I Squared R Element Company was founded in 1964.

I Squared R is the only U.S. manufacturer of silicon carbide heating elements and high-quality molybdenum disilicide heating elements.

The company’s 122,000-square-foot manufacturing facility is located in Akron, New York,USA.

I Squared R Element Co., Inc. is a manufacturer of silicon carbide heating elements, trade name Starbar®

The Starbar heating element has a maximum use temperature of 1,600ºC. 

Starbar® Silicon Carbide Heating Elements are used in diverse number of settings, from ceramics and heat treating to metallurgy, assaying and incineration. Starbar elements can be used for application temperatures up to 1,600ºC, and are available in an array of configurations and styles to meet most standard needs, with customized options available by custom order.

WORLDWIDE INDUSTRIES SERVED

GLASS

Melting, holding, refining, forming, display glass technologies, optical fiber production.

CERAMICS

Firing of ferrites, steatites, titanates, tiles, refractories, dinnerware, electrical porcelain, alumina, zirconia, calcining ores, and powders, for Li-ion and solid state batteries.

SEMICONDUCTOR

Diffusion, LPCVD and annealing furnaces for silicon and other semiconductor wafers and substrates.

METALLURGICAL

Heat treating, preheat and reheat of bars, ingots, slabs and billets prior to forging, hot rolling, annealing, hardening and deoxidizing, brazing, sintering powdered metal parts, and melting.

DIECASTING

Low pressure and high pressure diecasting of non-ferrous metals and alloys.

SOLAR ENERGY

Production of photovoltaic cells, solar array capturing, testing and simulation.

LABORATORY, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

General laboratory, R&D, Food, Feed, Blood testing.

HEATING INDUSTRIES

With application temperatures over 540ºC (1,000ºF)