3M TECHNICAL CERAMICS

3M Technical Ceramics manufactures fused silica flour, grains, and Advance Shell Systems at its 3M Midway location in Tennessee where they have a research lab that focuses on investment casting. They developed 3M HP Polymer and WDS - the first Advance Shell System introduced to the industry. The Second generation Gray Matter 2, WDS 3 and the newest development Rapid Cast System (Rapid Cast flour and accelerator) requiring the least number of dips to build a shell were also developed . 3M Technical Ceramics supplies fused silica direct , distributes through Nalco and Westech. 3M Technical Ceramics is a distributor of Nalco’s colloidal silica, Continental Minerals Zircon, Christy Minerals alumina-silicates.