Infrared ceramic plate is also named honeycomb ceramic plate or gas burner ceramic plate. It is not new products for us. We provide different size and type of infrared ceramic plate for more than 10 years. Our ceramic plate are widely used in domestic and exported all over the world.
The main material of the infrared ceramic plate is cordierite. It contents about 37% Al2O3.The material of cordierite can resist high temperature and can be burned in fire for long time without any change of characteristic and shape.
- Material:
- The main material of the infrared ceramic plates is Cordierite.
- The picture and package of the cordierite powder
(Raw powder)
(Material warehouse)
Cordierite mineral powder is a powder processed from cordierite mineral, the main component of which is aluminum magnesium silicate. Its chemical formula is Al4Mg2O18Si. The color of the cordierite powder is generally light gray or white, this is because the special changes of mineral color of the cordierite powder in the process of material production.
Generally there are two methods of production:
Mechanical grinding: the cordierite mineral for fine grinding. The material is grinded into powder
Chemical reaction: original mineral powder through chemical reaction.
The relative density of cordierite is 2.57-2.61, and the mohs hardness is 7-7.5. Its low thermal expansion coefficient is suitable for application scenarios requiring a low thermal expansion coefficient .
It also has other advantage of physical properties: The cordierite has the characteristics of small thermal conductivity, good thermal shock resistance, low dielectric constant, small dielectric loss and good chemical stability
The main uses of cordierite powder include the following aspects:
refractory materials: cordierite powder is widely used in refractory materials due to its low thermal expansion coefficient and excellent high temperature thermal shock resistance. It can be used to make sagger and support materials and decking of tunnel kilns, thus extending service life and improving production efficiency 12. In addition, plazite powder can also be used for light polite materials, these materials have low thermal conductivity, high temperature, can be directly used in the flame, to achieve high efficiency and energy saving effect.
Honeycomb ceramics: cordierite powder is one of the most important raw materials for making honeycomb ceramics. By adding adhesive and burn loss agent, after mixing, mixing mud, extrusion, drying and high temperature firing process, it can be produced to honeycomb ceramic products. These products have high mechanical strength and good thermal radiation characteristics, and are often used in automobile exhaust purification systems, which can effectively absorb the exhaust gas heat in the exhaust channel, and transmit it to the surrounding heat recovery device in the form of heat radiation.
Ceramic catalyst carrier: cordierite powder is often used as a catalyst carrier because of its low thermal expansion coefficient and good adsorption. In terms of automobile exhaust purification, the catalyst carrier made of cordierite can make the catalyst better adsorb and disperse to the carrier, and its low thermal conductivity helps the catalyst to reach the activation temperature quickly, so as to improve the purification effect .
Composite material: cordierite powder can also be combined with other raw materials to prepare high-performance composite ceramic materials. For example, combining with alumina,it can improve the thermal shock resistance of the material; combining with mollite, it can improve the corrosion resistance and mechanical strength of the material.
In addition, cordierite powder can also be combined with lithium feldspar, red pillar, silicon carbide and other materials for different industrial applications, such as solar thermal power generation and heat storage, solar collector absorption coating, etc.
In conclusion, cordierite powder is widely used in the fields of refractory materials, honeycomb ceramics, catalyst carriers and composites, and its unique physical and chemical properties make it a key component in these applications
Infrared Ceramic Plate
The most important of the material of infrared ceramic plate is cordierite powder. So the ceramic plate not only has the advantage of cordierite but also more excellent property than cordierite.
Main properties of the infrared honeycomb ceramic plates
The main properties of infrared honeycomb ceramic plate include the following aspects: High Efficiency and Energy Saving:
Infrared honeycomb ceramic plate has the characteristics of high efficiency and energy saving, can save energy consumption 20~50%. Compared with the traditional electric drying or ordinary atmospheric gas stoves, infrared honeycomb ceramic plate can achieve flameless combustion, low noise, and can greatly reduce the generation of CO, NOx and other harmful gases by more than 70%.
Environmental Protection:
Infrared honeycomb ceramic plate can significantly reduce harmful gas emissions. In the combustion process, the carbon monoxide emission is less than 100ppm, and the nitrogen oxide emission can be reduced by more than 70%, even reaching almost zero, thus it can protect the environment very well.
Durability and Mechanical Strength:
Infrared honeycomb ceramic plate has extremely high mechanical strength and fire resistance, good thermal shock resistance. Its structure is special, with strong resistance and scratch resistance, suitable for heavy objects placed or need frequent cleaning places Wide Range of Application:
Infrared honeycomb ceramic plate is suitable for all kinds of gas appliances, such as the use of natural gas, liquefied gas, coal gas, biogas and other kinds of gas appliances. It has good combustion effect and high thermal efficiency.
Because it has so many advantage and wide application, we try to have a detailed introduction about infrared ceramic plate now.
Types of infrared ceramic plates
The infrared ceramic plates normally include two types. The one is round shape ceramic plate, the other is square shape ceramic plate.
Round Shape Ceramic Plate
The round shape ceramic plate is normal for family use for cooker. The gas stove with infrared ceramic plate can save energy a lot and reduce exhaust.
The round shape infrared ceramic plate also have two types based on different hole shape. The one has round holes and the other has square holes
(infrared ceramic plate with square hole)
(infrared ceramic plate with round hole)
(Family cooker gas stove)
The round shape infrared ceramic plate is widely used on family stove. In China,most of the family use this kind of stove. It has high heat efficiency. So it can not only keep high temperature but also save energy and also has long using life.
Square shape ceramic plate
The square shape ceramic plates are the most popular spare parts for gas burners. It is suitable for liquid gas and natural gas. This kind of gas burner with infrared ceramic plates are mainly used for barbecue grill and gas heater for indoors and outdoors
Because the infrared ceramic plate can reduce the exhaust gas produced in the combustion, it is the best choice for indoor gas heater.
(Gas burner for barbecue and beef stick)
(gas heater with infrared ceramic plate)
The infrared ceramic plates are used so widely in China and many of other foreign countries for cooker, barbecue and gas heating apparatus for warmness.
The ceramic plates not only have different outside dimension but also has different sizes of the holes. The hole size are designed according to the design of the gas burner and actual usage conditions. Normally the hole size could be from dia1mm to dia 4 mm, or other special sizes customized according to the special requirement of the customer.
We will has some introduction about the production of the infrared ceramic plate so that our customer has more knowledge about our products.
Production process
- Mixing evenly different kinds of material powder according to the formula
The powder mixture
(Raw materials for infrared ceramic plates mixed by several different powders)
- Adding liquid to make the powder to mud
(The wet solid clay prepared for shape)
- Choose the exact mould to shape the mud into the required size of ceramic plate
- Drying the ceramic plate in natural conditions.
- Drying ceramic plate in dry room\
(The ceramic plate after drying ready to fire in stove)
- Transferring the dried ceramic plate into the tunnel stove for firing.
(Delivering into the tunnel stove for firing )
- Transferring the ceramic plate out of the stove.
- Cooling the ceramic plate in nature conditions.
(the infrared ceramic plate out from tunnel stove and waiting for cooling down)
- Cutting the ceramic plate to the exact size.
- Blowing the dust and through holes
- Package with foam into cartons.
For the package,our common package is to wrap the ceramic plate with EPE than put into the carton. But if customer required, we could also pack according to their requirement. Such as separating with card not EPE and the carton size can be customized, we can print with texts and pictures accordingly.
(common package with EPE wrap)
(common package with “made in china” label)
(Customized package separated with card)
(customized package separated with card and small box)
- Delivered into the warehouse
Finishing packaging, the products will be put into the warehouse for stock.
(Finished products in warehouse)
- Delivered to customer
When we got the balance payment from customer and confirmed the vessel schedule,the pallets will be load into the container for ocean shipment.
(Loading into the container for export)
The infrared ceramic plate has its special characteristic so that its has many special performance.
Following is the physical and chemical property of the plate.
Technical Data:
| Item | Material | Water absorption | Open Porosity | Specific gravity |
| Index | Cordierite | 45-50% | 61% | 0.6-0.9Kg/cm3 |
| Item | Temperature softening | Cooking Surface Temperature | CO Release | NOx Release |
| Index | >1350 °C | 1000-1200°C | ≤0.006% | ≤5ppm |
We have more than 100 molds of the ceramic plates. Followings are the most popular sizes in the market. If you need other size, you can check with us.
Standard Sizes with square shape
| Diamond(mm) | 105*72*13 134*92*13 150*135*13 132*92*13 134*94*13 185*63*13 131*131*13 136*115*13 100*140*13 |
162*60*13 128*88*13 129*74*13 135*190*13 140*96*13 140*100*13 180*100*13 |
200*140*13 186*134*13 134*47*13 134*78*13 94*67*13 70*100*13 135*190*13 138*190*13 |
| 8 pattern(mm) | 172*123*13 132*87.5*13 144*73*13 139*110*13 170*60*13 |
88*132*13 164*74*13 162*72*13 132*92*13 |
180*130*13 140*95*13 145*142*13 145*118*13 136*92.5*13 |
| plum blossom(mm) | 200*140*13 162*73*13 162*60*13 77*109*13 |
162*62*13 164*74*13 142*72*13 100*70*13 |
185*63*13 206*146*13 174*64*13 163*151*13 |
Standard sizes with round shape
| Dia150mm | Dia154mm | Dia158mm | Dia160mm | Dia168mm | Dia170mm |
| Dia70mm | Dia90mm | Dia114mm | Dia120mm | Dia135mm | Dia145mm |
The size of the round could be from Dia50mm to Dia200mm.
Remark: we can customize products by customers’ drawings and requirements.
If you need special size or shape,you can provide drawing to us, or tell us your requirement, we can design for you.
Storage of the infrared ceramic plates
The infrared ceramic plate should be stored in drying and clean conditions.All finished products should be packed in cartons avoid dust and humidity.
Installation of the infrared ceramic plates
We try not install the infrared ceramic plates privately. We need the specialized person for installation. Normally, we need high temperature clay or insulation tape to seal and install the infrared ceramic plate to the gas burner. We can provide these two kinds of spare parts.
(customized insulation tape with 5m / roll)
Please kindly note that the length, width, thickness of the tape could be customized according to the requirement of our customer.
Generally speaking, all our ceramic plates including round and square shape could be customized for special size, special shape and the related spare parts could also be provided by us.
