Company Name / address details

ALUMINA SYSTEMS GmbH
(formerly LAPP Insulators Alumina GmbH)
Bahnhofstr. 43
96257 Redwitz
Germany

Contact

Phone

+49-9574-65432256

Fax

+49-9574-65432617

E-Mail

info@alumina.systems

Homepage

www.alumina.systems

Turnover total

EUR 10 Mio

Ceramic division(s)

2

Ownership

Private Equity

Management

Dr.-Ing. Holger Wampers

Number of Employees

Total: 65

In R + D: 4

Company profile

Being a former ceramics and porcelain factory of Siemens, ALUMINA SYSTMES (formerly LAPP Insulators Alumina GmbH) has over 40 years of experience with components made from ceramic materials. Lapp Insulators Alumina GmbH manufactures annually about 300 000 metal-ceramic composites such as thyristors and vacuum interrupters for use in high-vacuum technology (HVDC - High-voltage direct current transmission, vacuum technology). Using primarily aluminum oxide ceramics and various non-ferrous metals, such as OF Cu (oxygen-free copper) or NiCo (nickel-cobalt), soft magnetic alloys; NiFe (nickel iron) or stainless steel (1.4301), as connecting agents. As a material-logical connecting technology, both passive and active brazing technique are used. With this, high-strength composites can be produced which are permanently proof and vacuum-tight in the temperature range from -150 °C up to + 500 °C. The core competencies in connection technology "Metal-ceramic composite" enables LAPP Insulators Alumina to open up other fields of application. These are in products such as vacuum feedthroughs (standard program), for CO2 lasers and printing of circuit boards. Further experience exist in the bonding and shrinking of metal ceramic composites. LAPP Insulators Alumina stands as technology partner in the range of the metal-ceramic adding technology for electrical applications into the fields of:
• Vacuum technology
• Medical technology
• Laser technology
• Measuring and sensor engineering
• Energy technology
• 3D-printed ceramics
• FEA – Analysis (Finite Element Analysis)
From single prototypes to series with thousand pieces, we offer our customers a flexible range of production of a mid-sized company.

Production programm

Materials*

alumina

User industries**

accelerators
electronics and sensors
energy technology, power generation
laser technology
mechanical and chemical process engineering
medical technology
plasma treatment
vacuum technology

Main components

thyristors and diodes for high-performance electronics, feedthroughs, isolators, metallized ceramics, ceramic-to-metal-assemblies, ceramic vacuum parts

Production plants (key equipment)***

3D printing
after firing machining
assembling
bonding
brazing of metal-ceramic assemblies
casting
CIP
dry pressing
Hard metal extrusion
unfired machining

Product development Partnerships

customers

yes

institutes

yes

user industries

yes

multidisciplinary

yes

Project funding

industry

yes

Project duration (Average duration in month)

2 months

Pilot run series

yes

Fairs

Ceramitec

ACHEMA

Hannover Messe

Market Leadership

thyristors and diodes for high-performance electronics; brazed ceramic-to-metal-assemblies

Special Know How

3D-printed components made from Al203 (99,99 %), Computer Aided Design engineering techniques by using FEM

Certificates

DIN 9001; DIN 140001; DIN 500001 Best Component Award Technical Ceramics 2018: 1st Place