Processing of Ceramics
Processing of Ceramics
Processing of Ceramics
Introduction:
The metallic and nonmetallic materials are not suitable for certain engineering
applications- for example
(1) traditional ceramics—silicates used for clay products such as pottery and
bricks, common abrasives, and cement
Ceramics :
The word ceramic traces from the Greek keramos meaning potter’s clay and
Among the oldest of the raw materials used for making ceramics is clay. The
Other major raw materials for ceramics that are found in nature are flint (a
Shaping Ceramics:
Preparation of Powders:
Shaping Processes:
Slip Casting:
Plastic Forming:
Plastic forming, also called soft, wet forming, can be carried out by various
methods, such as extrusion, injection molding, or molding and jiggering.
Dry Pressing:
The next step in ceramics processing is to dry and fire the part to give it the
water contributes volume to the piece, and when it is removed, the volume is
reduced.
As water is removed from the wet clay, the volume of the piece shrinks.
Vikrant Sharma , FET. MITS
ME 312 Manufacturing Technology
• Stage 1 - drying rate is rapid and constant as water evaporates from the
surface into the surrounding air and water from the interior migrates by capillary
action to the surface to replace it.
• Stage 2 - the moisture content has been reduced to where the ceramic grains
are in contact.
Vikrant Sharma , FET. MITS
ME 312 Manufacturing Technology
ceramics, and
b) reduced porosity.