This report looks into current issues concerning occupational health and safety, especially with regard to the glass and ceramics sector. Statistics on workplace accidents and occupational diseases...
The potentials and limitations of various analytical procedures for determining the element composition of raw materials and ceramic products are presented. These include, in particular, carbon-type...
The fired colours of heavy clay bodies are largely determined by the employed raw materials, the lighting conditions and the viewer‘s visual perception. The term fired product colour indicates that...
As already reported at the 2012/2013 Würzburg Brick and Tile Training Courses, this EU co-sponsored project is geared to reducing the workplace hazard of respirable crystalline silica. The approach...
External thermal insulation composite systems applied to masonry are highly effective, easily installed and, above all, a cost-efficient means of fulfilling energy efficiency requirements all the way...
To drastically reduce the energy requirement for firing, Keller HCW is closely examining the principle of the countertravel kiln. Known research and principles have been studied intensively and the...
All regular-market measuring systems determine the water content of a given medium by indirect means, i.e., by exploiting a certain physical effect. The consequences of a change in moisture content...
By reason of its high overall efficiency, combined heat and power generation (CHP) is both ecologically beneficial and, in many cases, economically quite attractive. The brick and tile industry, with...
Normally, natural gas is the energy source of choice for firing bricks and tiles. Due, however, to the high-volume cost of all the energy required for manufacturing heavy clay products, it is...
In the brick and tile industry, rotary fans are the most frequently employed type of ventilation device. These air distributors generate high discharge velocities that help achieve major airflow...
