ENCERATEC is dedicated to the design, engineering development and manufacture of the highest quality ceramic components.  From diesel engines to precision instruments, our products are being developed to meet the needs of a wide range of applications.

In 1989, Cummins, Inc. and Toshiba Corporation founded ENCERATEC as an equally owned joint venture to develop and market products made of advanced ceramic materials.

Today, Cummins is using advanced ceramic components in its diesel engines and as a result has attained new, industry-leading standards of product performance and durability. Major improvements in reduced wear and component system life have been achieved in many applications. Cummins' customers are benefiting significantly because of improved total operating costs.

In the rolling element bearing industry, ENCERATEC is the leading supplier of silicon nitride ball blanks in North America and Europe, and has the capability to provide rollers and bearing races made of silicon nitride. Hybrid ball bearings are now being used in a growing number of applications ranging from machine tool spindles and windmills to space shuttle main engine turbopumps. Hybrid bearings enable rotating machine systems to attain significantly higher speeds and improved reliability, even in lubrication starved environments.

ENCERATEC is currently involved in joint product development programs with leading companies in the automotive, aerospace, and industrial industries. Just as in the diesel engine and machine tool industries, the properties of advanced ceramic materials enable properly applied components to operate at new levels of performance over extended time periods.

The properties of advanced ceramics are indeed unique when compared to traditional materials such as tool steels, bearing steels, and a host of other metal alloys. Components made of silicon nitride, for example, are lighter weight and capable of operating at elevated temperatures in boundary lubrication environments, even where corrosive elements exist. It is harder than D4 tool steel and is electrically insulating. All of these properties combined result in components which are very resistant to wear. In other applications, plungers made of zirconia are matched at very tight clearances to bores in high-pressure fluid pumps. These pumps operate for thousands of hours completely trouble free at elevated temperatures and with low lubricity fluid. When components made of these materials are properly designed and applied, superior, industry-leading product performance and enhanced profitability are achieved.

ENCERATEC's role is to provide our customers with design, development and assistance, which may be required regarding the use of advanced ceramic components.