Is it possible?
The strength of metals
+ the lightness of plastics
+ the high operating temperatures of ceramics
=one incredible material.
LIGHTWEIGHT
Specific Density 1.69g/cc
HIGH T OPERATION
Continuous Operating T Range -150°C to 1100°C
Thermally STABLE
Low CTE Material
“GREEN” TECHNOLOGY
Environmentally Friendly Production
The X-MAT Advantage
Don’t be limited by an existing material specification sheet.
X-MAT offers a fully customizable material system to meet your necessary operating requirements. Whatever your needs, X-MAT technology can be custom-engineered to fit your exact specification.
The material advantages are boundless. Utilizing polymer resin instead of ceramic powders, X-MAT stands out in terms of strength, durability and cost.
With a demonstrated 1” thickness scale and feet thickness attainable, X-MAT is cheaper to produce than ceramics, with unlimited potential market applications.
How does x-mat compare?
| Density | |
|---|---|
| X-MAT® OC1 | 1.8 g/cc |
| X-MAT® CCC | 1.3-1.7 g/cc |
| Al203 (Alumina) | 3.7 g/cc |
| Glass | 2.4-2.8 g/cc |
| Teflon | 2.2 g/cc |
| Polypropylene | 0.9-1.2 g/cc |
| Aluminum | 2.7 g/cc |
| Steel | 7.7-8.03 g/cc |
| operating temp. | |
|---|---|
| X-MAT® OC1 | 1100°C |
| X-MAT® CCC | 600°C |
| Al203 (Alumina) | 1700°C |
| Glass | Varies |
| Teflon | 260°C |
| Polypropylene | 50-80°C |
| Aluminum | 150-250°C |
| Steel | 500-650°C |
| sPECIFIC STIFFNESS | |
|---|---|
| X-MAT® OC1 | 50 |
| X-MAT® CCC | 30-100 |
| Al203 (Alumina) | 92.1 |
| Glass | 28 |
| Teflon | 0.23 |
| Polypropylene | 1.55 |
| Aluminum | 25.5 |
| Steel | 26.3 |
| Density | operating temp. | sPECIFIC STIFFNESS | |
|---|---|---|---|
| X-MAT® OC1 | 1.8 g/cc | 1100°C | 50 |
| X-MAT® CCC | 1.3-1.7 g/cc | 600°C | 30-100 |
| Al203 (Alumina) | 3.7 g/cc | 1700°C | 92.1 |
| Glass | 2.4-2.8 g/cc | Varies | 28 |
| Teflon | 2.2 g/cc | 260°C | 0.23 |
| Polypropylene | 0.9-1.2 g/cc | 50-80°C | 1.55 |
| Aluminum | 2.7 g/cc | 150-250°C | 25.5 |
| Steel | 7.7-8.03 g/cc | 500-650°C | 26.3 |
the process
The ease of manufacturing with X-MAT® provides for both faster and simpler manufacturing processes than currently used industrial ceramic processes. X-MAT® uses typical plastic processes such as molding, machining and 3D printing.
X-MAT in its original form
X-MAT is combined with another material
Final material with X-MAT properties
Greener production
X-MAT® uses 20X less energy to produce ceramics than currently used industrial processes. The materials are combined using chemical bonding, rather than sintering, using significantly lower energy to create a more stable product. The X-MAT® coal core composite uses coal in an ‘unburned’ state which greatly reduces the production of greenhouse gases.
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“Big companies, too, will increasingly compete by using exclusive recipes for new materials and customised production techniques. If you just do a great design and use a manufacturing process which everyone else can use, you will run out of steam,
says Mr. Idelchik at GE Research. -
But if you have a proprietary manufacturing process which applies to proprietary materials, you are creating a long-lasting competitive differentiation. ”
- The Economist Technology Quarterly
