the addition of a Ceramic Process Engineer. The capability and capacity of our ceramic manufacturing process needs to be improved to be able to meet market demands. Responsibilities are to design and ...

Ordinarily, when ceramic items are manufactured, the raw material has to be fired in a kiln at temperatures exceeding 1,000 ºC (1,832 ºF). Needless to say, it's a very energy-intensive process. Now, ...

Researchers in the US have developed a novel 3D-printed smart composite that enables brittle ceramics to bend, absorb energy, and withstand heavy mechanical loads, while being manufactured at full ...

Precision Ceramics, a division of McGeoch Technology, is a company dedicated to the engineering of technical ceramics. From procurement and supply through to technical design and specialist machining, ...

Ceramics are found in a diverse range of industries and applications, right from a simple cereal bowl to sophisticated components of a mobile phone, to body armor. Although the applications of ...

Feb. 28 (UPI) --Industrial kilns, the commercial ovens used to fire bathroom tiles and tableware, operate at temperatures in excess of 1,000 degrees Celsius. Scientists at ETH Zurich have found a way ...

A well-known name in the jewelry business, Karl Stittgen now works in a much more pliable medium — clay.Supplied Song of the Earth: sculptured vessels by Karl Stittgen, on display until Oct. 18 at the ...

Ceramic matrix composites (CMC) use ceramic fibers in a ceramic matrix to enable high-performance structures at high temperatures. For example, the silicon carbide (SiC) fiber-reinforced SiC matrix ...