March 1999 - Volume 78, No. 3 Manufacturing/Engineering Features
Profile
in Ceramics: Arthur H. Heuer This month, we meet Arthur H. Heuer, Ph.D., internationally-renown
ceramic engineer and Kyocera Professor of Ceramics at Case
Western Reserve University in Cleveland, in our continuing
series on individuals who have made significant contributions
to the ceramics industry through either scientific, engineering,
or product and/or market development. Kathy L. Woodard Traditional to High-Tech: ACerS Museum
Showcases Ceramics A look at the Ross C. Purdy Museum of Ceramics, located
at The American Ceramic Society headquarters, Westerville,
Ohio. Trisha Zellner and Kathy Martin
1998 Orton Memorial Lecture, Part II:
Commercialization of Advanced Structural Ceramics-Patience is a Necessity Part II of the 1998 Orton Memorial Lecture focuses on
a company's involvement and commitment to developing, using
and selling Si3N4 components. Maxine Savitz
Applying MPT Principle to High-Alumina Castables Maximum paste thickness (MPT) parameter is used to determine
the correlation between refractory castable flowability and
the particle packing model. P. Bonadia, A.R. Studart, R.G. Pileggi, V.C. Pandolfelli
and S.L. Vendrasco
Cordierite Glass-Ceramic from Geothermic Waste Two glass-ceramic materials were made using crystals of
cordierite over a ceramic core by means of devitrification
time-temperature treatments. C. Diaz, F.J. Valle-Fuentes, M.E. Zayas and M. Avalos-Borja
Manufacturing Briefs: Thermal Spraying Technologies Two thermal spraying technologies, APS and HVOF, integrated
in a fully SPS controlled system are featured.
A Cutting Edge in High-Performance Ceramic Coatings The high-performance ceramic coatings industry is mature
but still expanding. There are a broad list of current and
potential applications, continuously emerging coating techniques
and a growing number of materials compositions. Thomas Abraham
Fast-Firing Wollastonite-Based Wall Tile Bodies A careful control of the formulations and the technological
parameters would enable the production of porous ceramic products
by the single firing technique. F. Sandoval and A. Ibanez
What's New-Kilns & Controllers
