Saint-Gobain Quartz has been actively present in the aerospace market, with materials made from fused quartz, such as Quartzel® fiber for insulation and dielectric composites, amorphous silica powder for investment casting processes, and Micaver parts for lamps sockets.
Quartzel in Aerospace
Saint-Gobain Quartz is the worldwide leader of Quartzel fused quartz fiber, with more than 50 years of experience and innovation. A very high structural performance associated with high thermal resistance and low dielectric characteristics make Quartzel® the material of choice.
Our products can be found in the following application :
Our Amorphous Silica powders are used for the production of inserts for investment casting of metallic parts like turbine blades. The controlled purity, low thermal expansion gives to the inserts excellent thermal stability in the casting process.