3M Silicon Nitride Products

Lightweight materials. Heavyweight applications.

High-strength ceramic materials for high performance in extreme environments.

3M™ Silicon Nitride Materials and Components

3M™ Silicon Nitride is an extremely hard and corrosion-resistant ceramic material that is 60% lighter than steel. This material, Sintered Silicon nitride (Si₃N₄), is designed to offer a combination of excellent properties, including thermal and impact resistance, electrical insulation, and wear resistance. 3M™ Silicon Nitride offers a wide degree of design flexibility, making it an excellent alternative to stainless steel, superalloys, tungsten carbides, and first-generation ceramics such as Al₂0₃ and ZrO₂. These performance benefits make 3M™ Silicon Nitride an adaptable solution for applications in power generation, commercial vehicles, Electric Vehicles (EV), aerospace, chemical processing, oil & gas, and general industry.

Trusted in demanding applications
Our product portfolio includes:

Bearing components

Blast nozzle liners

Electrical insulators

Dry Gas Seal faces

Engine cam rollers

Fuel pump rollers

Check Balls

Valve Balls & Seats

Telemetry tools & measuring wheels

Metal forming rolls

Wear components

Wear Plates
Advantages of the 3M Manufacturing Process

3M™ Silicon Nitride is capable of providing a high degree of design freedom, helping to eliminate or reduce the need for hard machining. Components requiring close tolerances can be finish machined in our fully equipped precision diamond grinding facility.
About 3M Advanced Ceramics

These advanced ceramic products are manufactured at ISO 9001 certified facilities. Our manufacturing processes are optimized for quality, efficiency and consistency – helping ensure reliable and repeatable product performance. We have almost 100 years of experience in designing and manufacturing cutting-edge ceramic solutions, and we continually work to develop new applications for ceramic materials in cooperation with our customers and with research institutions.