Testing & Characterisation for the Ceramics Industry
We offer testing of materials and products for raw material assessment, product development, quality control, product and material evaluation conformity, performance, safety, legislative, and environmental impact purposes.
Testing and characterisation forms the basis of any consultancy work that we do, giving us accurate data to assist with product and process development and optimisation, and failure analysis.
We provide testing of advanced ceramics, coatings, electroceramics, engineered ceramics, medical ceramics, refractories, tableware, tiles and sanitaryware.
Testing can be divided into chemical analysis for bulk composition to trace analyses and mineralogical analysis for speciation and phase determination.
We also offer determination of physical properties such as grading, density, porosity, strength, rheology, mechanical, electrical and thermal properties and microstructure to study product failure or defects, failure mechanisms, inclusions, grain size and bonding structures, surface analysis, degradation, and contaminants.
White Papers
Additive Manufacturing can provide innovative forming opportunities and can offer the potential of being able to be integrated alongside traditional methods
Drying is an important process in almost all industry sectors, including ceramics, pharmaceutical, food, chemical, construction and semiconductors
This white paper discusses milling options, their advantages and disadvantages, as well as focusing on how the milling process can help to control key characteristics to optimize the properties of end products in manufacturing processes
This white paper looks at applications and potential applications of ceramic materials in the aerospace and defence industry
This white paper introduces the most common methods for ceramic additive manufacturing
This white paper highlights some of the testing involved in ISO 13356 and discusses how recent and ongoing research into ceramic processing provides opportunities to meet product improvement challenges
Case Studies
IKEA wished to appoint a preferred consultant for ceramic product sourcing around the globe
Benchmarking study carried out by Lucideon
Scanning electron microscopy was used to identify the cause of a glaze pinhole fault in sanitaryware manufacture
Application of Lucideon's Flash Sintering Technology
Lucideon expertise helped a client with additive manufactured implants
A manufacturer of ceramic armour for military vehicles and personnel sought pressure-cast forming expertise