Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100317508 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ALUMINUM TITANATE CERAMICS - The invention is to provide a process for producing an aluminium titanate ceramic by firing a pre-mixture of a titania source powder, an alumina source powder and a magnesia source powder, for a short period of time. The production process of the invention comprises mixing a titania source powder and an alumina source powder followed by dry process grinding in the presence of grinding media under a grinding condition of an acceleration of at least 2G to give a pre-mixture, and firing the resulting pre-mixture. The titania source powder and the alumina source powder may be mixed together with a magnesia source powder and a silica source powder. Preferably, a vibration mill is used for the grinding. Grinding the aluminium titanate ceramic produced according to the production process of the invention gives an aluminium titanate ceramic powder. | 12-16-2010 |
20110077143 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ALUMINUM MAGNESIUM TITANATE - The invention is to provide a process capable of producing aluminium magnesium titanate having a small coefficient of thermal expansion at a firing temperature lower than 1500° C. The production process of the invention comprises maintaining a pre-mixture containing a titania source powder, an alumina source powder, a magnesia source powder and a silica source powder within a temperature range of from 1100° C. to 1350° C. for at least 3 hours, followed by heating up to a temperature not lower than 1400° C. and firing at the temperature. The silica source powder is preferably a powder of alkali feldspar. Aluminium magnesium titanate is prepared according to the production process of the invention, and the resulting aluminium magnesium titanate is ground to give an aluminium magnesium titanate powder. | 03-31-2011 |
20110156323 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ALUMINUM TITANATE-BASED CERAMICS - The invention provides a process for producing a shaped body of aluminum titanate-based ceramic such as aluminum titanate or aluminum magnesium titanate having smaller shrinkage ratio relative to a shaped body of a starting material mixture, and having a smaller coefficient of thermal expansion. The invention is a process for producing an aluminum titanate-based ceramic, comprising firing a starting material mixture containing a titanium source material and an aluminum source material, wherein the BET specific surface area of the aluminum source material is 0.1 m | 06-30-2011 |
20110236688 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A POWDER OF ALUMINUM TITANATE-BASED CERAMICS - The invention is to provide a process of producing the powder of aluminum titanate-based ceramics in which the formation of fine particulate component and coarse particulate component is inhibited, and having a very sharp grain size distribution, efficiently and at good yield. The invention is a process for producing a powder of aluminum titanate-based ceramics, comprising a step of keeping a precursor mixture containing a titanium source powder, an aluminum source powder and a silicon source powder at a temperature range of from 1100° C. to 1350° C. for 3 hours or more, followed by a step of heating the precursor mixture up to 1400° C. or more and thereafter firing, at this temperature, the precursor mixture after the keeping to obtain a fired body of aluminum titanate-based ceramics, and a step of pulverizing and classifying the fired body of aluminum titanate-based ceramics, wherein the step of pulverizing and classifying the fired body of aluminum titanate-based ceramics comprises; a step (A) of pulverizing the fired body of aluminum titanate-based ceramics with the application of an impact and classifying the pulverized ceramics to obtain a powder of aluminum titanate-based ceramics having a prescribed grain diameter or less, and a step (B) of re-pulverizing the rest of the pulverized ceramics with the application of an impact and classifying the obtained pulverized ceramics to obtain a powder of aluminum titanate-based ceramics having a prescribed grain diameter or less. | 09-29-2011 |
20110287921 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ALUMINUM TITANATE-BASED FIRED BODY - The invention is to provide a process for producing a fired body comprising an aluminum titanate-based ceramic of which the shrinkage ratio in firing (firing shrinkage ratio) can be suppressed low and which is excellent in thermal decomposition resistance. The invention is a process for producing an aluminum titanate-based fired body comprising a step of firing a shaped body of a starting material mixture containing an aluminum source powder, a titanium source powder and a magnesium source powder, wherein the titanium source powder has a specific particle diameter distribution characteristic. In the starting material mixture, the ratio of the Al | 11-24-2011 |
20120003464 | POROUS CERAMICS SHAPED BODY, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME - The process for producing a porous ceramics shaped body comprises a step of firing a shaped body of a starting material mixture which contains an aluminum source powder and a titanium source powder, and
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20120028784 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ALUMINUM TITANATE-BASED FIRED BODY - The invention is to provide a process which can produce a fired body comprising aluminum titanate-based ceramics being excellent in thermal decomposition resistance and having high mechanical strength. The invention is a process for producing an aluminum titanate-based fired body, comprising a step of firing a shaped body of a starting material mixture which contains an aluminum source powder and a titanium source powder, and the aluminum source powder satisfies the following formula (1). In the formula, D90 is a particle diameter corresponding to a cumulative percentage of 90% on a volume basis and D10 is a particle diameter corresponding to a cumulative percentage of 10% on a volume basis, and these are determined from a particle size distribution of the aluminum source powder measured by a laser diffractometry. | 02-02-2012 |
20120241998 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ALUMINUM TITANATE-BASED CERAMICS FIRED BODY - The present invention aims to provide a process for producing an aluminum titanate-based ceramics fired body wherein a cracking of a ceramics shaped body during a degreasing step is suppressed and also sufficient mechanical strength for handling is provided to the ceramics shaped body for such a case of the transfer from a degreasing step to a firing step. The present invention is a process for producing an aluminum titanate-based ceramics fired body comprising a shaping step of obtaining a ceramics shaped body by shaping a starting material mixture containing inorganic components including an aluminum source powder and a titanium source powder and organic components; a degreasing step for removing the organic components contained in the ceramics shaped body in atmosphere with an oxygen concentration of not higher than 0.1% and under the temperature condition that the highest temperature is not lower than 700° C. and not higher than 1100° C.; and a firing step for firing the ceramics shaped body under the temperature condition that the highest temperature is not lower than 1300° C.; in this order, wherein the atmosphere at a heating step to 1300° C. during the firing step has an oxygen concentration of not lower than 1% and not higher than 6%. | 09-27-2012 |
20120282562 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING CERAMICS FIRED BODY - The present invention aims to provide a process for producing a fired body with a high linear shrinkage ratio during firing (firing shrinkage ratio) without a damage of the shape of the shaped body, such as the honeycomb structure. The present invention is a process for producing a ceramics fired body comprising a step of firing a shaped body, wherein a linear shrinkage ratio in dimension of the fired body to the shaped body (the linear shrinkage ratio (%)=(dimension of the shaped body−dimension of the fired body)/(dimension of the shaped body)×100) is not lower than 1% and the shaped body is fired while being disposed on a mat made of a ceramics having a high thermal conductivity. | 11-08-2012 |
20130241120 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING FIRED BODY AND FIRING FURNACE USED THEREFOR - The method for producing a fired body of the invention has the steps of: preparing a starting material mixture; molding the mixture to obtain a green molded body; a first heating step to make the molded body contain residual carbon-containing substances in a furnace by increasing the temperature of the furnace while introducing an oxygen containing gas; and a second heating step to obtain a fired body by further increasing the temperature of the furnace without introducing the oxygen containing gas; wherein the conditions for the first heating step are set so that when the molded body is allowed to stand after the first heating step in an oxygen-containing atmosphere at 900° C., the temperature at the center section of the molded body is at least 20° C. higher than the temperature of the atmosphere in the furnace. | 09-19-2013 |
20140327191 | TUNNEL KILN AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING FIRED BODY USING SAME - The tunnel kiln according to the present invention includes a tunnel kiln main body having an inner wall constituted by a furnace material, and having a debinding zone and a sintering zone wherein respectively debinding and sintering of a body to be fired containing an organic component are performed; a conveying unit for conveying the body to be fired from an inlet side to an outlet side of the tunnel kiln main body; and a lining provided so that at least an inner wall of the debinding zone of the inner wall of the tunnel kiln main body is covered therewith. | 11-06-2014 |