Clay Body

Products ceramic objects that we see everyday is very diverse, both the shape, size, function, decoration and color, these products are the end result of a process of forming or manufacturing of ceramic objects. At first ceramic objects made by hand directly so that the result is a ceramic objects to form a limited and very simple, but now various ...

Clay material processing is a process of preparing the raw material of clay into the clay body is ready to be used for manufacturing ceramic objects as materials or cast plastic (slip), clay processing can be done starting from the simple to the complex process. Clay material processing as an early stage in the process of making ceramic objects can ...

Processing of clay slip to print ceramic castings formation is actually almost the same as the preparation of clay materials for the formation of other techniques, the difference is in the addition of a material called deflocculant, this material allows the clay particles remain in suspension fluid and does not form a sediment at the bottom of the mold. In ...

After the burning process the specimen with three different firing temperatures, then the next step is to test the temperature of the clay maturity as described below: 1. Retrieve all test specimens that have been burned and separate formulas for each clay and firing temperature 2. Observe the test piece of grilled colors: pale, bright, or dark 3. Tap the ...

The testing process porositan clay bodies are as follows: 1. Weigh each test specimen that had been burned at combustion temperatures of all three formulas are made in a dry state. 2. Insert the specimen into a plastic basin and let the specimen is immersed in water for 24 hours. 3. Retrieve all wet specimens and remove the foam moist. ...

Processing of natural clay dried manually is usually done for the amount of clay material is limited only to a clay test process. Testing was conducted to obtain information about the condition of the clay materials that include plasticity, shrinkage, fuel temperature, color burn, and porosity. Treatment with this technique is only performed for one or a mixture of several ...