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What We Are, and How the Money Works

Most ceramic content online is written by shops that want the order. We are not a shop, so this page explains exactly what we are instead, before you decide whether to trust the rest of the site.

We match, we do not machine

CeramicPartz is a matching service for technical ceramic parts. You send one RFQ with a drawing. We read it, work out whether it is a grinding job or a green machining job, then put it in front of up to 3 shops that already work in that grade and that route. They quote you directly and you order from whichever one you choose.

We do not own machines, wheels or a kiln. We do not hold stock, run inspection or ship parts. The shop you pick does all of that, and your contract is with them.

How we get paid

Shops pay us for matched requests. Buyers pay nothing, ever, and there is no commission on the order you place. That is the whole model, and it has two consequences worth stating plainly.

  • We have no reason to talk you into a more expensive grade or route, because we do not take a percentage of it.
  • We do have a reason to send you requests that a shop can actually win, which is why we filter before matching rather than blasting your drawing at a list.

The supplier side of that arrangement is described on the For Suppliers page, including what a shop sees before it pays.

What we will not do

  • We will not claim to own a factory, a certification or a machine list. If a page here ever reads that way, it is a mistake and we want to hear about it.
  • We will not send your drawing to more than 3 shops, or to shops that do not fit the part.
  • We will not publish invented case studies, customer logos or testimonials. Everything on this site is either a published material property, a process explanation or an illustrative example that says so.
  • We will not pretend a ceramic part is the right answer when it is not. Some parts are better in carbide, in hardened steel or in a coated metal, and we will say so.

How these guides are written

The 25 guides on this site exist because the alternative was answering the same questions in email for every RFQ. They are written from published material datasheets, industry standards, the reasons shops give when they decline a part and the patterns in what buyers send us.

What the numbers mean. Property figures and tolerance ranges on this site are typical published values for common commercial grades. They are there to help you shortlist and to read a quote, not to design against. The shop that quotes your part confirms what is achievable on that blank, on their machines, for your geometry.

If you find an error, tell us. Corrections from shop floors and from engineers who have made the part are the fastest way this reference gets better, and we would rather be corrected than quoted wrongly. Email .

Who this is for

Buyers and engineers who have a ceramic part to make and no obvious shop to call. Semiconductor and medical equipment work makes up most of what comes through, followed by instruments, wear parts and laboratory equipment. Quantities run from one prototype to a few thousand pieces a year.

If you machine technical ceramics for a living, the other side of the site is for you: register your shop and see requests that fit your wheels.

Where to start

Send a drawing