Viking Chemicals has developed a vertical integrated process for manufacturing zirconia ceramic tapes.
By covering all processing steps from zirconium raw materials, via zirconia powder, slurry preparation, tape casting to sintering, Viking is able to control all vital production parameters. This leads to yttria stabilized zirconia tapes of consistent high-grade quality.

Miniature oxygen sensors are produced by laser-cutting zirconia tapes. A high dimensional accuracy is obtained. Improved mechanical strength is an important feature of this application.