CERAMTEC NORTH AMERICA

Ceramaseal® Products

One Technology Place, Laurens, SC 29360
864/682-3215 Fax 864/682-1140
800/752-7325 E-mail sales@ceramtec.com

Michael Mueller, President
Sam Talwar, Hermetic Sales Manager
Roberto Vigo, Director of Business Development and Marketing

Web Site: http://www2.ceramtec.com 


Company Profile

CeramTec North America designs and manufactures ceramic-to-metal and glass-ceramic hermetic components including feedthroughs, multipin connectors, coaxial connectors, thermocouples, viewports, isolators, baseplate feedthroughs, cables, and assemblies. All of these Ceramaseal® products, their ratings, and their list price are included in our 2007 Ceramaseal Product Catalog. CeramTec pioneered the science of ceramic-to-metal sealing more than 55 years ago and today remains the world leader in both standard and CUSTOM designed hermetically sealed components for use in vacuum, ultra-high vacuum, high-pressure, cryogenic and high-temperature applications. CeramTec is ISO-9001: 2000 Certified.


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Products, Services and Markets

CeramTec serves the vacuum market with precision-engineered vacuum feedthroughs, connectors, viewports, thermocouples and other specialty components. With more than five decades of experience in ceramic-to-metal sealing, CeramTec offers the most comprehensive range of products available today. Company-standard designs, developed during our 56 years of experience in applying ceramic-to-metal solutions to customer problems, have become industry-standards and are readily available for shipment.

Unsurpassed design expertise remains the cornerstone of our business. Our technical staff is always ready to discuss, design and deliver custom ceramic-to-metal components to suit a wide range of customer needs, from minor product modifications to completely new design challenges.

OEM's, laboratories and countless other organizations use Ceramaseal® products in a variety of rigorous applications, including: aggressive chemicals, cryogenics, nuclear, aerospace, semiconductor equipment, fusion, high-energy physics, lasers, medical technology, ultra-high vacuum, accelerators, superconductivity, microwave, plus high-pressure, high-temperature, and high-voltage environments.


Company Key Products

Feedthroughs – A wide line of feedthroughs with up to 41 conductors, voltages to 100 kV, current to 1000 Amps, bakeout to 450° C and operating temperature between –269° C and 350° C. Specific feedthroughs include RF feedthroughs and Baseplate feedthroughs. Installation mountings: weldable, ISO KF flange, or ConFlat flange.  New products for 2007 include miniature 10 & 15 kV feedthroughs and 40 & 50 kV feedthroughs, which all have mating air side cable assemblies.

Multipin Connectors – CeramTec offers newly designed Micro D (MIL-DTL 83513) and Type-D Subminiature connectors (MIL-C-24308 Type) in configurations up to 51-pin. We also offer a line of glass-ceramic Circular Connectors that are available in 3, 6, 10, 19, 32, and 41 pin configurations. These circular connectors are available in three different designs: Double-ended, Straight-pin or Solder-pin. Air-side and vacuum-side plugs are available.

Coaxial Connectors – Microdot, SMB, SMA, BNC, Type N, HN, MHV, SHV (5-20KV), and BSHV Coaxial connectors. New products include a BNC-to-Microdot connector and a 50 Ohm floating shield SMA.

Thermocouples – ANSI Type T, K, S, R, C are available in spade type, spade & power, loop type and MIL-C-5015 type.

Isolators – Cryogenic Isolators (Breaks), Water Isolators, and Vacuum Isolators.

Viewports – Fused Silica, Crystal Quartz, Sapphire, ZnSe, Cleartran™, MgF2, CaF2 Viewports (windows) are available.

Cryogenic Products – CeramTec offers a complete range of products rated for liquid nitrogen and liquid helium applications. In addition, designs suitable for non-magnetic applications are available.

Customization – Custom assemblies are our specialty – taking a standard hermetic part and modifying it to meet the application specific needs of the customer is what we do best!