Expert in high-temperature materials up to 3,000 °C
Final Advanced Materials offers technical solutions to companies and research centers in the field of advanced materials. Since 1988, the company has been assisting customers in Europe in implementing solutions adapted to extreme conditions. From design to manufacturing, the company prioritizes customer satisfaction by putting all its expertise at their service.
With its long and solid experience in engineering, Final Advanced Materials can take on the most challenging engineering projects. From technical guidance to the design of technical solutions, we put all our expertise at your disposal.
Final Advanced Materials offers tailor-made thermal and fire protection straight from its textile production workshop. Our production team works with all types of technical textiles and uses all kinds of materials.
Final Advanced Materials provides custom machining services for a wide range of materials: metals, plastics, ceramics, composites, graphite, and refractories. With our fleet of high-performance machine tools, we ensure high-quality results and a complete customer satisfaction.
Final Advanced Materials puts its team of engineers and textile professionals at your service to provide customized cutting services directly on the company’s premises. Our production team is well-equipped to handle a diverse range of materials, from technical textiles and composites to clothing and furnishing.
Final Advanced Materials offers multi-material assembly services. Although we are able to carry out other processes, we mainly use the adhesive bonding technique, which enables us to create solid joints between materials of different natures.
Final Advanced Materials provides a vide range of products in alumina : Al 2 O 3 ceramic adhesives , castable cement , Al 2 O 3 powder , crucibles , substrates , refractories , machinable alumina or sintered alumina .
Al 2 O 3 Alumina overview
Aluminium oxide is an amphoteric oxide with the chemical formula Al 2 O 3 ....
Final Advanced Materials has a wide range of aramid products available: threads , tapes , fabrics , packings , sleeves , braided ropes , self-gripping tapes , etc .
What Are Aramid Fibres?
The word 'aramid' is a contraction of 'aromatic polyamide'. The chemical name is para phenylene terephthalamide or PPD-T. Created in the...
307 is a solvent-free, hot-curing adhesive film with high temperature and media resistance. At room temperature it is not tacky and can be easily cut to the shape of the bond area. Tackiness is developed at ca. 120°C, just before curing. This adhesive is used for bonding piezo ceramics in ultrasonic wave sensors onto metal surfaces where very...
Le carbure de silicium (SiC), aussi connu sous le nom de carborundum ou de moissanite, est une céramique composée de silicium et de carbone. Le carbure de silicium est extrêmement rare et il n'est pas naturellement fabriqué au centre de la Terre. En fait il se trouve en petite quantité dans certains types de météorites et à l'état de trace...
Pressed Technical Ceramics: Synthetic Cordierite
Pressed ceramic products complete the range of ceramics supplied by Final Advanced Materials. This range is suitable for applications which are subject to less severe constraints. The requisite properties for these applications are achieved by firing to a temperature in excess of 1,000 °C,...
Overview: Natural Cordierite
Natural cordierite is a natural ceramic which is sourced from a pyrophyllite rock. Final Advanced Materials employs a mineral which is endowed with exceptional mechanical and thermal performance capabilities . After high-temperature treatment, this material acquires properties which are similar to those...
For over fifty years, Cotronics ® ’ staff of researchers, engineers, chemists and technicians have provided industry with a reliable source of high quality, high temperature products specially formulated to meet the demanding specifications today’s technology requires. These products include:
High temperature epoxies
Unique cross...
Final Advanced Materials provides a range of epoxy resin products for bonding and moulding at 350°C max : adhesive resin , moulding resin , machinable boards ...
Epoxy overview
Epoxy, also known as polyepoxide, is a thermosetting polymer formed from reaction of an epoxide "resin" with polyamine "hardener". Epoxy has a wide range...
F inal Advanced Materials has a wide range of biosoluble fibre products available: packings , twisted ropes , braided ropes, felts , fabrics , paper , sleeves , tapes , etc.
What is Biosoluble Fibre ?
Biosoluble fibres are guaranteed asbestos and ceramic fibre-free. In order to eliminate the health risks associated with...
Final Advanced Materials offers a full range of products in various forms of ceramic fibre: tapes , threads , sleeves , fabrics , etc.
What are Ceramic Fibres?
Final Advanced Materials can supply an innovative continuous polycrystalline ceramic fibre . The metallic oxides at the heart of its composition ensure that the...
Final Advanced Materials offers a complete range of products in various forms of basalt: basalt tapes , felts , sleeves , fabrics , etc. .
What are Basalt Fibres?
Basalt fibre has properties that are far superior to fibreglass. For example, basalt fabric subjected to the flame of a Bunsen burner will redden and could withstand...
Final Advanced Materials offers a full range of products in various silicate: tapes , felts , sleeves , fabrics , rope , twisted ropes , etc.
What are Silicate Fibres?
Silicate fibre-based textiles have different thermal, physical and mechanial properties, depending upon their content of silicon dioxide (SiO 2 ) ....
Final Advanced Materials offers a full range of products in various forms of pure silica including felts .
What are Pure Silicate Fibres
Our pure silica fibre products contain more than 99.95% or silica. They are made from continuous, homogeneous and non-porous filaments. This material is not only one of the most efficient in...
Final Advanced Materials offers a full range of products in various forms of E-glass fibre: packings , felts and sewing thread .
What is Fibreglass?
E-glass fibre has been in use since 1930, in large-scale industrial applications, as a high-temperature insulator for electrical conductors. E-glass fibres are the most widespread...
What are Zirconium Oxide Fibres?
Zirconium oxide fibres products by Zircar Zirconia have high temperatures strength and a high resistance against chemical agents. Zirconium oxide fibre has the lowest thermal conductivity of any refractory fibrous products available on the market. The maximum operating temperature is 2,200 °C and the...
Exotic Refractory Oxide Fibres and Textiles
Exotic refractory oxide fibres and textiles are made by the same unique Zircar process used for manufacturing yttria-stabilized zirconia cloths and felts. In addition to manufacturing a very wide range of high-performance thermal insulation in zircon, Zircar Zirconia also produces other...
Products based on silico-aluminous fibers have different thermal, physical and mechanical properties depending on the amount of silica SiO 2 and alumina Al 2 O 3 they contain.
Al 2 O 3 alumina percentage improves resistance to high temperatures.
Applications of silico-aluminous Fibers
Metallurgy
Insulation of industrial...
Final Advanced Materials offers a full range of Newtex brand products: Tapes , Sleeves , Fabrics , Z-Flex ® fabrics , Self-adhesive fabrics and Zetex ® ropes .
What are Zetex ® Fibre?
Our partner Newtex offers a wide range of fire resistant and temperature resistant products since 1978. The ZetexPlus ® range presents a...
Final Advanced Materials offers a complete range of Zetexplus ® products: tapes and fabrics .
What are ZetexPlus ® Fibres?
Our partner Newtex offers a wide range of fire resistant and temperature resistant products since 1978. The Zetex ® and ZetexPlus ® ranges present a great variety of heat resistant textiles which can...
Graphite is a natural mineral derivative of carbon. It is a native element, often the result of sedimentary carbon compounds, but also occurring in certain rocks containing organic carbon, in magma or as the result of the reduction of sedimentary carbon through the reduction of carbonates.
Graphite has a non-compact layered structure...
Overview: Macor ® Ceramic
Macor ® is an outstanding engineering material which can quickly be designed into highly complex shapes, using conventional metalworking tools. Opening a wide range of possibilities, Macor ® gives the performance of a technical ceramic with the versatility of a high-performance polymer , while providing the...
Final Advanced Materials provides a range of products in magnesia : MgO ceramic , crucibles , high temperature adhesive , MgO cement , MgO powder ...
Magnesia overview
Magnesium oxide , or magnesia, is a white solid mineral that occurs naturally as periclase and is a source of magnesium.
Magnesia is more efficient than...
Overview
Final Advanced Materials supplies various types of products comprised of at least 90 % muscovite mica or phlogopite mica (magnesium silico-aluminate). The term “mica” describes a family of minerals which are characterized by a laminar flaked structure. The particular thermal and dielectric properties of these minerals make...
La mullite est disponible sous différentes formes en fonction de l’application et des quantités à produire : - Pressage de pièces en grande série par voie humide - Frittage de pièce et usinage diamant suivant plan - une gamme de produits isolants non-fibreux, fabriqués en microsphère d’alumine SIZAL®CELL
Nano T-Ultra Composite
Nanoporous ceramic are extremely light products for insulation purposes. Their high insulation capacity is a direct result of their nanoporous structure. There are only temporary contacts between particles and the surface ratio is the lowest possible. As a result, the thermal conduction between solid particles is...
Final Advanced Materials provides aluminium nitride : sintered and machinable ceramic , powder , substrate .
Aluminium nitride presentation
Aluminium nitride (AlN) has a remarkably high thermal conductivity, with 180 W/m°K. Because this is combined with good electrical insulating properties, aluminium nitride is exceptionally...
Boron nitride is an advanced synthetic ceramic material available as a powder , solid , liquid or aerosol .
It has exceptional temperature resistance, dielectric strength and thermal conductivity. Thanks to these various properties, boron nitride is an easily machinable material.
To obtain sintered boron nitride, the boron nitride...
Sintered Ceramics: Silicon Nitride
Final Advanced Materials manufactures ceramic parts with precision. From the blanks obtained by moulding or extrusion, we get these shaped parts by diamond machining for dense ceramics.
We provide the definition and machining of prototypes, as well as the individual production in small and large series....
Overview: Machinable Quartz
Final Advanced Materials uses quartz for the manufacture of a wide variety of refractory products . This material, which occurs extremely commonly on Earth, is a type of hard crystalline mineral which, in the natural state, is principally comprised of silicon and oxygen.
Although quartz is employed in...
Overview: Alumina Silicate
Alumina silicate is a natural ceramic which is sourced from a pyrophyllite rock. Final Advanced Materials employs a mineral which is endowed with exceptional mechanical and thermal performance capabilities . After high-temperature treatment, this material acquires properties which are similar to those of known...
Calcium Silicate Technical Composite
Calcium silicate is a powder with the formula Ca 2 SiO 4 . This technical composite is primarily employed for its excellent high-temperature properties.
Calcium silicate is a low-density material, white in colour. It is odourless and poses no known health risks. Its derivatives are highly...
Silica is a chemical compound, silicon dioxide , and a mineral of formula SiO 2 , current and very hard. It represents more than 60% of the mass of the earth's crust. Silica SiO 2 is chemically stable and hardly attacked by hydrofluoric acid, a reaction used in glass etching.
Silica exists in several crystalline forms including:...
FINAL Advanced Materials offers a range of Cotronics ® 's silicone moulding resins and high temperature sealants for applications up to 980°C.
Silicones are inorganic polymers formed from a silicon-oxygen chain (...-Si-O-Si-O-Si-O-...) to which groups are attached. Some organic groups can be used to link several of these -Si-O-...
SIZAL ® CELL Technical Composite
Our SIZAL ® CELL and SIZAL ® BOARD range are a complete line of thermal insulators that open the way to many industrial or laboratory applications up to temperatures of 1,800 °C. The mechanical and thermal performance of SIZAL ® products guarantee substantial savings in terms of energy and costs....
Pressed Technical Ceramics : Synthetic Steatite
Pressed ceramic products complete the range of ceramics supplied by Final Advanced Materials. This range is suitable for applications which are subject to less severe constraints. The requisite properties for these applications are achieved by firing to a temperature in excess of 1,000 °C,...
Overview: Natural Steatite
Natural Steatite is a natural ceramic which is sourced from a pyrophyllite rock. Final Advanced Materials employs a mineral which is endowed with exceptional mechanical and thermal performance capabilities . After high-temperature treatment, this material acquires properties which are similar to those...
Overview: Vitro800 Ceramic
Vitro800 is an outstanding engineering material which can quickly be designed into highly complex shapes, using conventional metalworking tools. Opening a wide range of possibilities, Vitro800 gives the performance of a technical cerami c with the versatility of a high-performance polymer , while providing...
Zircar Zirconia ® Cloths Type ZYW are flexible textiles composed of Yttria stabilized zirconia fibres that offer extreme temperature and chemical resistance in a flexible form. Type ZYW cloths provide the lowest thermal conductivity of any commercially available refractory material in their class.
Type ZYW cloths are true textiles,...
Final Advanced Materials provides a range of products in zirconia ZrO 2 : technical ceramic , high temperature adhesive , castable and embedding cement , ZrO 2 powder , crucibles and substrates .
ZrO 2 Zirconia overview
Zirconium dioxide ZrO 2 , sometimes known as zirconia, not to be confused with zircon, is a white...
Final Advanced Materials offers the supply and machining of a wide range of plastics. Our team of experts can help you choose the right plastic for your needs.
Plastic is a material obtained by polymerisation of compounds (ethylene, propylene, styrene, etc.) derived from oil. It is formulated to satisfy increased...
Our machine services: turning, milling and free-cutting of metals
Final Advanced Materials supplies custom-made metal parts according to your plans. Our expertise in turning, milling and free-cutting enables us to meet a wide variety of requirements. Final has a high-performance machines fleet and the expertise to machine metals from...
Final Advanced Materials can provide you high temperature adhesives for application from 200°C up to more than 2000°C : ceramic adhesive, epoxy adhesive, bismaleimide film.
High temperature adhesive presentation
In order to choose the right adhesive for your application in our range of products, first of all you need to have :...
Overview: High Temperature Tapes
Final Advanced Materials offers a wide variety of high temperature tapes . These tapes are mainly used for the thermal and/or electrical insulation of cables or piping, or as a component of manufactured thermal protections.
The composition of the tapes depends on the customer's needs. It can be made from...
Overview: Ceramic Beads
Final Advanced Materials supplies three varieties of ceramic beads. These beads are distinguished by their high degree of adaptability to challenging environments and their exceptional strength characteristics . These beads are highly rated in the watchmaking, medical and automobile sectors.
Manufacturing...
Overview: High Temperature Packings
Final Advanced Materials presents a wide range of high temperature resistant packings that can withstand up to 1,200 °C. These products are mainly used as insulation gaskets by industries working at high temperatures. Packings are composed of a braided envelope, the material of which depends on the...
Rescor ® 360 Ceramic board
Rescor ® 360 Ceramic Board by Cotronics ® is made from high purity, refractory fibers. They are thoroughly interlaced in the production process and bonded with an inorganic binder. Now, strong, rigid, free standing shapes and parts are easily constructed. Just cut, saw or drill. Parts can be bonded together...
Overview: Sintered Technical Ceramics
Our wide range of sintered technical ceramics will allow you to select the most suitable material for your application:
Alumina (Al 2 O 3 )
Zirconia (ZrO 2 )
Aluminium Nitride AIN
Boron Nitride (BN)
Silicon Nitride (Si 3 N 4 )
Silicon Carbide (SiC)
Final Advanced Materials manufactures...
Overview: Pressed Technical Ceramics
Pressed ceramic products complete the range of ceramics supplied by Final Advanced Materials. This range is suitable for applications which are subject to less severe constraints . The requisite properties for these applications are achieved by firing to a temperature in excess of 1,000 °C, i.e. a...
Overview: Machinable Technical Ceramics
Final Advanced Materials works on a wide variety of ceramic products, and can supply a selection of machinable ceramics .
Sintered ceramics are used in all technologies where heat resistance, abrasion resistance, chemical resistance, mechanical strength are criteria justifying their use. However,...
Final Advanced Materials provides a range of high temperature Cotronics ® products for moulding and casting from 200 up to over 2000°C : epoxy resin , silicone and cement .
The selection of a high temperature moulding product is quite complicated. With the following information we will be able to assist you in the material selection...
Overview: High Temperature Twisted Ropes
Final Advanced Materials supplies various ranges of high-temperature-resistant twisted ropes . The maximum peak temperature resistance is 1,260 °C. Various compositions are available, for the optimum fulfilment of individual requirements: Zetex ® , silicate, biosoluble fibre and glass fibre. These...
Overview: Composite Materials
Final Advanced Materials formulates, processes, and manufactures a wide range of composite materials with high heat capacity. The proposed solutions are based on quality materials, machinable with conventional tools, available in all general mechanical workshops. Our team accompanies you from the selection...
Final Advanced Materials offer a range of crucibles suitable for calcinating and melting various alloys.
The main quality of a crucible is its ability to withstand temperatures above the melting temperatures of the alloys deposited by metallurgists without altering or polluting the molten metal. In some cases, when a crucible is brought...
Overview: High Temperature Felts
Final Advanced Materials offers felts and blankets resistant to high temperatures up to 2,500 °C. These products are mainly used for thermal and sound insulation for the manufacture of industrial furnaces, or as a component of thermal protection . Many industries use felts for their manufacturing processes....
Overview: High Temperature Bulk Fibres
Final Advanced Materials offers bulk fibres for high and very high temperature applications . The product consists of a mass of randomly orientated, long, fluffy, resistant fibres. It allows the making of tailor-made products that are particularly light yet efficient. Bulk fibres offer excellent...
Overview: High Temperature Sewing Threads
Final Advanced Materials offers high temperature resistant sewing threads up to 1,700 °C. These products are mainly used for the manufacture of thermal protections and protective clothing. They are coated with PTFE to facilitate sewing. This coating disappears during application from 150 °C without...
Overview: High Temperature Sleeves
Final Advanced Materials offers high temperature sleeves resistant up to 1,700 °C. Different materials are available, depending on the applications. These products are mainly used as insulation in many industries.
Applications of Sleeves
Thermal insulation of cable
Insulation of pipes...
Overview: Gloves and Mitts
Final Advanced Materials has expanded its product shelf for high temperature protection with a range of Zetex ® gloves and mitts by Newtex.
For nearly 40 years, Newtex has been a pioneer and leading global producer of high-performance materials and engineered solutions for thermal management and fire...
The high insulating capacity of nanomaterials comes from their composition of nanoporous ceramic particles. There are only temporary contacts between these particles and the surface ratio is the lowest possible. As a result, the thermal conduction between solid particles is reduced to a minimum. Nanopores also limit convective heat transfer....
Our Sizal ® range is a complete line of thermal insulators that open the way to many industrial or laboratory applications up to temperatures of 1800°C. The mechanical and thermal performance of Sizal ® products guarantee substantial savings in terms of energy and costs.
Sizal ® Cell is a range of non-fibrous insulation products...
Final Advanced Materials cuts and produces high-temperature gasket sheets from soft materials, from prototypes to large series.
From -200°C to over 900°C, our product range covers most industrial applications.
Gasket sheets are recommended for producing flat sealing pieces intended to be compressed between two other parts. The...
Overview: High Temperature Papers
Final Advanced Materials presents two high temperature papers which can withstand up to 1,260 °C. These products are thin and light and offers an ideal solution for small spaces and high temperatures. While phlogopite mica paper has outstanding dialectric characteristics, biosoluble fibre paper offers a...
Our range of powders, oxides and fillers encompass a wide range of materials and fulfil many applications and needs: fillers for polymer resins or cements, production of sintered parts, electrical insulation, thermal conduction, abrasion and more.
Our range of powders consists of the following materials:
Alumina Al 2 O 3...
Overview: Ceramic Substrates
Final Advanced Materials supplies a wide variety of substrates : alumina, zirconia, and aluminium nitride. All our substrates are produced by laser cutting. It is possible to order plates in standard dimensions, or for parts to be cut to a customized design, whether for a prototype or for series production....
Our range of surface treatment products includes different materials to best meet your needs:
Applications
Temperature treatment
Release agent
High temperature coating
Anti humidity treatment
Our surface treatment products
Boron nitride dispersion
The boron nitride dispersion is mainly used as an additive in...
Overview: High Temperature Fabrics
Final Advanced Materials presents many different ranges of high temperature fabrics which withstand up to 2,500 °C. These products are mainly used to manufacture protection equipment, pipes insulation, heat shield and blankets. Different width and thickness are available as well as specific treatments and...
Overview: High Temperature Braided Ropes
Final Advanced Materials supplies various ranges of high-temperature-resistant braided ropes . The maximum peak temperature resistance is 1,260 °C. Various compositions are available, for the optimum fulfilment of individual requirements: Zetex ® , silicate, biosoluble fibre and glass fibre. These...
