Advanced Materials for Industrial Performance
Advanced Materials
PIDC is an advanced materials company. Leveraging our expertise in alumina, zirconia, rare earths, and mixed oxides, we develop and manufacture precisely-right chemicals and materials for a wide variety of industries and applications.
INDUSTRIES
Automotive Printing
Aerospace Chemical Electronics Medical
End-to-end manufacturing.
APPLICATIONS
Paints/Coatings Optical Glass
Polishing Technical Ceramics
Abrasives 3D Printing
Dental/Orthopedic Implants
PIDC specializes in providing end-to-end advanced material manufacturing to partners globally in the ceramics, coatings, and abrasive industry sectors. With extensive knowledge of custom material synthesis and product scale-up, our customers can leverage our know-how for significant value at various levels of technology readiness.
Your partner in innovation.
With a focus on exceptional service, PIDC is the perfect partner to help realize your research ideas. We are especially well suited to organizations that plan to utilize their own in-house technology. We are rapidly expanding our global manufacturing footprint through our Weihai, China facility as well as at our Spartanburg, South Carolina US site. Additionally, we are continually expanding our materials R&D Center in Ann Arbor, MI.
VERTICAL INTEGRATION BENEFITS
Reduced time to production
Lower development costs
Improved customization
Increased scalability
Alumina Boehmite Rare Earth Precipitation/ Crystallization Solid State Calcination Joint Development Open Innovation Manufacturing Partner
RAW MATERIALS CUSTOMER SUPPORT ENGINEERING Zirconia Inorganics Spray Dry Milling Performance Validation Customization
Boehmite
PIDC offers a broad portfolio of boehmite materials. Each family of material is available in a wide range of key customizable, defining properties such as crystal size, pore volume distribution, and particle size. PIDC’s boehmites can be utilized individually or as essential building blocks for further customized products. Common applications include abrasive grains, functional coatings, flame retardants, and ceramic binders.
Our Commitment to Quality
Our certifications are a source of pride.
PIDC is very proud of its certifications. We have several ISO (International Organization for Standardization) and OHSAS (Occupational Health and Safety) certifications including ISO 9001, ISO 14001, TS16949 and OHSA18001. These standards help us ensure that our employees are safe, and our products and services are safe, reliable and of good quality.
ALUMAX® BOEHMITE FAMILY TYPICAL PROPERTIES PB ADB WDB FR Al2O3 (wt%) 70-78 70-82 77-82 80-83 Na2O (wt%) <0.015 <0.015 <0.01 <0.08 Loose Bulk Density (g/cc) 0.15-0.4 0.4-0.6 0.4-0.7 0.3-0.5 Particle Size D50 (µm)* 10-35 10-50 10-50 0.3-5 Surface Area (m2/g)* 200-320 150-280 150-280 80-120 Pore Volume (cc/g)* 0.5-1.1 0.3-1.1 0.3-1.1 <0.1 Crystallite Size (nm) 3-12 3-25 3-25 30-50 DI (%) 12-95 >95 >95 N/A
* Activated at 550°C/2hrs
Calcined Alumina
PIDC offers an extensive portfolio of precipitated and calcined alumina (Alumax®) products which differentiate themselves from other precipitated aluminas with their superior purity control. Our proprietary alumina production processes afford PIDC the flexibility to customize surface area, porosity, density, and particle size, giving our customers enhanced performance in their product’s applications. PIDC’s alumina products, available in both powder and slurry form, can be further tailored to meet a wide variety of industry demands. Common applications include polishing, abrasives, and technical ceramics.
TYPICAL PROPERTIES THETA ALPHA/THETA ALPHA Na2O (wt%) <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 Loose Bulk Density (g/cc) 0.2-0.8 0.3-0.9 0.3-0.9 Particle Size D50 (µm) 3-75 0.5-75 0.5-75 Surface Area (m2/g) 30-100 11-29 3-10 Pore Volume (cc/g) 0.3-0.9 0.1-0.3 <0.1 Average Pore Diameter (nm) 15-30 >30 >30
ALUMAX® CALCINED ALUMINA
Rare Earths & Inorganics
Forms available: oxide, hydroxide, carbonate, nitrate, chloride, metal, fluoride, sulfate, acetate, and custom blends. INORGANIC
MATERIALS Zirconium Hafnium Lithium Vanadium Niobium Tantalum Cobalt Nickel Gallium Germanium Copper
EARTHS Lanthanum Cerium Praseodymium Neodymium Samarium Europium Gadolinium Terbium Dysprosium Holmium Erbium Thulium Ytterbium Lutetium Yttrium Scandium OHSAS 18001:2007 Weihai PIDC New Materials Co. ISO 9001:2015 PIDC Ann Arbor PIDC Spartanburg Weihai PIDC New Materials Co. RC 14001:2015 PIDC Ann Arbor PIDC Spartanburg IATF 16949:2016 Weihai PIDC New Materials Co. ISO 14001:2015 Weihai PIDC New Materials Co.
RARE
Mixed Oxides
PIDC’s expertise in alumina, rare earth, and zirconia materials can be leveraged to synthesize industry standard mixed oxides such as yttria-stabilized zirconia, alumina-toughened zirconia, and zirconia-toughened alumina via co-precipitation or solidstate routes.
CUSTOM CHEMISTRIES
Our proprietary powder synthesis technology allows us to produce custom-concentration mixed oxides, precisely-right to your application’s demands. Controllable material properties include:
INDUSTRY
TYPICAL PROPERTIES YSZ ATZ ZTA Primary Particle Size (nm) <100 <100 <100 Particle Size D50 (µm) Custom Custom Custom Y2O3 (mol%) 3-10 3-10 3-10 Al2O3 (wt%) <0.1 15-25 75-90 Surface Area (m2/g) 5-20 10-20 10-20 Na2O (wt%) <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 Fe2O3 (wt%) <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 SiO2 (wt%) <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 SYNTHESIS ROUTE Co-precipitation Solid-state Purity Dopants Elemental Impurities Crystal size & shape Surface area Pore size & diameter Particle size distribution Powder Slurry Dispersion CHEMICAL COMPOSITION PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS FORMULATION
STANDARD GRADES
To learn more or get in touch with a PIDC representative, please contact one of our global locations.
PIDC US
HQ 4788 Runway Blvd. Ann Arbor, MI 48108 USA 734.930.9292
PIDC Spartanburg SC 351 Campground Road
Spartanburg, SC 29303 USA
PIDC Asia
Weihai PIDC New Materials
Rushan Kou
Weihai, Shandong China
PIDC Shanghai 8/F, Rm. 866. Yueda 889 Centre No. 1111 Chang Shou Road
Shanghai, 200042 China +86 21 2230 1782
PIDC South America
PIDC Brazil
Avenida Paulista, 1079, 7 Andar, Sala 721
São Paulo-SP, CEP: 01311-200 Brazil
PIDC Advanced Materials BV
PIDC Japan KK
Daiwa Daikanyama Building 8-7, Daikanyama-cho, Shibuya-ku
Tokyo, 150-0034 Japan +81 (0) 3 6778 8383
PIDC Europe
Nieuwe Stationsstraat 20
Arnhem, KS 6811 Netherlands +31 (0) 625 095 796
PIDC Germany
Am Prinzenbuckel 21b 87490
Haldenwang, Q9M6+7R Germany +49 8304 929 7911
PIDC India 25/A Shakespeare Sarani Kolkata, 700017 India +91 33 4400 0692
PIDC Advanced Materials Korea Ltd.
Seongnam-daero 343 Beon-gil +82 31 778 8165
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