Centre de Transfert de Technologies Céramiques

France

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The Centre de Transfert de Technologies Céramiques (CTTC) is an independent technological innovation centre founded in 1984 in Limoges, the historical capital of ceramics in France. Operating as an associative Technology Resource Centre (CRT), CTTC bridges academic research and industrial manufacturing by providing technical consulting, material selection, shaping process engineering, and analytical expertise strictly tailored to advanced technical ceramics.

CTTC maintains an extensive technological infrastructure housing more than 90 individual pieces of equipment across powder synthesis, advanced shaping, thermal treatment, additive manufacturing, and material characterization. Its dedicated analytical division, EXALYSES by CTTC, carries out full physicochemical, structural, and thermomechanical assessments of oxide and non-oxide ceramics, ceramic matrix composites, and mineral formulations.

Operating over 90 advanced pieces of equipment dedicated to ceramics processing and characterization
Certified training organisation under Qualiopi for technical ceramic manufacturing curricula
Hosts the Easyceram FabLab for specialized ceramic innovation and rapid prototyping
Over 1,000 completed industrial innovation and transfer projects since 1984

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CTTC delivers specialized consulting, formulation engineering, prototype manufacturing, and laboratory testing for technical and traditional ceramics:

Ceramic Material Selection & Formulation Consulting: Guidance on selecting and engineering oxide ceramics (alumina, zirconia, spinels, cordierite) and non-oxide ceramics (silicon carbide, boron nitride, silicon nitride) according to electrical, thermal, chemical, and tribological criteria.
Formulation & Powder Preparation: Slurry formulation, binder selection, spray drying/atomization, dry granulation, and rheological optimization for downstream forming.
Advanced Ceramic Shaping & Prototyping: Conventional dry pressing (uniaxial and isostatic), tape casting, injection molding, and stereolithography (SLA) / vat photopolymerization ceramic additive manufacturing.
Thermal Processing & Sintering Optimization: Debinding cycles, high-temperature sintering under air or controlled atmospheres (vacuum, argon, nitrogen), and thermal profiling.
Analytical Characterization (EXALYSES Lab): Specific surface area (BET), laser granulometry, X-ray diffraction (XRD), dilatometry, thermal conductivity, mechanical flexural strength, density, and SEM microstructure observation.

Centre de Transfert de Technologies Céramiques

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