Ceramic balls divided into two types: ceramic ball packing and grinding ceramic ball. Packing ceramic balls widely used in industries such as petroleum, chemical, fertilizer, gas, etc., as covering support materials for catalysts in reactors and tower packing. It has the characteristics of high temperature and high pressure resistance, low water absorption rate, and stable chemical properties. Can withstand corrosion from acids, alkalis, and other solvents, and can withstand temperature changes that occur during the production process.
Ceramic balls can divide into packing ceramic balls and grinding ceramic balls according to their functions.

Ceramic Packing Ball and Ceramic Grinding Ball

(1) packing ceramic balls include inert alumina ceramic balls, perforated ceramic balls, concave convex ceramic balls, pineapple ceramic balls (watermelon ceramic balls), etc.
(2) Grinding ceramic balls divided into silicon carbide grinding ceramic balls, microcrystalline medium aluminum grinding ceramic balls, and high aluminum grinding ceramic balls.

The function of Ceramic ball packing

(1) packing ceramic balls have the characteristics of high temperature and high pressure resistance, low water absorption, and stable chemical properties. Can withstand corrosion from acids, alkalis, and other solvents, and can withstand temperature changes that occur during the production process. Its main function is to increase the distribution points of gas or liquid, support and protect active catalysts with low strength. Since its launch on the market, users from all walks of life have reported that its performance and effects are comparable to imported products, and some technical indicators are even higher than similar foreign products.
(2) Grinding ceramic balls have high hardness, high bulk density, and corrosion resistance. Due to their excellent wear resistance, which is more than ten times that of other ceramic balls, they save grinding time and greatly reduce production costs for customers.

Application

(1) packing ceramic balls mainly used as supporting and covering packing materials in various reactors and adsorbents in petroleum, chemical, and fertilizer industries such as refineries, alkylbenzene plants, aromatic hydrocarbon plants, natural gas plants, fertilizer plants, methanol plants, and synthetic ammonia plants. They play a role in protecting, buffering, and filtering catalysts Due to the use of ceramic raw materials, advanced production processes, and equipment, it serves as the covering support material and tower packing for the catalyst inside the reactor.
(2) Grinding ceramic balls mainly used as grinding materials for fine grinding equipment such as ball mills, ceramics, glass, enamel, pigments, can mills, vibration mills, etc.

The strength of ceramic balls

The strength of ceramic balls is of utmost importance in their use. One of the main functions of ceramic balls is to support and protect catalysts with poor strength. If the ceramic balls have poor strength and crack after a period of use, causing residue to leak into the catalyst, it will have a significant impact on the normal operation of the entire reactor and will not be worth the loss. So the strength of ceramic balls is an important parameter that customers need to emphasize when using them.
Why does the price of ceramic balls increase with the aluminum content of ceramic balls? Below is my personal opinion. The higher the aluminum content of the ceramic ball, the better its overall performance. For example, in general, the higher the aluminum content of the ceramic ball, the higher its whiteness value, the higher its density, and the corresponding improvement in its fire resistance.

High Temperature resistance of ceramic balls

The temperature resistance of ceramic balls is mostly above 1200 degrees Celsius, and their sintering is also around this temperature. If the aluminum content of ceramic balls increases, their sintering temperature will definitely increase, which brings more production costs to manufacturers. Therefore, many technicians have made improvements by adding some raw materials that lower the sintering temperature. In theory, ceramic ball packing have higher temperature resistance and should be able to withstand larger temperature differences and multiple temperature differences.

The density of ceramic balls

Many customers who are concerned about the density of ceramic balls are concerned about the purpose of using them for grinding. In other words, whether the wear rate of ceramic balls is very low is a major concern for users of grinding ceramic balls. In addition to density, the white color of ceramic balls is also a major concern for grinding ceramic balls, because a basic principle during grinding is that the raw materials will not contaminate the grinding medium.