Take Advantage of the Machineable Properties of Macor from Goodfellow

MACOR machinable glass ceramic from Goodfellow offers researchers, product designers and machinists cost-saving advantages over working with traditional ceramic materials.

First, MACOR is machinable with ordinary metalworking tools rather than expensive diamond grinding equipment. Second, machined components do not require post-firing after machining is completed, entirely eliminating a production process and reducing the time between design and realisation.

The high-precision and complex shapes achieved with MACOR possess exceptional characteristics:

• Maximum use temperature of 1000ºC
• Strong and rigid
• Radiation resistant
• Low thermal conductivity
• Can be highly polished

Because of these outstanding properties, MACOR is used in a wide range of applications:

• Electronics/semiconductor industry - precision coil formers
• Laser industry - spacers, reflectors and cavities
• High vacuum industry - thermal breaks, coil supports and vacuum feedthroughs
• Aerospace/space industry - Retaining rings, supports and components
• Nuclear industry - fixtures and reference blocks in power generation