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Saint-Gobain Innovative Materials Datasheets for Oxide Ceramics

Oxide ceramics include alumina, zirconia, silica, aluminum silicate, magnesia and other metal oxide based materials.
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HexPak™ Heat Transfer Media for Regenerative Thermal Oxidizers Reduce Energy Costs and Increase RTO Capacity HexPak™ is the latest development in RTO heat transfer media which is designed to improve...
Norton™ Saddles -- A Proven History Norton™ saddles have been used in industrial applications for well over 50 years. In fact, Saint-Gobain NorPro was the first company to supply a...
Ty-Pak® Heat Transfer Media -- Economical, Lower Pressure Drop The first random media designed specifically for heat transfer applications, Ty-Pak® media provides a 20% lower pressure drop when compared to...
AF38™ Heat Transfer Media -- Easier Wash Outs AF38™ media has significantly larger individual void spaces than traditional saddles, providing improved resistance to particulate fouling/plugging. Its unique design orientates the...
High Surface Area Rings and Extrudates Saint-Gobain NorPro has a long-standing tradition of supplying top bed solutions to its customers. We can customize a solution based on your plant's performance...
Hold-Down Media Pentaring bed topping is used as a hold-down media at the top of graded reactor beds. The Pentaring shape offers substantial gains in void fraction and surface area...
Snowflake™ Heat Transfer Media -- Highest Cost Savings Snowflake™ media reduces pressure drop over saddles and Ty-Pak® media for greater cost savings. Due to its open structure and short channel...
Alkaware® -- The unmatched alkali corrosion resistance and excellent thermal properties of Alkaware® have rapidly established it as the industry standard in the wood products industry, especially oriented strand board...
Denstone® deltaP™ 99 technology utilizes the revolutionary, patent pending Saint-Gobain NorPro Denstone deltaP bed support technology and combines it with a high alumina, low silica composition to produce a media...
For many years, Saint-Gobain NorPro has been known for its range of very low surface area macroporous alpha-alumina-based carrier materials. Inert to their environment in most circumstances, the carriers play...
Hi-Temp™ -- Our proprietary Hi-Temp™ ceramic body is designed for applications that operate at temperatures as high as 1200°C, in the absence of corrosive species.
High Alumina -- For applications involving extreme temperatures to 1800°C, Saint-Gobain NorPro offers a >99% alumina body.
HSB™ (Heat Sink Body) -- This material is highly resistant to the thermal shock and fatigue caused by thermal cycling within RTOs. These are conditions that can significantly reduce the...
Pharmaware™ -- This material is designed specifically to withstand chloro- and fluorohydrocarbon species up to 1200°C such as found in pharmaceutical applications.
Proware™ -- Originally developed for use as mass transfer packing in acid applications, Proware™ material also performs well in acidic heat transfer applications. The Proware™ body is a finely grained...
Saint-Gobain NorPro cross partition rings are available in proware material. When using 6 in.(150mm) rings as a secondary support, a second layer of 4-in.(100mm) rings is necessary to retain 2-in.(50mm)...
Saint-Gobain NorPro provides a range of formed, higher surface area catalyst carrier. Surface areas from 10 m2/g to 400 m2g are typically based on high-purity raw...
Saint-Gobain NorPro's Model 4817 grid bar support systems utilize bars of Aludur® ceramic having much greater mechanical strength than the best chemical porcelain or other refractory material. This exceptional strength...
Saint-Gobain NorPro's Process Ceramics group has developed and manufactured more heat transfer media than any other company in the world. In fact, we were the first company to supply a...
Using NorPro grid blocks saves material and shipping costs, as well as installation time. Grid bars placed on 8" centers with NorPro grid blocks also have 15% more free space...
WavePak™ ceramic random packing was developed by Saint-Gobain NorPro and is marketed exclusively by MECS Inc. for sulfuric acid applications. The patented WavePak™ shape represents a significant improvement over 75mm...