As part of a long-term plant modernization plan, Turkey-based Graniser Seramik recently turned to Sacmi to supply a new production line for the manufacture of porcelain tile.
Known as a gas fan quench-cooled vacuum hot press (GFQVHP), the system reportedly includes many technologies to improve diffusion bonding manufacturing applications.
Refrac Systems, through its Die-Bond LLC Division, has reportedly developed vacuum hot press furnace technology that includes a 2-Bar internally quenched gas fan cooling package.
In 2014, Portugal-based tableware manufacturer Porcelanas da Costa Verde SA installed Sama’s “hybrid” technology for isostatic pressing of cup bodies and pressure casting of handles.
Hot isostatic pressing (HIP) and cold isostatic pressing (CIP) technology has been known for more than 50 years, and is considered today to be a standard production route for many applications