Center for Advanced Materials Processing (CAMP) at Clarkson University

CACT and CAMP have, for over 30 years, been partners in solving a wide range of materials-science technical challenges for our industrial partners. The jointly developed Nanomaterials Pilot Plant provides facilities and expertise for the synthesis of nano-sized ceramic powders, from which can be manufactured specific electronic components and devices for consolidation into nano-structured electroceramic components with enhanced properties, such as multi-layer capacitors, zinc-oxide varistors, solid oxide fuel cells and ferrite inductor cores.

A class-10,000 clean-room facility, located at the Alfred IncubatorWorks site, provides access to a number of electro-ceramic device fabrication techniques including tape casting, screen printing, lamination, die-pressing, and isostatic pressing. Innovative firing techniques in addition to conventional fast-fire processing such as microwave sintering are also used to retain the nano-structure.

Researchers with CAMP design and produce novel process intensification reactors for pilot scale synthesis of nano-particles. CAMP uses these techniques to increase production capacity of particles known to have applications in advanced electronic materials but are currently available only in small quantities. The intensified modular plant is capable of delivering pilot-scale throughput of up to 1 kg / dry powder per day and is adaptable to different types of chemical synthesis. Once nano-powders are prepared, they are sent to Alfred for further processing into electroceramic devices.