L3 - Slip Casting and Rheology Training Course
eLearning Course - Coming Soon
Understanding the effect of fluid control in ceramics is vital in understanding the interactions between materials, water and chemicals used in the body and glaze preparation processes. By understanding rheology and these relationships, manufactures and suppliers of ceramic materials and products can change the characteristics of their ceramic bodies and glazes to optimize performance and production yields.
This course also explains how casting slip and cast properties can be controlled with the use of simple viscometers and slip density measurement to produce high quality, consistent large complex shaped items.
A basic understanding of body and glaze materials and applications is required.
The course explains:
- Measurement and adjustment of a slip to a required density
- Adjusting a casting slip to the require fluid properties
- How the casting process works
- How deflocculants affect the casting process
- Casting faults and how to correct them
- The role and need for rheology in setting up bodies, and glazes
- Measurement of rheological properties.
At the end of the course, you will be able to understand:
- Measure and adjust slip density
- Correct the fluid properties of a slip
- Understand the basis of the slip casting process
- Understand how deflocculant additions alter casting properties
- Identify the causes of the common cast faults and eliminate them
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For further information, please contact:
Caroline Mullington, Information Services & Technology Partnerships Capability Leader
caroline.mullington@uk.lucideon.com