E-SPHERES® Hollow Ceramic Microspheres – have multiple applications across diverse industries.
Thanks to its advanced properties and superior characteristics, E-SPHERES® enable manufacturers to enhance their products’ performance.
How can E-SPHERES® improve engineered and formulated materials and products?
Adhesives
Transportation and automotive
Friction materials
Abrasives
Insulation panels
Composites, components and syntactic foam
Electronics
Fibre reinforced plastics
Explosives
Hand wash cleaners and exfoliating soap
Sealants, caulks, stucco and fillers
Refractory, foundry, and metallurgical
Lightweight cementitious and construction products
Insulation / high temperature resistance coatings
What else can you imagine?
Typical Applications by Industry / Segment
Composites and fibre reinforced (FRP)
Spray / hand lay-up:
- Swimming pools
- Bath tubs and spa baths
- Tanks
- Motor vehicle canopies
- Engineering laminated: Campers and RV’s roofs, boats, go-karts
- Signs and artwork
Dough moulding compounds (DMC)
- SMC and BMC compounds
- Motor vehicle components
- Panels and cabinets
- Electrical boxes and cases
- Plastic pallets
- Water management tanks
- Low pressure injection / extrusion
Cold / hot press moulding
- Engineered plastics
- Bathroom fittings
- Machinery housings
Other FRP applications
- Automotive anti-vibration / acoustic mats and sheets
- Shoe sole ceramic reinforced rubber
- PVC floor coverings
- Mannequins and displays
- Bullet proof panels
Syntactic foam
- Thermoforming plug assist tooling
- Helicopter and airplane components
- Radar transparent materials
- Acoustically attenuating materials
- Cores for sandwich panels (fillings)
- Blast mitigating materials
- Thermal insulating compounds
Sealants, putties, adhesives and caulks
Reduces weight, shrinkage and cracking, improves flow and workability, colour, cost reduction, better nail / screw grip.
- Sealants, high temperature sealants
- Waterproof products
- Acrylic caulks for cement and stucco surface
- Automotive and marine body repair fillers and putties
- Wood putties and fillers
- Spackle / putties for crack repair
- Jointing paste for plaster and fibre cement wall board
- Acrylic latex grouts for tiles
- Adhesives – mastics, tile adhesives
- High temperature gaskets – engine gaskets
- Latex carpet and artificial grass backing
Epoxies and polyurethane
- Epoxy compounds and fillers
- Wear resistance coatings
- Trowel screeds and mortars
- Epoxy adhesives
- Self levelling floors
- Insulation polymeric flooring
- Slip resistance flooring coatings
Refractory and foundry
High melting point (1700°C), high compressive strength, non-flammable, thermal insulation.
- Foundry coatings or refractory coatings
- Insulating slurry coatings
- Refractory bricks & blocks
- Lightweight castables / mouldables
- Kiln furniture – product supports
- Riser sleeves
- Pre-cast refractory shapes
- Ladle covering compounds or hot toppings
- Feeder head assemblies
- Monolithic refractory
- Backfill for moulds
Coatings and plasters
Colour, reduces cost, reduces weight, improves rheology, reduces sag/shrinkage, improves thermal insulation and impact resistance, chemically inert and non-absorbent
- Thermal insulating coatings
- Non-slip coatings
- Epoxy flooring systems
- Scratch resistance coatings
- Automotive underbody coatings
- Asphaltic surface coatings
- Architectural texture coatings & special effect
- Intumescent coatings
- Industrial protective coatings
- Elastomeric roof coatings
Cementitious products
Reduces weight, slump/shrinkage control, increases thermal insulation and improves flow and pumpability
- Cement based mortars
- Lightweight concrete pipes and pipe linings
- Repair / patching compounds
- Joint fillers for fibre cement and plaster walls
- Tile adhesives
- Casting (poured): artificial granite, kitchen solid surfaces
- Cement / acrylic grouts
- Polymarble and Artificial Stone
- Cultured marble: Shower bases and vanities
Friction, abrasives & specialty ceramic materials
- Brakes blocks for trams and trains
- Brakes pads for motorcycles and automotive
- Motor vehicle, agricultural and construction machinery clutches
- Grinding media and grinding wheels
- Cutting discs
- Sanding (coated abrasives)
- Grinding cups and inserts
- Advanced high temperature ceramics
Advanced construction materials
Roof related materials
- Roof pointing compounds – ridge-cap grout for tile roof
- Roof thermal insulating coatings
- Roof waterproof membranes
- Roof tiles
- Elastomeric roof coatings
Wall rendering and finish
- Render compounds
- Texture coatings
- Patching mortar
Flooring
- Grouts
- Self levelling mortar (cementitious)
- Non-Slip coatings – pigmented or clear
- Epoxy screeds and mortars
- Stencil / patterned concrete residential driveways
- Tile adhesives
Architectural moulding, facades and cladding
- Cornices, mouldings, profiles, ceiling, architraves
- Roses, balustrades, pier caps, parapets
- Polymer concrete
- Modular lightweight polymeric facades
- Lightweight concrete – modular concrete facades, fencing, benches, walls, blocks
- Glass reinforced concrete (GRC) panels, planter boxes, flower pots, fountains
- Pour / fill decorative wall cladding (artificial stone panels).
Thermal insulating and fire rated building products
- Fire-rated wall and ceiling boards
- Fire rated door panels
- Insulating infill (sandwich boards)
- Thermal cement based coatings and slurries for refractory (SEE REFRACTORY SECTION)
Electronics
- Printed circuit boards
- Electrical and thermal insulators
Cosmetics
- Skin care / exfoliating products
- Soap bars
- Industrial hand wash emulsions and cleansers
A world of possibilities
E-SPHERES® are an incredibly versatile additive, which also add value and improve performance of engineered materials and products.
Contact us for more information about how E-SPHERES® could enhance your technologies.