The silicon nitride ball industry has broad development prospects. In the future, the localization level of my country’s market still needs to continue to improve.

Silicon nitride ball, also known as silicon nitride ceramic ball, refers to a precision ceramic made of silicon nitride material sintered at high temperature in a non-oxidizing atmosphere. Silicon nitride balls have the characteristics of high strength, low linear expansion coefficient, high elastic modulus, high thermal conductivity, good wear resistance, high temperature resistance, good corrosion resistance, and excellent electrical insulation. They are widely used in machinery, medical, chemical, and It is widely used in electronics and other fields.

Silicon nitride balls have excellent mechanical and physical properties and have higher application advantages in the field of high-performance bearing manufacturing. In this field, silicon nitride balls are the first choice for manufacturing ceramic ball bearings. Silicon nitride bearings are widely used in automobiles, wind power, petroleum, precision machine tools and other fields. Currently, with the rapid development of the downstream market, the demand for silicon nitride balls continues to increase, and the industry has broad prospects for development.

According to the “2023-2028 Silicon Nitride Ball Industry Market In-depth Research and Investment Prospect Forecast Analysis Report” released by the Industrial Research Center , the global silicon nitride ball market size will be approximately US$340 million in 2022, a year-on-year growth of 7.4%. Silicon nitride balls have superior properties to zirconia balls in terms of Vickers hardness, elastic modulus, compressive strength, rupture modulus, thermal expansion coefficient, specific heat, etc. In the future, it is expected to continue to expand its application fields with its superior properties. Provide a new path for the upgrading of the ceramic ball industry.

Globally, the major companies in the silicon nitride ball market include Japan’s Toshiba, Japan’s Chunakajima, Japan’s NIKKATO, the United States’ CoorsTek, Germany’s Winsted Precision Ball Company, Germany’s SKF and other international companies, as well as China Aviation Development Harbin Bearing, Shanghai Materials Research Institute , Liaoning Baorui Technology, Sinoma High-tech Nitride Ceramics, Shandong Dong’a Steel Ball Group, Zhengzhou Junke Naxin, Weihai Yuanhuan Advanced Ceramics, Dalian Dayou High-tech Ceramics, Jiangsu Gaoyue High-tech and other Chinese enterprises.

From the perspective of the domestic market, the quality of my country’s industrial powder material products has long lagged behind that of Western countries, and the same is true for silicon nitride balls. At present, most of the products of silicon nitride ball enterprises in my country are mid-to-low-end products, and high-end products still rely on imports. Breaking through the product and technology monopoly of international advanced companies is the only way for my country’s silicon nitride ball industry to achieve rapid development. The future growth of the industry The space is huge.

Industrial analysis personnel said that silicon nitride balls are a kind of grinding machine with better overall performance than zirconia balls. Medium has higher application advantages in the field of high-performance bearings. At present, many companies around the world have deployed in the field of silicon nitride ball production. The production of silicon nitride balls continues to increase, and the development trend of the industry is improving. Due to technical limitations, Chinese companies are still at a disadvantage in the global silicon nitride ball market, and domestic market demand mainly relies on imports. In this context, in the future, local silica ball companies will need to continue to improve their technical level and increase technology research and development efforts to promote the continuous improvement of localization levels in the domestic market.