Johnson Matthey is one of the leading suppliers world wide of platinum alloy products to the glass

industry. We have decades of experience in platinum alloy fabrications to specific drawings for plant equipment used in the Glass Fibre, TV, Optical, Container, Tableware, Lead Crystal, Tube and Float Glass industries.

 

Refractory cladding and furnace linings are available including on-site welding where necessary.

Also available are ZGS (Zirconia Grain Stabilised) platinum alloys, offering greater strength and longer working lives.

Johnson Matthey has also introduced ACT™coating technology to deposit a thin layer of platinum onto ceramics to eliminate erosion and improve glass quality.

We also offer a full refining service to our customers.

Glass Products

ACT™ Technology

Platinum coatings on ceramics

ZGS Platinum Materials

Grain stabilised form of platinum alloys for increased strength and life

Precious Metal Fabrications

A wide range of glass making equipment formed from high quality precious metals and alloys.

Precious Metal Tube

Vast range of precision tubes for the medical, glass, analytical and jewellery industries.

 
ACT thermocouple sensor
ACT thermocouple unit c/w Class 1, type R,S or B t/c

ACT thermocouple units are assembled in our factory. Coating of either pure Pt or Pt alloy at different thickness onto the ceramic tubing allows the application of this sensor for a wide variety of high temperature environments.