An employee-owned manufacturer of ceramic and refractory components in Albany, New York.
Founded in Albany in 1979 and owned by its employees.
We design and cast the parts that heat, abrasion and corrosion wear out first.
Blasch Precision Ceramics is an employee-owned manufacturer in Albany, New York, that designs and casts net shape ceramic and refractory components for refining, hydrogen and ammonia, power generation, mining, molten metals and industrial process heating. Earl Blasch founded the company on October 25, 1979, and it has grown from parts for steel into engineered ceramic solutions for heavy industry worldwide. Its quality system is certified to ISO 9001:2015 at both US sites.
At its founding, Blasch made parts for the steel market. The forming process developed in those years casts ceramic to net or near net shape, which is why large, complex parts with internal threads and changing wall thickness come out of the mold without machining afterwards. How that works is described under the Blasch process.
The same process now serves refineries and chemical plants, hydrogen and ammonia producers, power plants, mines, foundries and furnace builders. Engineering and manufacturing sit together in about 60,000 square feet in Albany, with Blasch Global Solutions in Beaufort, South Carolina, for sourcing and distribution.
Most projects start with a part that fails in the same place every campaign. What happens next follows the same pattern, whichever industry the part comes from.
Engineers design the part from the dimensions and the operating conditions. A drawing helps, but it is not required to start.
Flow, heat and stress are checked with CFD and FEA where the application calls for it, and materials are tested in our own lab for thermal shock, abrasion and creep.
Part weights range from about one ounce to two tons, so a large or complex shape is cast as one part instead of assembled from many.
When another forming method suits a part better, it is made by a vetted manufacturing partner, under the same engineering and quality system.
Blasch is an employee-owned company through an ESOP. Its core values are Innovation, Relentless Pursuit of Results, Passion, Ownership, and Respect and Teamwork.
In 2014, Blasch installed solar panels covering 30,000 square feet on the headquarters building. They still supply up to 20% of the plant's electricity.
A part designed and cast by the people who own the company is a part someone in Albany will still answer for at your next turnaround.
Who runs the company, how quality is controlled and where to find us. Product families are listed by name under Blasch brands.
ISO 9001:2015 at both US sites, the tests run in our own lab, memberships and patents.
The executive team and the board of advisors, with their backgrounds.
The people who answer inquiries, by role, with direct extensions.
Production, engineering and lab roles in Albany, with benefits for every employee.
The headquarters, engineering and casting are at 580 Broadway in Albany, New York. Blasch Global Solutions runs from Beaufort, South Carolina. Locations and representatives
Yes. Blasch is owned by its employees through an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP).
No. Blasch does not coat or spray. It designs and casts ceramic parts with their own wall thickness, such as liners, blocks, ferrules and crucibles, that are fitted into your equipment.
Blasch works with BD Energy Systems on reformer flue gas tunnels, with DuPont MECS on checkerwalls for sulfuric acid plants, and with Allied Mineral Products on channel furnace linings.
Send the dimensions and the conditions it runs in. A Blasch engineer answers with a design for your application.
