Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080241468 | Method of providing marking on a ceramic structure with a chemically reactive ink - A method is provided for marking a ceramic structure by applying a substance, such as an ink, onto a surface of a ceramic-forming green body structure, wherein the substance has an agent that chemically reacts with an ingredient of the green body structure during firing of the green body to produce a contrasting mark on the resulting ceramic structure. An ink containing an agent that chemically reacts with an ingredient of the green body structure is also provided. A ceramic article having a mark that includes a metal-containing compound is also provided. | 10-02-2008 |
20080300127 | Aluminum titanate ceramic forming batch mixtures and green bodies with pore former - A ceramic forming batch mixture including inorganic batch materials, such as sources of alumina, titania, and silica, a low amount of one or more pore formers including at least one starch; an organic binder; and a solvent. Also disclosed is a method for producing a ceramic article involving mixing the inorganic batch materials with the low amount of pore former, adding an organic binder and a solvent, forming a green body; and firing the green body. A green body having a low amount of the one or more pore formers including starch is disclosed. | 12-04-2008 |
20090253568 | Method of making ceramic articles using proteinous material - A method is disclosed for manufacturing a ceramic article that includes mixing at least one ceramic precursor inorganic ingredient, and at least one binder to form a plasticized mixture, wherein the binder includes a proteinous material. The mixture is extruded to form a green body. The green body can be heated to form the ceramic article. | 10-08-2009 |
20090295044 | Method For Marking Ceramic Structures - A method is provided for marking a structure containing an ceramic-forming component by applying onto a green body a high temperature ink that has a metal-containing species and a metal complexing agent, wherein the metal in the metal-containing species reacts with the ceramic-forming component during firing of the green body to produce a compound that forms a contrasting mark on the resulting ceramic structure. A method is also provided for marking a ceramic-forming green body by applying a two-dimensional dot matrix mark formed of a high temperature ink onto a surface of the ceramic-forming green body, wherein each dot of the two-dimensional dot matrix is formed of a single drop of the high temperature ink. | 12-03-2009 |
20100052200 | Method For Porous Ceramic Honeycomb Shrinkage Reduction - A method for reducing shrinkage variability of ceramic honeycombs formed from batch mixtures including inorganic materials and a pore former. X is a cumulative amount of pore former particles having a diameter less than 37 μm. There is a maximum value of X (Xmax) and a minimum value of X (Xmin) during a production period, and ΔX=Xmax−Xmin. The method fixes an amount of pore former fines such that X ranges from 25%-71% by volume, and ΔX is ≦23% throughout the production period. | 03-04-2010 |
20100217424 | CERAMIC CONTAMINATION CONTROL PROCESSES - Trace cross-contamination in mixtures or preforms of plasticized ceramic-forming powder mixtures, arising for example in manufacturing facilities where components of one ceramic product being manufactured can contaminate mixtures for another product to be manufactured, are controlled by one or more of: the targeted decontamination of shared production lines, rapid trace analysis of the mixtures to establish the presence and/or concentration levels of contaminants, the application of statistical models to project final product properties based on the analyzed concentrations, and decisional analysis of appropriate corrective actions based on the statistical projections. | 08-26-2010 |
20100222200 | Aluminum Titanate-Containing Ceramic-Forming Batch Materials And Methods Using The Same - The present disclosure relates to aluminum titanate-containing ceramic-forming batch materials and methods using the same. | 09-02-2010 |
20110045233 | DIMENSIONAL CONTROL DURING FIRING TO FORM ALUMINUM TITANATE HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES - A method for controlling the dimensional shrinkage or growth of AT honeycomb structures during the firing process by control of the alkali metal ion content in the AT-forming batch materials extruded into an AT green body structure that is heated to form the fired AT honeycomb structure. | 02-24-2011 |
20110053757 | Methods for Making Aluminum Titanate Bodies and Minimizing Shrinkage Variability Thereof - The disclosure relates to methods for making aluminum titanate-containing ceramic bodies, and methods for predicting shrinkage and minimizing shrinkage variability of said bodies from target size. | 03-03-2011 |
20110124486 | Aluminum Titanate-Containing Ceramic-Forming Batch Materials And Methods Using The Same - The present disclosure relates to aluminum titanate-containing ceramic-forming batch materials and methods using the same. | 05-26-2011 |
20110195838 | ALUMINUM TITANATE CERAMIC FORMING BATCH MIXTURES AND GREEN BODIES INCLUDING PORE FORMER COMBINATIONS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING AND FIRING SAME - A ceramic forming batch mixture including inorganic batch materials, such as sources of alumina, titania, and silica, a pore former combination including first and second pore formers with different compositions; an organic binder; and a solvent. Also disclosed is a method for producing a ceramic article involving mixing the inorganic batch materials with the pore former combination having first and second pore formers of different composition, adding an organic binder and a solvent, forming a green body; and firing the green body. A green body having a combination of first and second pore formers with different compositions is disclosed, as are several methods for firing to produce ceramic articles such as aluminum titanate. | 08-11-2011 |
20120220443 | CERAMIC-BODY-FORMING BATCH MATERIALS COMPRISING SILICA, METHODS USING THE SAME AND CERAMIC BODIES MADE THEREFROM - The disclosure relates to ceramic-body-forming batch materials comprising at least one pore former and inorganic batch components comprising at least one silica source having a specified particle size distribution, methods of making ceramic bodies using the same, and ceramic bodies made in accordance with said methods. The disclosure additionally relates to methods for reducing pore size variability in ceramic bodies and/or reducing process variability in making ceramic bodies. | 08-30-2012 |
20130244860 | CERAMIC-BODY-FORMING BATCH MATERIALS COMPRISING SILICA, METHODS USING THE SAME AND CERAMIC BODIES MADE THEREFROM - The disclosure relates to ceramic-body-forming batch materials comprising at least one pore former and inorganic batch components comprising at least one silica source having a specified particle size distribution, methods of making ceramic bodies using the same, and ceramic bodies made in accordance with said methods. The disclosure additionally relates to methods for reducing pore size variability in ceramic bodies and/or reducing process variability in making ceramic bodies. | 09-19-2013 |
20130320600 | SHRINKAGE CONTROL IN ALUMINUM TITANATE USING CARBONATES - A method for reducing shrinkage variability of aluminum titanate honeycombs includes preparing an aluminum titanate-forming batch material that includes least one alkaline earth carbonate having a particle size distribution. The particle size distribution of the at least one alkaline earth carbonate is selected based on the predicted shrinkage during sintering of the aluminum titanate honeycombs. | 12-05-2013 |
20130323160 | CARBONATES AS RELIC PORE FORMERS IN ALUMINUM TITANATE - The disclosure relates to aluminum titanate-forming batch materials comprising inorganic batch components comprising at least one alkaline earth carbonate having a specified particle size distribution, methods of making ceramic bodies using the same, and ceramic bodies made in accordance with said methods. | 12-05-2013 |
20140084505 | BLENDED ALUMINAS TO CONTROL ALUMINUM TITANATE PROPERTIES - A method of making an aluminum titanate ceramic article including:
| 03-27-2014 |
20140249020 | CERAMIC BODY FORMING BATCH MATERIALS COMPRISING SILICA METHODS USING THE SAME AND CERAMIC BODIES MADE THEREFROM - The disclosure relates to ceramic-body-forming batch materials comprising at least one pore former and inorganic batch components comprising at least one silica source having a specified particle size distribution, methods of making ceramic bodies using the same, and ceramic bodies made in accordance with said methods. The disclosure additionally relates to methods for reducing pore size variability in ceramic bodies and/or reducing process variability in making ceramic bodies. | 09-04-2014 |