Who
Attends
This course is designed for manufacturing
personnel and others that have a need to better
understand ceramics and ceramic manufacturing.
Little or no ceramics background is necessary
for this course. The course is also useful for
anyone concerned with ceramic materials or products.
You will gain a better understanding of what
your company does and/or what your technical
people are talking about.
Course Description
The goal of providing a knowledge base to
the non-technical person is reached through hands-on
experience in a laboratory setting, coupled with
classroom presentations and discussions as well as
the vocabulary of ceramics. You will receive a brief
introduction to chemistry, followed by examples of
typical raw materials, fabrication processes, and
the high temperature processes that are central to
modern ceramic manufacturing. Participants are also
encouraged to bring examples of defects or manufacturing
problems for discussion.
Course Outline
- Chemistry as related to ceramics
- Raw materials
(sources and material processing)
- Batch preparation
and control
- Forming (Slip casting; extrusion,
wet and dry pressing)
- Drying, firing
- Strength
of ceramics
- Role of defects
- Thermal properties
and thermal shock
- Other properties
- Methods
of characterization
Instructor
Dr. William M. Carty is a Professor of Ceramic
Engineering, in the Kazuo Inamori School of Engineering,
New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred University.
Dr. Carty teaches both engineering courses in ceramic
processing and whitewares and teaches Ceramic Science
for the Artist. His research interests are in ceramic
processing of traditional and advanced ceramic materials,
microstructure tailoring and evolution, and the identification
of defects and their elimination. He received the
B.S. and M.S. in Ceramic Engineering from the University
of Missouri-Rolla and the Ph.D. in Materials Science
and Engineering from the University of Washington
(Seattle). He joined the faculty at Alfred University
in 1993.
Course Fee
$1,195.00. Download
registration form (pdf) or register
online.
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