composites, and powder metal parts at competitive costs.
♦ Engineering Consulting services for a wide range of materials processing and development applications including piezoceramics (PZT), Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) and Solid Oxide Electrolyzer Cell (SOEC) materials , Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramics (LTCC) and High Temperature Co-fired Ceramics (HTCC), solid state battery materials, powdered metal (MIM) and ceramic (CIM) parts, ferrites, superconductors, sensor materials, and many others.
♦ Process optimization and troubleshooting (formulations, lamination and printing characteristics, dispersions, critical solids loading, green and fired densities, milling and casting parameters, debinding and sintering, elimination of defects such as sticking, cracking and warping).
♦ Expertise with reactive and high-surface area (nano-sized) particle dispersions. Formulation of ceramic, powder metal, and composite tapes for sintering in oxygen and inert atmospheres.
♦ Design and manufacture of advanced LTCC and HTCC multilayer ceramic tape structures (micro-channels, embedded cavities, MEMs).
♦ Optimized design and formulation of “thermally fugitive” tape and paste systems.
♦ Customized catalyst supports engineered lattice structures and complex geometries. Repeatable pore sizes, flow characteristics, and catalyst coverage.
♦ Direct Write pseudoplastic (microextrusion) paste formulation.
♦ Extensive thick film ceramic printing, device design, and manufacturing capabilities (heaters, sensors, electronics).
♦ Advanced modeling, analysis, and characterization capabilities for research and design projects (SEM, XRD, COMSOL).
♦ Engineering Consulting services for a wide range of materials processing and development applications including piezoceramics (PZT), Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) and Solid Oxide Electrolyzer Cell (SOEC) materials , Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramics (LTCC) and High Temperature Co-fired Ceramics (HTCC), solid state battery materials, powdered metal (MIM) and ceramic (CIM) parts, ferrites, superconductors, sensor materials, and many others.
♦ Process optimization and troubleshooting (formulations, lamination and printing characteristics, dispersions, critical solids loading, green and fired densities, milling and casting parameters, debinding and sintering, elimination of defects such as sticking, cracking and warping).
♦ Expertise with reactive and high-surface area (nano-sized) particle dispersions. Formulation of ceramic, powder metal, and composite tapes for sintering in oxygen and inert atmospheres.
♦ Design and manufacture of advanced LTCC and HTCC multilayer ceramic tape structures (micro-channels, embedded cavities, MEMs).
♦ Optimized design and formulation of “thermally fugitive” tape and paste systems.
♦ Customized catalyst supports engineered lattice structures and complex geometries. Repeatable pore sizes, flow characteristics, and catalyst coverage.
♦ Direct Write pseudoplastic (microextrusion) paste formulation.
♦ Extensive thick film ceramic printing, device design, and manufacturing capabilities (heaters, sensors, electronics).
♦ Advanced modeling, analysis, and characterization capabilities for research and design projects (SEM, XRD, COMSOL).
Custom tapecasting research and development.
Examples of custom formulated, high performance lattice filters, crucibles, and labware produced using rapid, Direct Write 3D Printing technology.
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SEM micrograph of high density, single phase Magnesium Oxide (MgO) ceramic with unique pore-free structure developed at C12 Advanced Technologies.
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Examples of micro-machined, flexible zirconium oxide substrates, for advanced sensor and MEMs applications.