Ceramic Industry Magazine

CI April 2016 edition

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2016 April

You'll want to check out our continued Ceramics Expo coverage in this issue, as well as articles focused on instrumentation and decorating!

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Avoiding Catastrophic MLCC Failure
Materials Innovation

Avoiding Catastrophic Multilayer Ceramic Capacitor Failure

A new nondestructive testing method may find elusive flaws in multilayer ceramic capacitors used for medical implants and spacecraft.
April 1, 2016
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Medical implants and spacecraft can suddenly go dead, often for the same reason: cracks in ceramic capacitors, which are devices that store electric charge in electronic circuits.


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Understanding the Capabilities of Push-Rod Dilatometers

Understanding the Capabilities of Push-Rod Dilatometers

Dilatometers are used to directly investigate dilation and contraction upon heating and/or cooling.
Jason Johnson
April 1, 2016
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Knowledge of dimensional changes with respect to time and temperature is vitally important in many engineering problems. Examples range from quality control of sintering processes to materials selection and design, failure analysis and composites research. The dilatometer is the standard tool used to directly investigate dilation and contraction upon heating and/or cooling.


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Continuous Emission Monitoring for Clay Ceramic Manufacturing

Continuous Emission Monitoring for Clay Ceramic Manufacturing

FTIR spectrometry has proven to be best-suited to the measurement of compounds such as HF and HCl in effluent environments like those found in the ceramic industry.
Peter G. Zemek
April 1, 2016
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A number of processing steps in ceramic manufacturing result in the emission of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) such as acid gases (e.g., hydrofluoric acid, HF; and hydrochloric acid, HCl) that are released in the high-temperature firing steps of the manufacturing process.


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Achieving Durability on Glass Containers with UV Screen Inks

Achieving Durability on Glass Containers with UV Screen Inks

UV inks are able to withstand many dishwasher cycles, boiling, freezing, filling lines and aggressive scratch testing.
Jeff Morris
April 1, 2016
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Market acceptance of ultraviolet (UV) screen printing technology has arrived in the glass and ceramic container industry as suppliers of equipment and inks have optimized the methods necessary to achieve the durability decorators and their customers expect. The first responsibility of suppliers is to make clear the requirements for achieving durability with UV technology on glass containers, but first a word about expectations.


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Raw Materials Options
Investing in Ceramics

Raw Materials Options for Ceramic Manufacturers

The Bovill Kaolin Project is expected to produce a number of mineral products for the ceramic industry.
Linda Koep
April 1, 2016
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I-Minerals Inc. is in the process of developing a suite of high-value mineral products from a deposit called the Bovill Kaolin Project. The deposit is located in Bovill, Idaho, a small town that sits at the junction of Idaho State Highways 3 and 8 in the northern part of the state, 2,000 miles west and north of the Tennessee clay fields and 5,000 miles west of the Spanish K-spar mines.


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Susan Sutton Inside CI

Ceramics Expo 2016: Pinch Me!

Ceramics Expo is a free-to-attend event that will offer hundreds of exhibits, a conference program and multiple networking opportunities.
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Susan Sutton
April 1, 2016
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Imagine, if you will, a hall filled with hundreds of exhibitors showcasing a range of products and services all along the supply chain, a two-track conference program that provides insights on ceramic manufacturing as well as applications, and networking opportunities that enable you to make connections that will help you and your company succeed. Sounds like a dream, right?


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