Unlike other ceramic materials, zirconium oxide (ZrO2 - also known as zirconia) is a material with very high resistance to crack propagation. Zirconium oxide ceramics also have very high thermal expansion and are therefore often the material of choice for joining ceramic and steel.

Another outstanding property combination is the very low thermal conductivity and high strength. In addition, some types of zirconium oxide ceramics can conduct oxygen ions. Components made from this material are significantly more expensive than components made of alumina ceramics. Zirconium oxide ceramics are used, among other applications, as tools for wire forming, as auxiliaries in welding processes, as materials for crowns and bridges in the dental industry, as insulating rings in thermal processes, and as oxygen measurement cells in lambda probes.

Products made from Zirconium Oxide (ZrO2)

- Advanced Ceramic Tubes
- Bearing Technology in Automotive Engineering
- Bearings
- Cutters
- Dental Ceramics
- Drawing Tools
- Forming Applications
- Pumps, Components for
- Seal Rings, Bearings and Sealing
- Sealing Technology (Seal Rings, Bearings)
- Technical Cutters
- Tubes and Pipes
- Valves, Components for
- Wire Drawing, Components for
- Zirconium Oxide in Dental Applications
- Zirconium Oxide-stabilized Substrates