Week - 1 |
An introduction to general ceramic forming principles |
Week - 2 |
Pressing: process variables, powder characteristics, powder flow, compaction behaviour, ejection & die-wall effects, lubrication and other relevant processing additives |
Week - 3 |
Pressing: pressing defects.
Press types (both for traditional and advanced applications) |
Week - 4 |
Isostatic pressing and its principles, dry and wet bag isostatic pressing, casue studies for isostatic pressing |
Week - 5 |
Extrusion and injection molding:equipment and material variables |
Week - 6 |
Extrusion and injection molding:equipment and material variables |
Week - 7 |
Extrusion and injection molding:molding defects and their control. Binder removal techniques. |
Week - 8 |
Tape casting:tape casting process, slurry compositions and preperation, casting and drying. |
Week - 9 |
Tape casting:shaping and lamination, binder burnout, defects and their control |
Week - 10 |
Slip casting:process parameters, mold materials, factors affecting casting quality and rate. Pressure casting. |
Week - 11 |
Slip casting:process parameters, mold materials, factors affecting casting quality and rate. Pressure casting. |
Week - 12 |
Jel casting:slurry preperation, gel chemistry, mold materials, mold-slurry interactions, binder burnout, applications in ceramic processing |
Week - 13 |
Rapid prototyping:introduction to rapid prototyping, manufacture by rapid prototyping, rapid prototyping methods, materials for rapid prototyping |
Week - 14 |
Rapid prototyping:introduction to rapid prototyping, manufacture by rapid prototyping, rapid prototyping methods, materials for rapid prototyping |