Method for producing ceramic bearing components

摘要

The method involves producing a material mixture from an organometallic compound as a preceramic precursor and from silicon in a form of an alloy as a chemically reactive filler. The material mixture is subjected to a reaction pyrolysis to convert the material mixture into a ceramic material. The material mixture contains zirconium oxide and/or aluminum oxide and/or silicon carbide and/or silicon nitride to improve mechanical properties and/or reaction kinetics. The reaction pyrolysis is carried out partially in a chemically inert gas atmosphere or in a vacuum.