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INNOVATION WITH ELECTROCERAMICS

energy storage

 

Ceramic-metal welding

Ionotec can provide expertise in bonding techniques which are particularly suitable where hermetic or vacuum-tight joints are required:

  • ceramic-metal welding
  • glass-ceramic bonding
  • glass-metal joining

 Examples of ceramic-metal welding include

  • aluminium oxide to aluminium
  • aluminium oxide to stainless steel
  • aluminium oxide to aluminium-magnesium alloy
  • silicon nitride to aluminium

Thermocompression bonding

 TCB  

 

Thermocompression bonding (TCB) is particularly suited to ceramic-metal welding.  The equipment shown here is used for joining large diameter ceramic rings to steel or aluminium components for battery application.

Ultrasonic welding

glass sealing

ceramic-metal welding

 Ultrasonic welding is a fast process that can be used for bonding dissimilar metals and for ceramic-metal welding. Some advantages of the ultrasonic method are:

  • High speed - bonding times of less than 1 second
  • Economical, with low power consumption
  • The joint is formed from a low temperature solid state weld
  • No flux, braze or solder needed
  • No pre-cleaning, high temperatures or special environment needed

Not all materials are suited to ultrasonic welding, especially if they have low mechanical strength. In such cases thermocompression bonding may be preferable.

 

Examples of ultrasonically weldable metal-metal couples

 

aluminium - aluminium aluminium - Fecralloy
aluminium - AlMg3 alloy aluminium - molybdenum
aluminium - copper nickel 200 - nickel 200
aluminium - nickel 200 brass 90/10 - brass 80/20
aluminium - brass 90/10 copper - brass 90/10
aluminium - stainless steel stainless steel - Fecralloy
aluminium - Inconel 600 aluminium - Nimonic
aluminium - titanium titanium - Nimonic